Erik Satie - Gnossienne No.4

[charles35ish]

theres only one picture there the hole time what r u talking about???

[TheLunaticStrawberry]

@charles35ish i believe she/he reffers to thhis kind of pictures ...like in general..Its an art style called Surrealism and yes i believe it fits very well with this music...

[Hundetis]

I love these pictures, and of course this song! it is really good to create a special moode for me. wonderful :)

[jorgeamade]

I love the combination of satie´s music and remedios varo´s paintings they make a beautiful match.

[arkaus379]

I feel so cool when I listen this song!!!! Wonderful!!

[csaholyilany]

It is and the Gnossienne No. 3 is the music of the Elegy movie. (with Ben Kingsley and Penelope Cruz)

[MarieMacAdoodle]

Thanks to DistantMirror sfor posting. I originally looked up Erik Satie after watching the movie "The Painted Veil," because there was a song in there I loved. I figured out it was Gnossienne no.1 by the late Mr. Satie. Then lo and behold, I landed on this video and heard Gnossienne no. 4 for the first time. I chose this composition to be played as I walked down the aisle at my wedding, and I used Gnossienne no. 1 for the bridesmaids.

[jimbotro]

Eric Satie is the bomb. ah to be left alone with a grand piano that sounds like that and all Eric Satie's sheet music... if I was the last man on earth - that's where I'd be

[FRANCEBERNARDI]

am I wrong, or this piece was taken as the "BEING THERE" movie soundtrack ? It is so beautiful...

[honeybeeman]

this might is be the most beautiful melody Ive ever heard. I don't know music theory so I can say the correct terminology but that one note that comes out that is so unexpected its so beautiful and ..unexpected !!!!!!!

[BoDdha88]

come puo essere definita un opera del genere...

ANGELICA

[onlylexus]

Where is this place that is concealed from the World? How is it that cruel humanity can hate and yet a man is able to bring wonder and serenity to my hiding place? I listen in darkness I know a place that only this muse can take me, is solitude really only for me? To be lost and isolated in a wave of deep thought as a spell cast by a master of simple melody. Yet somehow in its simpiicity lies a secret, a depth of feeling that is sad and again euphoric as I stay here... hidden.

[tammytrash1]

@onlylexus Its deeper on the inside...than the outside......

[crowspeaks]

@onlylexus

.-_-.

[ttt8699]

The beginning sounds a LOT like Mozart: Fantasy in d-minor! It's even in the same key!

[TheWanderingNight]

@ttt8699 Well, they're only arpeggios :P 

[this1wasnttaken]

Thanks for putting this up. I've stumbled across Erik Satie because of you. Now that I've heard his music, I can't imagine what other people who haven't listen to! lol

[BrashOfKhaamph]

Oooh. Haunting.

[tmmitzzie]

@BrashOfKhaamph yes , totally haunting.

[MDT2000]

beautiful



[musicfanBRA]

Beautiful interpretation! thanks for posting . 

[007hz]

Somebody knows the name or the author of the picture here???

[TheNANAChannel]

@007hz Au bonheur des dames by Remedios Varo

[alexdelarge66]

@007hz remedios varo

[TheLunaticStrawberry]

In my opinion this piece is by far the most mysterious of all.

[TheNANAChannel]

erik satie and remedios varo. perfect.

[rgsoundf]

I am embarrassed now that while watching the movie Paris, and being mesmerized by the theme music, I had no idea it was Erik Satie's... Great music, great innovative composer.

[RebekahQuinx]

i'm 13 and in love with this kind of music!

[musicfanBRA]

@RebekahQuinx - You'll have a lot of pleasure listening to Satie's Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes. That's a joy you'll have forever!

[JesusCristo2002]

That's refreshing, it sparks some light in an unspeakably, bitter, cruel, vile and cynical world. ; )

[h2opolodan11]

@RebekahQuinx that's good for you :) sadly, not everyone of your generation appreciates this quality music. I'm in college, and this is like the perfect music to study with. I really should pick up a CD of Erik Satie. I first heard "Gymnopédie No.1" in "Man On Wire" and I was instantly hooked with that piece so I looked up other pieces. I was hooked!

[inanimateanimation]

It's refreshing how different the youtube comments are when you're listening to Sati. There's no arguements about Justin Bieber here. And I'm SO sorry for bringing that name up, let's not have it in these comments any more then that.

Oh, right. And I love how everything is punctuated well. Don't see that much...

[Thriall]

I had some good dreams on this. Thank you Satie

[TSM8088]

Sublime!

[silentwulfsfan]

Maravillloso

[ALUDTRIZA]

Maravilloso



[jorgegrillo55]

Maravillosa Música...!!! GraciAS♫

[FeedbackMonitor]

I would prefer to listen to this on CD or vinyl, or even tape rather than youtube. But for now, Youtube is the best I have until I get some coin together. 

[rennsalami]

whats the bitrate of your mp3s? 92kbps? 128? then im not suprised that u hear a diference... try 600kbps

[FeedbackMonitor]

@rennsalami MP3 is a lesser format. Musicians do not master in mp3, they use alternate, more reliable mediums. mp3 = lesser sound quality.

[FeedbackMonitor]

You do not want to buy MP3's of acoustic instruments. You want minimum, wav. I don't even go for lossless. I want a CD, record, tape, 78, whatever--as long as it is optimum. This music is best heard the best way possible. I will probably go with CD,

[rennsalami]

@FeedbackMonitor

having something on mp3 does not affect the quality dude...

CD and mp3 is same quality its both digital and its quality depends on the bitrate.

and a digital file with a good bitrate will last longer and sound better than a tape.

whats on a tape can go down in quality very easily when the tape is near a weak magnetic field... but of course the best sound is when u play the actual instrument :D

[FeedbackMonitor]

@rennsalami "having something on mp3 does not affect the quality dude"

Rubbish, dude.

[rennsalami]

@FeedbackMonitor

okay what is your source of information? i heard presentation about how mp3 works in a univertity and the prof. told me that if the bitrate is high, there is no diference to the human ear. so... where do your informations come from?

or is "rubbish, dude." the best argument u got?

[WilliamEGD]

@rennsalami the quality is truthfully reduced. An MP3 is essentially a low bit sound file, where the range of frequencies are compressed in order to fit many songs comfortably on tiny music players like iPods. The proof I have is being a musician and recording engineer for the majority of my life. Also when I studied at Berklee, we did experiments where we listened to MP3s juxtaposed to high bit rate quality like WAVES. the contrast was shocking. MP3s eliminate frequencies which reduces quality.

[rennsalami]

@WilliamEGD ok that sounds like u know what ur talking about.. (my englisch is not the best) what contrast do you mean? what 2 kind of things did you compare? mp3high vs low quality? i know that mp3 eliminates frequencies but it should only elimintate those u cant hear! and to make me beleave u i would like some more information about this experiment u made... maybe the mp3 player sux. did u use same sound system? i think when mp3 is made right there should be no diference...

[WilliamEGD]

@rennsalami mp3 player is just a device that plays mp3 files. An mp3 file is a compressed audio file which eliminates frequencies within the ears audibility range. The only purpose is to reduce the size of the file for small devices. We compared Waves, Org Vorbis, WMA, & MP3 on the same speakers. Using recording software I record the natural sound and then export it to a certain file like wave for cds or mp3s for internet. They normally only accept mp3 on the net because of it's reduced size.

[rennsalami]

@WilliamEGD okay that sounds like a convincing test u made... i still have one more question :P do you remember the bitrate of the mp3 file you made?

i know a guy that is making musik he has a very good sound system... ill try to run a similar test. i hear difference between 128kbps or 92kbps

ill try CD vs. wav. vs. 500kbps mp3...

[WilliamEGD]

@rennsalami go to MP3 wikipedia definition and under the category of "Audio Quality" you'll find the answers you seek. As for what bit rate they used in the experiment is unknown to me. The bit rate can be adjusted higher or lower but the ultimate compression does reduce the quality. In our studio we take the original sound of the instrument and it's recorded into the computer at a specified bit rate, usually the highest possible. The difference between Wav and mp3 is the compression.

[jddeitz2000]

@rennsalami

Your shallow arguments, childish wording, abbreviated words and emoticons have no place here I'm afraid. Your lack of age is apparent in your comments. It is common knowledge that mp3 possesses inferior sound quality. I myself own an Ipod and I use it frequently, but if you were to use large speakers any other medium would be preferable.

[rennsalami]

@jddeitz2000

im sorry for your lack of knowledge that there is more than one country in this world... englisch is not my first language... but its interesting that you rate my intellect based on how my english is xD

and since most people wont hear a diference, its not in common knowlwge. It might be in common knowledge within musicians. And the size of the speakers dont really matter u know... there are some very high quality speakers that are very small.

[jddeitz2000]

@rennsalami

Well the least you can do is omit those unspeakable emoticons that I previously mentioned forthwith. I disagree when you say it isn't common knowledge. It is indeed. Also yes there are good small speakers but that does not compare to the sound of large wooden speakers. The resonance is absolutely breathtaking. Nothing you can get from a set of small plastic speakers and a little sub-woofer.

[FeedbackMonitor]

@rennsalami Calm down. How many musicians record their masters onto mp3 format?

[rennsalami]

@FeedbackMonitor so im right u have no idea what ur talking about and ur just copying some other guys opinion...

[FeedbackMonitor]

@rennsalami No, you and your prof need to clean your ears and get a better stereo system. There is a world of difference between an MP3 and formats like analog and Wav.

[rennsalami]

@FeedbackMonitor xDDD ur yust saying that there is a diference over and over again with no proof and without any logic xD like a baby "but i want icecream" "we dont have icecream" "but i want ice cream"

buttom line is: at certain points in any music track, there are frequencies u dont hear anyway... so you can get rid of them.. thats mp3... of course there can be taken away too many, THEN you will hear a difference! it depends on HOW FAR YOU GO in that proces.

[FeedbackMonitor]

@rennsalami You are not making any sense I am afraid. I am sorry your ears do not work properly. When I place a CD of a recording next to an MP3 file, there is a difference. By nature, MP3's are a compressed format. You can distinguish frequencies if your speakers are good enough. While an mp3 may be good for an 'attack' of a sound, it lacks in important parts such as decay. Essential for ambient and/or classical music. Going back top my earlier comment, anything but MP3 is preferable.

[rennsalami]

@FeedbackMonitor that u hear a difference, is no agrument... how high is the bitrate of the mp3 u are hearing? is the cd player and mp3 player same level of quality? reducing=worse quality? when i take away infra red light from a picture, u cant see a diference! when i take away blue, you will.... mp3 is not=mp3! you can reduce too much... but you can also take the stuff away you DONT HEAR ANYWAY

[rusbtsfa]

you meant victorianesque



[kaderoxx]

truly beautiful

[jeanlouis13005]

une musique parfaite pour la méditation, emprunte de mélancolie et de tristesse, elle en demeure pas moins intemporelle.

merci Satie.

[initotwinit]

What is the title of the painting?

[BibIeBarney]

Can someone interp the painting?

[7F0X7]

@BibIeBarney Sure, it's a bunch of rich skanks at a backstabbing rumor party. The one on the far left looks like she's whispering in someone's ear. They think they are super high society but they are bigger sacks of sh*( than anyone else. They are obviously obsessed with being thin and having the nicest clothes. The whole painting looks like a victorianesk society on crack.

[abn666]

never mind, I bougt it on itunes :)

[abn666]

do you have a mp3 file for this ?

[mattyca]

Hermoso, como lo eres tú.

[mattyca]

Cachito, pensando en ti siempre.

[mikaelsapin]

Hi, my name is Mikael Sapin, let me invite you to my channel, I am a composer pianist from Spain. I hope you like my music.

Erik is great!!!

[bagles]

You picked a great painting to go with this piece.

[Clytaemnestra1]

Elegy...

[luscotp]

Erik Satie was responsible for some beautiful pieces :D

[roXyMUZik1]

Oh!,what a strange saturday..

[Glockman699]

Waow... Make me feel weird...

[christopherglash]

Absolutely gorgeous.. Brings tears to the eyes.

[romymistique]

There is something splendidly magical and surreal about these pieces, as though they were thresholds into past times, possibly early childhood... so eerie and hypnotizing.

[afertyus1000]

@romymistique yes its amazing he died as a beggar and had a rough life maybe thats why his pieces are melancholic and sometimes take the piss out of standard repertoire

[dasklavierleben]

@afertyus1000 I was under the impression that he was amply provided for by friends and fans...?

[afertyus1000]

@dasklavierleben i read a book about him that says he died a pauper,but maybe its wrong?

[dasklavierleben]

@afertyus1000 i probably got my info from wikipedia so you're more likely correct. disregard my statement haha

[afertyus1000]

@dasklavierleben Ha it does'nt really matter to us! good music though

[irinkairo83]

beautiful

[TrickzTGK]

what film is this out of to? someone tell me :D

[petomwendo]

@TrickzTGK It's in "Elegy," with Sir Ben Kingsley. Hope this helps.

[TheOReport1994]

the ears can hear what the silent tongue can not possibly describe but can only dully compare it to words which are primitive; splendid beauty

[audreymereu]

Indescribably beautiful.

[poshmoog]

That music really is so beautiful and sad. It manages to open a door in my mind that gives me an odd feeling of looking back, long onto the past - very hard to explain it though, without sounding like a total cheeseball. All of the Gnossienne give me the same sensation. @dobsondale, there aren't enough words in the dictionary to express how much of a numpty you are

[billyshitcheese2]

@dobsondale, i wholeheartedly agree!

[KoffeffoK]

очень мило

[RussiangirlAlesya]

All of his pieces have a beautiful eerie feeling.

[glasgow4479]

what are the paintings?

[RightFromParis]

Un frisson me parcours à l'écoute de ce morceau... exquis, poétisie, sensualité, ces mot semble revenir dans les commentaires j'ajouterai tourment et mélancolie un autre registre mais ce sont mes sentiments...

[RightFromParis]

@dobsondale Hum interresting, ^^ really i'm wondering what's so wrong about me, perhaps you can't speak french as i speak english... if i'm all that what would you be darling. Anyway you have nothing to do here we're commenting on the incredible work of satie. I'm sure you don't care about him... how sad!

[vansteenkiss]

I am amateur piano player, but I love satie and started on this song... the feeling he put's into his work, I can only hope I can play this piece without fucking it up

@dobsondale Sometimes insulting people is funny... But not here...

[Pamel78]

my favourite ♥

[sousinha21]

to the 11 people who didn't like this, please, go visit you doctor soon

[Zaryanka29]

I love the Gnossiennes. Where can I get the sheet music for Gnossiennes 4-6?

[flic71]

Il pianista è SUBLIME!

[keijadinhamusic]

AMO <3

[one1way1street]

perfect

[rpollock92708]

Art is always subject to interpretation, but here's my take on this painting: These are society's "desirable ladies", looking at us (down on us?) with their haughty, arrogant gazes. Meanwhile, they head for the unicycle store on their stick-figure legs, to be waited on by the black figure with claws.

[pekkatotuttopetto]

poetic..

[esedoc]

Ese cuadro es de Remedios Varo Mexicana ?

[andreu7777]

@esedoc nacio en españa y si son sus obras 

[rpollock92708]

The most beautiful of Satie's Gnossiennes, I think. I love the Remedios Varo painting it's coupled with, too. Sublime and sad and beautiful.

[BlindbyBeauty]

@rpollock92708 Si mero al final de la descripcion dice que es de Remedios Varo(: asi:

Artwork:Remedios Varo

Played by:Pascal Rogé

[mimiandcuties]

heard this beautiful song in nip tuck and since then im obsessed with it ,such a haunting song just like the other gnossiennes.

[1995Musicismylife]

woow,

this is so beautiful! I love slassic music, and i am 14.

[mimiandcuties]

@OHSNAPITSHITLER ....-_- assuming we're "gay" wtv it means nowadays specially to ppl like you ; what the heck u doing here lsning to it ?

[mimiandcuties]

@1995Musicismylife  same !

[pjwinterstealth]

this is awesome.

[chapulguita]

The Painter is Remedios Varo from Mexico.

[PrimulaCarniolica]

Pure & sensual beauty of melody from Satie.

[chowlapchun1]

who painted this picture?

[Momirski]

@ chowlapchun1

Remedios Varo.

[missinger123]

When did Erik paint? the images you see are others depictions of the music - I see a lot of different formats here in the paintings - Blessings to Erik for all that

[etherboy2007]

This was in the original Forrest Gump movie named Being There with Peter Sellers.

[Minnexyz]

It was also in the Jack Nicholson movie about Schmidt.

[sweetilin]

This song let me a strange flavor of sadness and melancholy in my soul. but the humans seems to love the flavor of pain...

[gipcambero]

Better than Debussy and Ravel

[Mykyndryd]

This one also gives me the goosebumps. It's dark and has a feeling of total sorrow to it. This eveokes 19th Century morbidity at its finest. What a genius.

[goldfish09]

@Mykyndryd Yes that's exactly what I thought too. Science and medicine were progressing at that time and people were fascinated by instances where nature took unusual or disturbing turns.

[cindycintilante]

Exquisite.

[proljevnik]

glup si

[theodorodepangrazia]

perfect music for those 'don't know what's wrong, but something is...' moments. Thanks for posting.

[theuniversebecoming]

that is an exquisite description of this melody...bravo!

[Mtbfanro]

@theodorodepangrazia

so true :)

[mrazidoner]

idd

[kristykay72]

Well said. You put my thought to words.

[sgtlzy]

It would be impossible to pick a favorite of Satie's. This would be right up there.

It was in one of Nicholson's movies...

"About Schmitt" ...???

[KallistiMusic]

Check out my Gnossiennes and subscribe if you like, thanks folks.

[tyrannosauruser]

ERIK SATIE FOREVER

[bebo3ful]

what is the other sad piano song they play on nip tuck? they played it in the last episode season 7 episode 4 at 32:00

[hotfuzzy82]

i love the way his music is as of a person only expressive of different moods or states of that person....

[vitoroppo]

OK, thanks.

[vitoroppo]

Do you mean that this composition was featured on Nip/Tuck? Or that you were on YouTube to watch Nip/Tuck and you stumbled on this composition. I haven't seen a lot of Nip/Tuck but I can't imagine this piece being used in that series so it makes me wonder.

[3devv4]

Thanks for posting this beautiful piece of music. Love the Remedios Varo/Leonora Carrington paintings as well -  !

[lorehal]

sonata Artica?

[titchymcmidget]

beautifully melancholic. one of my favourite gnossiennes.

does anyone know what the painting is? i'm in love with it.

[tragiclowntube]

it is the best piece of music in the world...

[zilovesramen]

reminds me of "moonlight sonata".. dont know why.

[TSM8088]

"Being There," A Superb Hal Ashby film used both Gnossienne No.4 and 5 to beautiful effect...

[Mtbfanro]

Me iz happy bunny now that i've found this vid!

[khofasheshab]

i cant thank you enough for posting all of these up! very unique choice of images btw! :)

[miazimus]

I invite you to go see who is Erik Satie. He has not had an easy life...but her composition still there!

Genius!

[jamesnincross]

her?

[kaioxygen]

Is this the best piece of music in the world or what?

[EQUIVOCARME]

no es verdad que Catalunya = Espanya?

saludos

[AcidOphilez]

Beautiful arpeggios...

[distantworld]

Wonderful music :)

[pianomist]

Very hypnotic! I have only the first three Gnossiennes... that's how the music came. I hope to get the final three and learn them as well. This piece makes me smile and float in waters of mystery... and it makes me happy.

[akcesoriarecordz]

the beginning to 14.second is very similar to beginning of metallica - nothing else matters, isn't it?

[anniedear]

thats weird....

it is

[twigglesjworth]

no.

[FlamethrowerKwick]

Beatiful Arrangement <3

[21proust]

Que bonitas pinturas para-surrealista de Remedios Varo, de Girona -Generalitat de Catalunya. Y aunque tambien me gusta Leonora Carrington, mi favorita es Remedios Varo.

[TengoUnOboe]

ya ves, dan miedo acompañadas de la música!

[yogassflame]

Qué gran pintora española.

[21proust]

Que gran pintora de Catalunya, que por algo salio de España.

[yogassflame]

@21proust Cataluña, con ñ. O es cacaluña?

[ascalvin]

The picture is by Remedios Varo - I think it is called "Au Bonheur des Dames".

[hamhighlord]

Very interesting imagery - suits it in a bizarre way

[orbitalbird]

Being There..... :-)

[alex93110]

je veux un bisous

[PacmanCandy]

my favorite out of the gnossiennes..

[grey2199]

I love Margot for ever !

[grey2199]

Principessa Margot come back to me !!!!

[EQUIVOCARME]

Honfleur appears to be a wonderful place

[polliloss]

Honfleur is amazing!