ERIK SATIE: Nocturne No.2

[theeSammEnglish7]

sounds wonderful

[aishaxoxobela]

too fast

[subvert47]

lovely stuff :) – and it's the right tempo for me

though I'd prefer it without the pianist pulling it around in the bridge. It's a hymn – play it straight!

[eloyhbermudez]

before herbie, chick, mccoy, keith, meldhau, monk, evans, there was a humble genius called ERIK SATIE. God bless his soul. i want this piece be played in my funeral

[BosendorferWoman1]

@eloyhbermudez I am teaching this Satie Nocturne #2 to a young student who has played several

Monk tunes. I introduced Satie to her by saying he was the Monk of his time. Your posting was lovely to read.

[kgmacd]

This is my favorite of the Nocturnes - it's so ephemeral and fragile.

I don't think it's Aldo Ciccolini - the section at 1:00 in his version gathers in speed and intensity more than this one. I prefer the version you posted (thanks!)

btw, BIG THANKS for introducing me to the music of Frederic Mompou - I wouldn't say better or deeper, but certainly another sublime composer.

[jaymusic143]

Thanks. I'm amazed how many hits this video got!

[BosendorferWoman1]

@jaymusic143 I am teaching Mompou to a young student. You are the first person I've read who knows of Mompou.  "Within Mompou's chosen limits he often achieved perfection."

[vh16ft]

Great interpretation. I recently gave a lecture about this and the first nocturne where I played parts of them. This is real inspiration.

[SystemJammer]

Thank god Yngwie Malmsteen covers other kinds of classical composers.

[MuseDuCafe]

Ha, the tempo issue person probably cannot play them at this speed without making them feel rushed - which this recording does not.

[mojavej]

Most humanoids don't realize how sublime this piece is...........

the Church, in orbit, somewhere near Sirius

[pianoplay84]

Im 27 years old and just know hearing Mr. Satie work and thats only cause a friend had told me about it...Truly Amazing!

[chaplinconspiracy]

I would urge any serious listener to listen to any other interpretation apart from Ciccolini and Kormendi. They play the pieces far too fast. Please do look into how these compositions are MEANT to be played.

It's sad that the best sleling CD' are by these two pianists.

[jaymusic143]

@chaplinconspiracy Then PLEASE recommend who YOU would approve of. Ciccolini has long been considered the best interptreter of Satie., although I have the complete works set by FRANCE CLIDAT, whom I consider cold and unimpressive in the feeling. Who then???

[chaplinconspiracy]

@jaymusic143 That's a tricky question as most of the Satie interpreters are not too famous. I'm just saying that the works were clearly written for a slower speed and everybody except these two pianists plays them as such. It's almost an insult to be playing them these fast. Can you imagine Debussy being played at lightning tempo?

[jancivil]

@chaplinconspiracy everyone has an opinion. you seem to think yours carries some weight of authority, eg., with 'MEANT to be played'. are you Satie?

[jaymusic143]

@jancivil  - Good comment. This guy never suggests any other alternate pianist and can't seem to come up with any names. Who the hell does he think he is? Thanks jancivil!

[CedricKristian]

@jaymusic143

He does have a point considering that Satie wrote this piece for 40-48 bpm [or thats what my sheets say ;], and here it is played quite faster. Nevertheless I enjoy this interpretation the most.

[goingfortheone1]

@jancivil One could argue that even if one WERE satie, he'd still have little say on how the pieces can be interpreted.

Not in todays postmodern world anyway.

[01TiNE]

could you give me some more info about this song? opinions, facts, anything. very interesting piece, there's not alot about it on the internet.

[PirateYoshi]

Wonderful piece, although I must say I think that John and Steve Hackett's arrangement for flute and guitar works much better for this piece (and indeed for many of Satie's compositions)... it's very interesting, I urge people to give 'Sketches of Satie' a listen!

[2natw]

@butterflyblaze08 - I don't know the title, but it's a Calibotte.

[butterflyblaze08]

what painting is that at 1:24? Its stunning, almost looks like a photograph.

[darkevilazn]

I love Erik Satie's works. They just have that feeling in them that I like.

[carodrig]

beautiful.

[rawautube]

Looked like a rebel..like his music

[sorrystateout]

that is so melancholic and beatiful

[Physdelicdreaming]

A beautiful song - it is like looking at a world from inside a glass ball, seeing all the pains and the beauty, all the loves and hatreds, everything that makes that world a world.

[sorrystateout]

@Physdelicdreaming I really liked the way you described this. I couldnt agree more.

[Physdelicdreaming]

@sorrystateout Thank you. Really. I've been getting a lot of negative comments lately whenever I post my thoughts on things, like people calling me 'stupid' or 'gay', so it's really nice to hear someone who has something kind to say...truly.

:-)

[matterdot]

Negative comments?

I wonder why?

Honestly, how dumb!

[Physdelicdreaming]

@matterdot It really doesn't bother me much, but sometimes it gets a little annoying. If I am down, it kind of irks me. :-/

[ge7243]

This must be my favourite interpretation, the playing is so rhythmically free in the way the Gnossiennes are meant to be played.

[Dumplingmaster]

beautiful,and brief,solitary but not lonely-il pleut doucement sur la ville,comme il pleut dans mon couer-sweetly,softly that is.such poetry,rest,consolation and mystery,serene beauty

[xyraste]

what´s he drinking?

[Dumplingmaster]

absinthe,it makes the heart grow fonder

[Minnexyz]

Looks like wine.

[kentokhromatic]

What beautiful colors his music employs!

[aesthetic1950]

Are you playing this?

[jaymusic143]

No. I believe its Aldo Ciccolini.

[diegoarandateixeira]

To my knowledge, they've always been presented as 5 Nocturnes the Trois Nocturnes title may be someone's mistake from the common packaging of Satie's work as trios of pieces. But to ignore the latter two Nocturnes'd be a crime the 4th is one of the best of the group of pieces.

[curbowman]

It's incredible how modern Satie's work sound today. He was Way ahead of his time.

[PirateOfLoserville]

And that's also what the envelope of PianoWorks said

'A genius or a joker.'

M.Satie: "I was born very young at a very old time.

Born short-sighted I am long sighted by inclination.We must not forget that the master is looked upon by very many of the "younger" school as the forerunner and apostle of the revultion now talking place in music. My humour resemble Cromwell's. I also own much to Christopher Columbus, becouse the american spirit has occasionally tapped me on the shoulder."

[rockerMan0987]

@curbowman actually he knew, because at it's time the music was way too complicated, so he thinked, music is not only technique! he knew Picazzo, that can say a little bit of how influential this was in his work

[ludwigvan17]

Cool.

[yaarge2]

Thanks for posting.