First released: 26th August 2022
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- 1.Great Composers in Words and Music: Introduction0:07
- 2.3 Sarabandes: II (excerpt)1:03
- 3.Great Composers in Words and Music: On 16th January 1911, French composer Maurice Ravel...8:16
- 4.3 Gnossiennes: No 3. Lent (excerpt)1:41
- 5.Great Composers in Words and Music: An extract from the third movement of Satie’s Gnossiennes...6:14
- 6.Valse-ballet (excerpt)1:27
- 7.Great Composers in Words and Music: The Valse-ballet was not only Satie’s first substantial piece…2:36
- 8.4 Ogives: I.1:45
- 9.Great Composers in Words and Music: In November 1886, Satie left the Conservatoire to begin military service…3:12
- 10.3 Gymnopédies: No. 3 (excerpt)0:59
- 11.Great Composers in Words and Music: In the spring of 1890, Satie moved higher up into the Butte Montmartre to 6 rue Cortot…3:50
- 12.3 Sonneries de la Rose+Croix: I. Air de l’ordre (excerpt)1:35
- 13.Great Composers in Words and Music: On 14th August 1892, after a short but intense period of engagement with Rosicrucian ideology and practice…3:11
- 14.Vexations (excerpt)1:22
- 15.Great Composers in Words and Music: Satie’s outward appearance was soon to change…4:15
- 16.Trois Morceaux en forme de poire (excerpt)0:45
- 17.Great Composers in Words and Music: The Pear pieces, finished in November 1903…1:45
- 18.En habit de cheval (excerpt)1:16
- 19.Great Composers in Words and Music: 1911, of course, was the year of the breakthrough concert with which our history began…3:57
- 20.Sports et divertissements: I. Choral inappétissant0:42
- 21.Great Composers in Words and Music: The commission of Sports et divertissements…2:01
- 22.Parade: II. Petite fille américaine (excerpt)2:35
- 23.Great Composers in Words and Music: There was quite a commotion at Parade’s premiere on 18th May 1917…4:05
- 24.Musique d’ameublement, Set 1: I. Tapisserie en fer forgé1:25
- 25.Great Composers in Words and Music: Curiously, the function of Satie’s Musique d’ameublement as a…3:12
- 26.Mercure, Scène 3: ‘Le Chaos’0:35
- 27.Great Composers in Words and Music: Mercure, like Parade, created quite a stir on its premiere…3:42
- 28.Relâche, Acte I: Cinéma (excerpt)1:15
- 29.Great Composers in Words and Music: In a sense, critics’ response to Relâche can be read as a microcosm of…2:40
- 30.Relâche, Acte II: Petite danse finale (Chanson mimée). La queue du chien (excerpt)0:34





