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Erik Satie's music sounds as vibrant and alive today as it did when it was written more than 100 years ago. Erik Satie played a unique role in the development of modern French music. Deprived of a formal education by his father and disenchanted with the musical training available to him, Satie was essentially self-taught. Nonetheless, he rose to become an intimate of contemporary leaders in poetry, painting and music in France, and was a decided influence upon major musical figures. It was Satie the 'revolutionary' who in the late 19th Century introduced strange new progressions which paralleled Fauré and anticipated the innovations of Debussy. Perhaps his most formidable weapons were his keen wit and irony. Satie created uniquely understated and economically written works which he topped with satiric and fantastic titles. On hearing French pianist Jean-Joel Barbier's recordings of Satie,
Peter Kraus realized the possibilities of transcribing the music for
the classical guitar. Peter began with the Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes
for guitar solo. The greater complexity of such works as the Pièces
Froides led him to transcribe for two guitars. Experimentation and revision
ensued, with the collection of music on this record as the final product.
Having participated in various concerts with Peter Kraus, Mark Bird
was invited to collaborate on this recording. Track Listing
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