The date 17 May 2018 marks the 152nd anniversary of Erik Satie’s birth, undoubtedly one of the most eccentric and colorful figures in the early 20th century Parisian Avant-Garde music.
It is 150 years since the birth of one of music’s most unlikely and eccentric original thinkers. His sphere of influence is felt in Debussy’s Impressionism, Stravinsky’s Modernism and the Minimalism of Philip Glass, and more.
This 6- CD set presents Satie’s Complete Piano music. The solo works are performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet with a CD of four-handed piano music performed by Pascal Rogé and Jean-Philippe Collard.
Here is Mr. Thibaudet, performing “Vexations” by Erik Satie:
