Katia et Marielle Labèque - Erik Satie: For Two and Four Hands (2009)
Artist: Katia et Marielle Labèque
Title: Erik Satie: For Two and Four Hands
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: KML Recordings
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 61:36
Total Size: 210 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist: Title: Erik Satie: For Two and Four Hands
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: KML Recordings
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 61:36
Total Size: 210 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview
Trois Gymnopédies, 1888
1. 1ere Gymnopédie 3’33
2. 2ème Gymnopédie 3’14
3. 3ème Gymnopédie 2’50
Trois Morceaux en forme de Poire, 1903
4. Manière de commencement 3’34
5. Prolongation du meme. Au pas 0’47
6. I. Lentament 1’14
7. II. Enlevé 2’16
8. III. Brutal 2’52
9. En plus 2’37
10. Redite 1’11
Trois Gnossiennes, 1890
11. Gnossienne n°1 3’50
12. Gnossienne n°2 2’23
13. Gnossienne n°3
14. 4ème Gnossienne, 1891 2’03
15. 5ème Gnossienne, 1889 3’03
16. 6ème Gnossienne, 1897 1’36
Trois petites Pièces montées, 1920
17. I. De L’Enfance de Pantagruel (reverie) 1’13
18. II. Marche de Cocagne (demarche) 0’57
19. III. Jeux de Gargantua (coin de polka) 1’44
Enbryons Desséchés, 1913
20. II. d'Edriophthalma 2’24
Avant-dernières Pensées, 1915
21. I. Idylle, à Debussy
Sports et Divertissements, 1914
22. Choral inappétissant 0’53
23. La Balançoire 0’34
24. La Chasse 0’16
25. La Comédie italienne 0’35
26. Le Réveil de la mariée 0’26
27. Colin-Maillard 0’50
28. La Pêche 0’49
29. Le Yachting 0’34
30. Le Bain de mer 0’32
31. Le Carnaval 0’37
32. Le Golf 0’30
33. La Pieuvre 0’29
34. Les Courses 0’20
35. Les Quatre-Coins 0’46
36. Le Pique-Nique 0’25
37. Le Water-Chute 0’36
38. Le Tango perpétuel 1’13
39. Le Traîneau 0’22
40. Le Flirt 0’38
41. Le Feu d’artifice 0’27
42. Le Tennis 0’41
Véritables Préludes Flasques (pour un chien), 1912
43. I. Sévère réprimande 0’54
Performers:
Katia Labeque, piano
Marielle Labeque, piano
One might have thought that Satie's charmingly eccentric and obscurely evocative piano music would fit the French piano duo Katia and Marielle Labèque, like a silk chemise, but this disc of his most popular pieces for piano two-hands and piano four-hands is their first recording of any of his works. They divide the two-hand works so that, for example, Katia takes the first and third Gymnopédies and all the Gnossiennes, while Marielle takes the second Gymnopédie and all the Sports et Divertissements. Katia is the more willful of the sisters, making more of the composer's deliberate avoidance of most dynamics and phrasing markings to have her way with the music, while Marielle is more interpretively reserved but subtly sensual, with richer textures and a plusher tone. Together, however, they form one of the great telepathic piano duos, and their performances of the Trois Morceaux en forme de Poire, and Trois petites Pièces montées are wholly unified and entirely lovely. Although the piano sound may be a bit too cool and hazy for listeners who prefer hot and clear, fans of Satie or the Labèques are likely to enjoy this disc.
