Erik Satie - Le Bel Excentrique (Best Of Erik Satie)

French composer and pianist, born May 17, 1866 in Honfleur, France, died July 1, 1925 in Arcueil, France. A colourful figure in the early 20th century Parisian avant-garde, he referred to himself as a "phonometrograph" or "phonometrician" (meaning "someone who measures (and writes down) sounds"), preferring this designation to that of "musician," after having been called "a clumsy but subtle technician" in a book on contemporary French composers published in 1911. Later, from the 1940s on, predominantly [a=John Cage] presented Satie's work as that of an inventor of a new and modern musical expression, and so he was slowly rediscovered and became a precursor to artistic movements such as minimalism, repetitive music, ambient (called "Furniture Music" by Satie) and the Theatre of the Absurd. In addition to his body of music, Satie also left a remarkable set of often humorous and witty writings.

Released: 2025-06-13

Label: Erato, Warner Classics

Country: Europe

Tracklist

A1	3 Gymnopédies
A2	Caresse
A3	3 Véritables Préludes Flasques (Pour Un Chien)
A4	Sports Et Divertissements
A5	Embryons Desséchés
A6	Heures Séculaires Et Instantanées
A7	Le Picadilly
A8	Descriptions Automatiques
A9	Petite Ouverture à Danser
A10	La Belle Excentrique
B1	6 Gnossiennes
B2	3 Petites Pieces Montées
B3	3 Morceaux En Forme de Poire
B4	Valse-ballet In B-flat Major
B5	2 Préludes Posthumes Et Une Gnossienne