Pour un Flirt [Import]

1. Chez Laurette

2. Et Paul Chantait Yesterda

3. Un Coup De Pied Dans La M

4. Rimbaud Chanterait

5. 62 Nos Quinze Ana

6. Inventaire 66

7. Fan De Toi

8. L Amour En Wagon Lit

9. Pour Unflirt

10. Cherie Lise

11. La Vie La Vie

12. Voyage En Charter

13. Que Marianne Etait Jolie

14. Les Divorces

15. Le Petit Rouquin

16. Wight Is Wight

17. Je Pense A Toi

18. Les Aveux

Tracks:

Sports Et Divertissements
R Verie Du Pauvre
Les Trois Valses Distingu Es Du Pr Cieux D Goute
Petite Ouverrture A Danser
Le Pi Ge De M Duse
Avant-Derni Res Pens Es
Premi Re Pens E Rose Croix
Gnossienne N. 1
Gnossienne N. 2
Gnossienne N. 3
Gnossienne N. 4
Gnossienne N. 5
Gnossienne N. 6
Peccadille Importunes
Les Pantins Dansent
1. Re Gymnop Die

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On this disc Italian avant-garde accordionist Teodoro Anzellotti spins out the charming, lilting, and quite familiar solo piano melodies of Erik Satie (the entire "Sports et Divertissements" and "Gnossiennes," the always popular "Three Elegant Waltzes by a Squeamish Pansy," and others). While this music was composed in perhaps Satie's most humorous period, the accordion does not emphasize that quality or turn it into kitsch. Instead Anzellotti takes Satie's mostly linear melodies and teases them out into clouds of chords, like straight hair is teased into a burr, a rat's nest. Not that the music becomes an absolute blur, but instead the crisp and sharp are changed into something more warm and enveloping. Through his techniques, the transitions faintly overlap and tempos are ever-so-slightly halted, all with the effect of rendering the very familiar less so. Beautiful. --Robin Edgerton

Customer Reviews:

SUPERB!.......2006-11-05

Jules Massenet breaths life into the work of Erik Satie through the senuous, surging outpourings of a spare accordion. Outstanding transciption and recording!

Erik Satie... on accordion..........2001-03-20

This CD is a collection of Erik Satie solo piano pieces performed on solo accordion... it sounds like... Erik Satie... on accordion. Which is a good thing! Very tastefully done, Mr. Anzellotti sticks to the written notes without over-interpretation or campiness. Heard on accordion, the pieces take on a uniquely dreamy, nostalgic, and slightly surreal quality, especially the exotic "Gnossiennes." The familiar "Gymnopedie #1" sounds especially lovely in this setting, and the jauntier sections of "Sports and Divertissments" benefit from the playful quality of the accordion. While an hour of solo accordion is a bit much in one sitting, this is a wonderful release for those wanting to hear Satie's music in a refreshing new light. Mr. Satie himself would be pleased, no doubt! (And as usual, the Winter & Winter label outdoes itself with beautiful packaging and design!)