Orchestral

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More orchestral music on CDs with Socrate
Theatre Music

Hyperion CDA66365

The New London Orchestra
Ronald Corp, conductor

Parade
Trois Gymnopédies
Mercure
Trois Gnossiennes
Relâche

rec 1989

review

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Diamond Settings: Hommage á Satie

Koch Schwann 373582

Seattle Symphony
Gerald Schwarz

Passacaille
Gymnopédies
Messe des pauvres
Hommage á Satie
(Diamond)
Hommage á  Haydn (Debussy)
Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn (Ravel)
Le tombeau de Couperin (Ravel)

review


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Erik Satie & Darius Milhaud



London/Decca 443 897-2


London Philharmonic Orchestra
Bernard Herrman

Click Darius Milhaud
for lots more.




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Best of Satie

EMI 4787182
(Still available from EMI-France)
Various

Gymnopédies,
Gnossiennes,
Morceaux en forme de poire,
etc.

Material from label La Voix de Son Maitre
Andrew Wilson saw this CD on a Paris shopping trip: "This was rather a hodge-podge: some Ciccolini piano pieces, some songs from the EMI 'Melodies' disc, two orchestral pieces, one guitar piece, etc. The attraction being that there were some bits and pieces not otherwise available (in these versions) on CD. Also, it was mid-price (about FF 80)."

It is available here.
Erik Satie
Geneviéve de Brabant

Newtone Records
CD Nt 6752

Duchess Geneviéve de Brabant - Mariella Devia (soprano)
Golo, the evil - Davide Bassino (baritone)
Choir - Fausta Truffa, Corallina De Maria, Mauro Ginestrone
Speaker - Paolo Poli

Spesso rimpiango
Gymnopédies
Nocturnes
Gymnopedies
Nocturns
Sonatine bureaucratique
Avant dernieres pensees
Poudre d'or
Geneviéve de Brabant


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Danceries

Denon 1289

Danceries

Chanson médiévale
Le Diva de l'empire
Je te veux
Tendrement
La belle excentrique
Trois mlodies sans paroles Gymnopédies
Ludions
Trois petites pièces montées



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Satie: Parade Relache



EMI Classics CDC 749471 2

Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
Michel Plasson

Parade
Relâche
En habit de cheval
Gymnopédies Nos.1 & 3
(arr. Debussy)
Gnossienne No.3 (arr. Poulenc)
La belle excentrique
Cinq Grimaces pour 'Le songe d'une nuit d'été'
(arr. Milhaud)
Le Piccadilly

rec 1988

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Selected Works


Musical Heritage Society, Erato
on LP only
Ars Nova Ensemble
Marius Constant, Director

Relâche: Cinema Music
Sonnerie pour réveiller le roi des singes
Musique d'ameublement:
  Tenture de cabine préfectoral
  Tapisserie en fer forgé
  Carrelage phonique (peut se jouer á un lunch)
Pages mystiques No. 2:  Vexations


Pierre Thibaud, Bernard Jeannoutot: trumpets on Sonnerie;
Michel Dalberto: piano on Vexations


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The Complete Ballets
of Erik Satie



Omega Vanguard Classics
OVC 4030
Utah Symphony Orchestra
Maurice Abravenel

Parade
Mercure
Relâche
La Belle excentrique - La grande ritournelle
Cinq Grimaces pour 'Un songe d'une nuit d'été'
Gymnopédies 1 & 3
(orch. Debussy)
Morceaux en forme de poire (orch. Desormiére)
Jack-in-the-Box
(orch. Milhaud)

rec. 1968

Review.

I liked this CD  from the very first listen. Highly recommended.

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Paris in the 1920s



Allegretto 8157
Radio Luxembourg Orchestra
Louis de Froment


Parade

plus works by Milhaud, Poulenc, Honegger, Tailleferre

Review, plus
more 'Les Six' CDs.



Sells for under $5

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Supraphon 1001519
Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Válek

Parade
Le boeuf sur le toit
(Milhaud)
Les Biches (Poulenc)



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Parade



Mercury/Philips 434 335

London Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati

Parade
Overture
(Auric)
Contrasts (Fetler)
Piano Concertino (Francaix)
Le Baeuf sur le toit (Milhaud)

review

Philips

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Philips 432 513

London Symphony Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly

Gidon Kremer, violin

Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunettes)

Le Baeuf sur le toit
(Milhaud)
Poème (Ernest Chausson)
Fantasia appassionata (Henri Vieuxtemps)


Philips

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EMI CDC 754541 2 Frank Peter Zimmermann, violin
Alexander Lonquich, piano
Choses vues à droite et à gauche (sans lunettes)

Sonate
(Auric)
Sonatine (Francaix)
Sonata No. 2 (Milhaud)
Sonata (Poulenc)

(Title deleted by EMI, but copies still around, June 97)

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Ballet Music

On LP only:

Angel S37580
also
HMV Greensleeve 7069
Royal Opera House Orchestra
John Lanchberry

Monotones (orch. Lanchberry, Debussy, Roland-Manuel)
Jack in the Box (orch Milhaud)
Trois Morceaux en forme de poire (orch. Désormiére)
Four Preludes - Nos. 1 and 3 (orch. by Poulenc?)


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