Bruno Fontaine – Erik Satie (Deluxe Edition) (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Bruno Fontaine - Erik Satie (Deluxe Edition) (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz] Download

Bruno Fontaine’s boldness should be applauded. There is no shortage of identikit Satie piano recitals that present an anaemic, straight-laced portrait of this most idiosyncratic of composers. At first sight, Fontaine’s new disc is no different. He obeys the legal requirement for Satie piano recitals to include the Gymnopédies and throws in the Gnossiennes as additional indemnity.

The performances, though, challenge the safe conformity, the curious predictability that smooths the edges in so many Satie recitals. Where the melody of the second Gymnopédie or the first Gnossienne says it should be loud, it is loud. All that should be startling about this is that he is prepared to emphasise rather than temper such moments. There is an improvisatory, mercurial air about much of the playing that is truly refreshing, especially in works such as the Avant-dernières pensées or the Sonatine bureaucratique. Sudden jolts in dynamic or tempo are not (or, at least, should not be) problematic in Satie, even when, as here, the piano has a tendency towards harshness. Less convincing, though, are passages where the pulse becomes erratic like a sailor staggering around on dry land for the first time in months. A frustrating distortion in an original vision.

Tracklist:

1-01. Bruno Fontaine – Gymnopédie No. 1 (03:24)
1-02. Bruno Fontaine – Gymnopédie No. 2 (02:42)
1-03. Bruno Fontaine – Gymnopédie No. 3 (02:32)
1-04. Bruno Fontaine – I. Airs à faire fuir, D’une manière très particulière (03:19)
1-05. Bruno Fontaine – II. Airs à faire fuir, Modestement (01:46)
1-06. Bruno Fontaine – III. Airs à faire fuir, S’inviter (03:05)
1-07. Bruno Fontaine – IV. Danse de travers, En y regardant à deux fois (01:43)
1-08. Bruno Fontaine – V. Danse de travers, Passer (01:12)
1-09. Bruno Fontaine – VI. Danse de travers, Encore (02:08)
1-10. Bruno Fontaine – Choral No. 1 (Lent) (01:10)
1-11. Bruno Fontaine – Choral No. 2 (Avec étonnement) (00:44)
1-12. Bruno Fontaine – Choral No. 3 (Lent) (00:40)
1-13. Bruno Fontaine – Choral No. 4 (00:44)
1-14. Bruno Fontaine – Choral No. 5 (00:34)
1-15. Bruno Fontaine – Choral No. 6 (01:03)
1-16. Bruno Fontaine – Choral No. 7 (00:18)
1-17. Bruno Fontaine – Choral No. 8 (00:35)
1-18. Bruno Fontaine – Choral No. 9 (00:30)
1-19. Bruno Fontaine – Choral No. 10 (00:46)
1-20. Bruno Fontaine – Choral No. 11 (00:56)
1-21. Bruno Fontaine – Choral No. 12 (00:58)
1-22. Bruno Fontaine – I. Idylle (01:03)
1-23. Bruno Fontaine – II. Aubade (01:13)
1-24. Bruno Fontaine – III. Méditation (00:48)
1-25. Bruno Fontaine – Nocturne No. 1 (Doux et calme) (03:47)
1-26. Bruno Fontaine – Nocturne No. 2 (Simplement) (02:23)
1-27. Bruno Fontaine – Nocturne No. 3 (Un peu mouvementé) (03:46)
1-28. Bruno Fontaine – Nocturne No. 4 (02:27)
1-29. Bruno Fontaine – Nocturne No. 5 (02:26)
1-30. Bruno Fontaine – Gnossiennes No. 1 (03:37)
1-31. Bruno Fontaine – Gnossiennes No. 2 (02:19)
1-32. Bruno Fontaine – Gnossiennes No. 3 (03:07)
1-33. Bruno Fontaine – Gnossiennes No. 4 (02:17)
1-34. Bruno Fontaine – Gnossiennes No. 5 (03:41)
1-35. Bruno Fontaine – Gnossiennes No. 6 (02:34)
1-36. Bruno Fontaine – Gnossiennes No. 7 (04:57)
1-37. Bruno Fontaine – I. Allegro (01:02)
1-38. Bruno Fontaine – II. Andante (01:28)
1-39. Bruno Fontaine – III. Vivache (01:38)
1-40. Bruno Fontaine – Ogive n°1 (Bonus Track) (02:10)
1-41. Bruno Fontaine – Ogive n°2 (Bonus Track) (02:34)
1-42. Bruno Fontaine – Ogive n°3 (Bonus Track) (01:47)
1-43. Bruno Fontaine – Ogive n°4 (Bonus Track) (02:17)
1-44. Bruno Fontaine – Rêverie du pauvre (Bonus Track) (04:12)
1-45. Bruno Fontaine – Honfleur-Arcueil (Bonus Track) (04:41)
1-46. Bruno Fontaine – Vexations (Bonus Track) (12:25)