Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Piano Music, Vol. 4 (2021) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

For the fourth instalment in her acclaimed Satie cycle, Noriko Ogawa has gathered music written for the stage – from the pantomime Jack in the Box (1899) to the ballet Relâche (1924) – one of Satie’s last works. Several of the pieces exist in different scorings, but the piano versions heard here are all Satie’s own. Throughout the programme, what comes across strongly is the influence of music hall and cabaret; composed in 1900, Prélude de « La mort de Monsieur Mouche » even offers a hint of the ragtime, one of the first appearances of the genre in European music.

Stage projects are as a rule collaborative efforts, and among Satie’s collaborators were some of the leading names of the art world at the time, including Jean Cocteau, Picasso, the Dadaist poet and painter Francis Picabia, and film director René Clair. Satie’s score Cinéma has been called one of the first synchronized film scores.

Tracklist:
01. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Mercure, Scene 1 (Version for Solo Piano): No. 1, Ouverture (01:13)
02. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Mercure, Scene 1 (Version for Solo Piano): No. 2, La nuit (01:05)
03. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Mercure, Scene 1 (Version for Solo Piano): No. 3, Danse de tendresse (02:15)
04. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Mercure, Scene 1 (Version for Solo Piano): No. 4, Signes du zodiaque (00:39)
05. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Mercure, Scene 1 (Version for Solo Piano): No. 5, Entrée et danse de Mercure (01:20)
06. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Mercure, Scene 2 (Version for Solo Piano): No. 6, Danse des Grâces (01:12)
07. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Mercure, Scene 2 (Version for Solo Piano): No. 7, Bain des Grâces (01:06)
08. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Mercure, Scene 2 (Version for Solo Piano): No. 8, Fuite de Mercure (00:22)
09. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Mercure, Scene 2 (Version for Solo Piano): No. 9, Colère de Cerbère (00:24)
10. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Mercure, Scene 3 (Version for Solo Piano): No. 10, Polka de lettres (01:04)
11. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Mercure, Scene 3 (Version for Solo Piano): No. 11, Nouvelle danse (00:53)
12. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Mercure, Scene 3 (Version for Solo Piano): No. 12, Le chaos (00:29)
13. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Mercure, Scene 3 (Version for Solo Piano): No. 13, Rapt de Proserpine (01:27)
14. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: La belle excentrique (Version for Solo Piano) [Excerpts]: II. Marché franco-lunaire (01:48)
15. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: La belle excentrique (Version for Solo Piano) [Excerpts]: III. Valse du mystérieux baiser dans l’oeil (02:35)
16. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Les pantins dansent (Arr. for Solo Piano) (01:24)
17. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Les pantins dansent (First Version) [Arr. for Solo Piano] (01:40)
18. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Carnet d’esquisses et de croquis: No. 18, Petit prelude de “La mort de Monsieur Mouche” (01:27)
19. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Le piège de Méduse: No. 1, Quadrille (00:42)
20. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Le piège de Méduse: No. 2, Valse (00:43)
21. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Le piège de Méduse: No. 3, Pas vite (00:34)
22. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Le piège de Méduse: No. 4, Mazurka (00:31)
23. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Le piège de Méduse: No. 5, Un peu vif (00:14)
24. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Le piège de Méduse: No. 6, Polka (00:27)
25. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Le piège de Méduse: No. 7, Quadrille (00:23)
26. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Jack-in-the-Box (Pantomime Ballet): I. Prélude (02:30)
27. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Jack-in-the-Box (Pantomime Ballet): II. Entr’acte (02:24)
28. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Jack-in-the-Box (Pantomime Ballet): III. Final (02:34)
29. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act I (Version for Solo Piano): No. 1, Ouverturette (01:16)
30. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act I (Version for Solo Piano): No. 2a, Projectionnette (00:40)
31. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act I (Version for Solo Piano): No. 2b, Rideau (00:22)
32. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act I (Version for Solo Piano): No. 3, Entrée de la femme (01:13)
33. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act I (Version for Solo Piano): No. 4, Musique entre l’entrée de la femme (00:43)
34. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act I (Version for Solo Piano): No. 5, Entrée de l’homme (00:43)
35. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act I (Version for Solo Piano): No. 6, Danse de la porte tournante (01:08)
36. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act I (Version for Solo Piano): No. 7, Entrée des hommes (00:44)
37. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act I (Version for Solo Piano): No. 8, Danse des hommes (00:42)
38. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act I (Version for Solo Piano): No. 9, Danse de la femme (01:14)
39. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act I (Version for Solo Piano): No. 10, Final (01:16)
40. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Cinéma (Version for Solo Piano) (16:24)
41. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act II (Version for Solo Piano): No. 11, Musique de rentrée (01:03)
42. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act II (Version for Solo Piano): No. 12, Rentrée des hommes (01:05)
43. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act II (Version for Solo Piano): No. 13, Rentrée de la femme (01:56)
44. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act II (Version for Solo Piano): No. 14, Les hommes se dévêtissent (00:38)
45. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act II (Version for Solo Piano): No. 15, Danse de l’homme et de la femme (01:17)
46. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act II (Version for Solo Piano): No. 16, Les hommes regagnent leur place (01:02)
47. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act II (Version for Solo Piano): No. 17, Danse de la brouette (01:26)
48. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act II (Version for Solo Piano): No. 18, Danse de la couronne (01:01)
49. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act II (Version for Solo Piano): No. 19, Le danseur dépose la couronne (00:58)
50. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act II (Version for Solo Piano): No. 20, La femme rejoint son fauteuil (01:23)
51. Noriko Ogawa – Satie: Relâche, Act II (Version for Solo Piano): No. 21, Petite danse finale. La queue du chien (00:53)