I love Erik Satie and listen to his Gymnopedies all the time and I'm looking for tips on any other CDs I could buy with similar mellow tunes by other composers. Perfect for a rainy day!
2007-11-16 01:03:39 · 8 answers · asked by anyothername 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
Try Claude Debussy. You will probably know Clair de Lune, and The Girl with Flaxen Hair (can't remember the French for it!). Similar kind of music - it is impressionistic. Very soothing!
2007-11-16 01:15:11 · answer #1 · answered by soopydoop 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Erik Satie Composer
2016-12-10 10:30:59 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are really no composers that are similar to Satie, although the suggestion of Debussy as compatible with that kind of taste in music is a good one. Francis Poulenc is a good match also - he wrote some great piano music that also has that French flavor to it. Look for CDs by Pascal Roge for these French composers, he seems very adept at interpreting his fellow countrymen.
Oh, by the way the Girl with the Flaxen Hair is "La fille aux cheveux de lin."
2007-11-16 02:02:07 · answer #3 · answered by Malcolm D 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As other responders have said... there is really nobody like Satie. The closest (in my opinion for what it is worth) would be Poulenc. His music has a "French" kind of flavor. You might also want to listen to more of Satie's music. In addition to the Gymnopedies and Gnossienes, he wrote a whole bunch of equally idiomatic pieces, such as "Embryons Desseches." (which apparently were inspired by some preserved marine life specimens). Another suggestion of Saties' work is his "Cinq Nocturnes" which have a similar feel.
2016-05-23 09:31:57 · answer #4 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look up the Les Six composers (Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, and Germaine Tailleferre). I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for in those men, seeing as they were all contemporaries of and followed the same ideals as Satie.
2007-11-16 03:44:01 · answer #5 · answered by Muse - Viktor's Mommy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I admit I was thinking about Erik Satie when I wrote this composition.
It is an arrangement of a Korean song for recorder and piano:
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I'm not sure whether I was lampooning Satie, rendering homage to Satie, or plagiarizing Satie--probably a little of all three.
The words to the song mean:
One bean, two beans, soft mung beans,
Worth a gold statue, bag of beans, thud!
2007-11-17 22:58:53 · answer #6 · answered by suhwahaksaeng 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I agree. Claude Debussy is perfect. I also like Cristofori's Dream by David Lanz. Very relaxing.
2007-11-16 03:31:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As well as French composers, you could try some Delius - the Florida suite (I can't remember its correct title) is wonderful.
2007-11-16 02:46:41 · answer #8 · answered by derfini 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋