This disc, played by Pascal Rogé, the expert of French piano music, as well as at the height of his musical maturity, consists of works by two composers, the one is Erik Satie, and the other a Japanese composer, Takashi Yoshimatsu. Mr. Rogé found something similar between those two composer's music, and make a long, beautiful story mixing their works, connected each other without interval, like telling a fairy tale, with Mr. Rogé's clearest sound of piano.
Recorded in 2008 at the Akigawa Kirara Hall, Tokyo
Hybrid (CD SACD 2ch/5.0ch)
Rogé's playing exemplifies the elegance and subtlety said to distinguish French pianism
The meditative music of Satie goes so well together with the dreamlike atmosphere of Yoshimatsu's work: a perceft combination. An extraordinary performance!
Es war Pascal Rog�s ganz pers�nlicher Wunsch, Saties ber�hmte Klavierst�cke den Werken von Takashi Yoshimatsu gegen�berzustellen, da er Gemeinsamkeiten gesucht und gefunden hat. Das Resultat ist eine traumwandlerische Ann�herung eines auf die franz�sische Klaviermusik spezialisierten Pianisten. Klar in der Diktion, redend und meditativ versunken entf�hrt er den Zuh�rer in faszinierende (Traum-)Welten zwischen Ost und West.
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13 Gymnopedies
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26 Gnossiennes
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3Croquis et Agaceries d'un Gros Bonhomme en Bois
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4Reverie du Pauvre
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5Caresse
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6Je te veux
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7Sarabande No.3
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8From Pleiades Dances I-VIIInterlude to Water
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9From Pleiades Dances I-VIIRomance from the Past
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10From Pleiades Dances I-VIINonchalantry Prelude
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11From Pleiades Dances I-VIIGlobular Romance
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12From Pleiades Dances I-VIIArabesque in Twilight
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13From Pleiades Dances I-VIIPrelude to Little Spring
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14From Pleiades Dances I-VIIRomance to Listless Summer
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15From Pleiades Dances I-VIIBarcalore on Autumn
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16From Pleiades Dances I-VIIPastoral on Winter
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17From Pleiades Dances I-VIIInterlude with Birds
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18From Pleiades Dances I-VIIMemory of Interlude
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19From Pleiades Dances I-VIIInterrupted Faint Prelude
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20From Pleiades Dances I-VIIDistant Dream Romance
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21From Pleiades Dances I-VIINoel in Midnight
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22From Pleiades Dances I-VIIStatic Dream Pavane