71. Le Réveil de la Mariée (The Awakening of the Bride)
72. Colin-Maillard (Blind Man's Buff)
73. La Pêche (Fishing)
74. Le Yachting (Yachting)
75. Le Bain de Mer (Sea Bathing)
76. Le Carnaval (Carnival)
77. Le Golf (Golf)
78. La Pieuvre (The Octopus)
79. Les Courses (Racing)
80. Les Quatre-Coins (Puss in the Corner)
81. Le Pique-Nique (The Picnic)
82. Le Water-Chute (The Water Chute)
83. Le Tango (Perpétuel) (The Perpetual Tango)
84. Le Traîneau (The Sled)
85. Le Flirt (Flirting)
86. Le Feu D'artifice (Fireworks)
87. Le Tennis (Tennis)
88. Gymnopédie No.1
89. Gymnopédie No.2
90. Gymnopédie No.3
91. La Diva de L'empire (The Diva of the Empire)
92. Choral
93. Fugue Litanique
94. Autre Choral
95. Fugue de Papier
96. Choral
97. Prélude Du Rideau Rouge
98. Prestidigitateur Chinois
99. Petite Fille Américane - Rag Time Du Paquebot
100. Acrobates
101. Final - Suite Au Prélude Du Rideau Rouge
102. De L'enfance de Pantagruel
103. Marche de Cocagne
104. Jeux de Gargantua
105. Choral
106. Fugue Litanique
107. Autre Choral
108. Fugue de Papier
109. Choral
110. Prélude Du Rideau Rouge
111. Prestidigitateur Chinois
112. Petite Fille Américane - Rag Time Du Paquebot
113. Acrobates
114. Final - Suite Au Prélude Du Rideau Rouge
115. Prélude Du Rideau Rouge - Prestigitateur Chinois
116. Petite Fille Américane - Rag Time Du Paquebot
117. Acrobates - Suite Au Prélude Du Rideau Rouge
118. De L'enfance de Pantagruel
119. Marche de Cocagne
120. Jeux de Gargantua
121. Gymnopedie No.1
122. Gymnopedie No 1
123. Gymnopedie No 2
124. In Conversation Regarding Satie and Noise in the Environment
125. Waltz from Three Easy Pieces for Piano Duet
126. Kyrie Eleison
127. Prière Des Orgues
128. Commune Qui Mundi Nefas
129. Chant Ecclésiastique
130. Prière Pour Les Voyageurs Et Les Marins en Danger de Mort
131. Prière Pour Le Salut de Mon me
132. Portrait of Socrates (The Banquet)
133. The Banks of the Ilissus (Phedre)
134. The Death of Socrates (Phedon)
135. Portrait of Socrates (The Banquet)
136. The Banks of the Ilissus (Phedre)
137. The Death of Socrates (Phedon)
138. La Statue de Bronze
139. Daphénéo
140. Le Chapelier
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A four disc Box set collection of historic Satie recordings, ranging from the 1920's onwards. Including such rarities as Henri Sauguet's 'Socrate' for solo voice and orchestra; piano sets by William Masselos and Aldo Ciccolini that have been out of print for decades; Serge Koussevitzky's vintage recordings of the 'Gymnopédies', (arranged for orchestra by Claude Debussy), and Francis Poulenc and Georges Auric's two pianos and four hands arrangement of 'Parade', the Diaghilev-Picasso-Cocteau ballet which created a scandal in Paris and for the first time forced upon Satie the glare of publicity. Satie's best known compositions, 'Trois Gymnopédies', composed in 1888 at the age of 22, and 'Trois Gnossiennes', which was written two years later, create the impression of being either very archaic or very modern; astonishing early expressions of the composer's originality. He invented minimalism, ambient music, (which he called "furnishing music") and prepared pianos in the 1890s, exploring new musical territories that John Cage would re-visit decades later. Deeply eccentric, Satie faced much derision during his lifetime, but today his uncompromising attitudes are widely admired and he now occupies a unique place in the realm of popular culture. Artists as diverse as David Hockney, Diana Rigg, Robert Wyatt and Eno are among those who have fallen under his spell. "Of all the influential composers of our time, Satie is the only one whose works can be enjoyed and appreciated without any knowledge of the history of music... They are as simple, as straightforward, as devastating as the remarks of a child. To the uninitiated they sound trifling. To those who love them they are fresh and beautiful and firmly right. " Virgil Thomson