Guillaume coppola –

Satie amoureux

We know Satie as a loner, but it is less well known that Satie had also been in love. He had a brief and stormy affair with the painter Suzanne Valadon. The portrait she made of him is on the cover of this album, as pianist Guillaume Coppola has conceived it as an intimate portrait of the composer, "one masked by a veil of modesty or provocation and which lies between antique and oriental inspiration, mystical phases, humour and cabaret". The miniature Bonjour Biqui and the motif of the Vexations possess rare allusions to Valadon and become commas between these chapters, as does Desespoir agreable, whose title alone seems to sum up Satie's life and work. This tribute is released to mark the centenary of Satie's death; whilst the famous Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes feature on the programme, the album also presents rare and infrequently recorded discoveries that testify to the richness of the works that the whimsical Satie had created.

Country of Pressing	US
Artist	Guillaume Coppola
Released	2025
Music Genre	Classical
Label	ALPHA
Condition	New
UPC	3701624511923
SKU	al-3701624511923

1.1 Je te veux, valse chantée version piano de l'auteur
1.2 Valse-Ballet
1.3 Gymnopédie no. 3
1.4 Gnossienne no. 1
1.5 Fantaisie-Valse
1.6 Tendrement
1.7 Poudre d'or
1.8 Bonjour Biqui, bonjour!
1.9 Gnossienne no. 4
1.10 Gnossienne no. 2
1.11 Gnossienne no. 7
1.12 Vexations~Thème de la basse
1.13 Danse gothique~No. 1: À l’occasion d’une grande peine
1.14 Prélude de la Porte héroïque du ciel
1.15 Vexations~Première harmonisation du motif
1.16 trois valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté~I. Sa taille
1.17 trois valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté~II. Son binocle
1.18 trois valses distinguées du précieux dégoûté~III. Ses jambes
1.19 Sonatine Op. 36 no. 1~I. Spiritoso
1.20 Sonatine Op. 36 no. 1~II. Andante
1.21 Sonatine Op. 36 no. 1~III. Vivace
1.22 Sonatine bureaucratique~I. Allegro
1.23 Sonatine bureaucratique~II. Andante
1.24 Sonatine bureaucratique~III. Vivache
1.25 Vexations~Seconde harmonisation du motif
1.26 Nocturne no. 6
1.27 Désespoir agréable
1.28 Jack in the Box~1. Prélude
1.29 Piccadilly
1.30 Diva de l’Empire
1.31 Rag-Time Parade
1.32 Morceaux en forme de poire à 4 mains~En plus
1.33 Morceaux en forme de poire à 4 mains~Redite