Anne Queffelec - Satie: Gymnopédies & Gnossiennes (blue vinyl)

Format: LP 140g Blue vinyl
ICPN: 1200214199210
Release Date: 25 Sep 2026
Genre: Classical

"A pianist whose exceptional intelligence and sensitivity draws on her effervescent spirit, Anne Queffélec learned her craft in both Paris and Vienna. She had a close relationship with Erato and Virgin Classics, which produced a rich discography. This recording is an absolute best seller, and probably the most famous version of Erik Satie’s masterpieces, the Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes. Released for the first time in blue colour limited vinyl.  “No pianist understands the atmosphere of Satie’s music or can sharpen its wit more tellingly than Anne Queffélec.” Gramophone Magazine"

A pianist whose exceptional intelligence and sensitivity draws on her effervescent spirit, Anne Queffélec learned her craft in both Paris and Vienna. She had a close relationship with Erato and Virgin Classics, which produced a rich discography. This recording is an absolute best seller, and probably the most famous version of Erik Satie’s masterpieces, the Gymnopédies and Gnossiennes.
Released for the first time in blue colour limited vinyl.

“No pianist understands the atmosphere of Satie’s music or can sharpen its wit more tellingly than Anne Queffélec.” Gramophone Magazine

ERIK SATIE 1866-1925

SIDE A   Six Gnossiennes (1890)
               No. 1 Lent
               No. 2 Avec étonnement
               No. 3 Lent
               No. 4 Lent
               No. 5 Modéré
               No. 6 Avec conviction et avec une tristesse rigoureuse
 
               Véritables Préludes flasques (pour un chien) (1912)
               Sévère réprimande
               Seul à la maison
               On joue
 
               Sonatine bureaucratique (1917)
               Allegro
               Andante
               Vivache
 
               Sports et Divertissements (1914, excerpts)
               La Balançoire
               Le Carnaval
 
SIDE B   Trois Gymnopédies (1888)
               No. 1 Lent et douloureux
               No. 2 Lent et triste
               No. 3 Lent et grave
 
               Embryons desséchés (1913)
               d’Holothurie
               d’Edriophthalma
               de Podophthalma
 
               Je te veux (1904)
 
               Le Piccadilly – Marche (1904)
 
 
Anne Queffélec piano
 
Recorded: St Martin’s Church, East Woodhay, Newbury, March 1988
Producer: John H. West · Balance engineer: Mike Hatch
Total timing: 45 minutes