COMPOSERS: Satie
LABELS: EMI
WORKS: Gymnopedies; Gnossienes etc
PERFORMER: Aldo Ciccolini, Gabriel Tacchino (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: EMI 631 8092
A delicious Satie collection from Aldo Ciccolini, joined by Gabriel Tacchino in the Morceaux en forme de poire and La belle exentrique. They make the music spikier, less amiable than some interpreters – to its benefit. Calum MacDonald