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Title: Satie as you have never heard him !
Review: Reinbert de Leeuw is the most original piano interpret I have ever heard ! His versions of Eric Satie's famous Gymnopedies are unique, because his plays them so slowly that it is sometimes difficult to recognise them; you re-discover them as you hear him play. This is the perfect approach to play some famous pieces people have heard so many times in a refreshing way. Of course, this is different from the "classic" way to play Satie, as Philippe Entremont did in a definitive way. But Reinbert de Leeuw is really original : it is the slowest interpretation of Satie's pieces. There is a few seconds silence between each note. Reinbert de Leeuw has recorded Satie's pieces twice : his first attempts in the 70's (in ADD) were even slower than the recent (DDD), all made for Phillips. The 1998 Phillips 2 CDs package contains the slowest versions.
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