Satie: The Piano Works by France Clidat (2020 Remastered, Paris 1979)

Satie: The Piano Works by France Clidat (2020 Remastered, Paris 1979)Satie: The Piano Works France Clidat (2020 Remastered, Paris 1979) 3 disc(s) 50 track(s) Total length: 03: 21: 00 To the question "Are you a product of the French School?", France Clidat, one of the great pianists of her time, once replied: "Yes, 100%, and even more so now! I remember what Debussy said: 'You must forget that the piano has hammers.' And she elaborated on her thoughts: "There are two great schools, that of Chopin and that of Liszt. They

Satie: The Piano Works

France Clidat (2020 Remastered, Paris 1979)

3 disc(s) - 50 track(s)
Total length: 03:21:00

To the question "Are you a product of the French School?", France Clidat, one of the great pianists of her time, once replied: "Yes, 100%, and even more so now! I remember what Debussy said: 'You must forget that the piano has hammers.'” And she elaborated on her thoughts: "There are two great schools, that of Chopin and that of Liszt. They were the two kings, and we are all inevitably their disciples. The French School descends from Chopin's."

France Clidat adds, "I retained certain lessons from my teacher: pearly playing is not struck playing; the search for color is essential." This is the hallmark of Lazare-Lévy, of Raoul Pugno, of Francis Planté (born in 1839, still active in the early 1930s), of Édouard Risler, as it would be for Alfred Cortot and all the pianists who, in their varied pianistic and technical approaches, shaped the true French School of piano.

In 1984, France Clidat received the Grand Prix of the French Record Academy for her recordings of Erik Satie. Everywhere she goes, she is nicknamed Madame Satie. There is no doubt that she and the composer’s music are one. The art of minimalism, of subtle soundscapes, a hint of irony, French elegance... everything is admirably present and distilled here.

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