‘Born very young into a very old world’, with a passion for the unusual, for minimalism ahead of his time, for profound humour and ‘serious stillness’, Erik Satie deserves to be listened to more often.
And who knew of his Socrates for voice and piano? Drawing on Plato – The Symposium, Phaedrus and Phaedo – the unclassifiable composer pays here a tribute that is as loving as it is respectful to the guiding figure of all dialogues, to better celebrate that of music, thought and the spoken word.
A rare gem, brought to life by the musicians of Le Balcon – 'a poetic essence that is transmitted almost brutally from Satie to us, which is unheard of,' emphasises conductor Maxime Pascal.
