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WAVES - Music by Satie

Deutsche Grammophon
Release Date: June 28, 2024

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1 Gnossiennes, No_ 1, Lent  
2 No_ 2, Avec e´tonnement  
3 No_ 3, Lent  
4 No_ 4, Lent  
5 No_ 5, Mode´re´  
6 No_ 6, Avec conviction et avec une tristesse rigoureuse  
7 No_ 1, Lent - Upright Version  
8 No_ 2, Avec e´tonnement - Upright Version  
9 No_ 3, Lent - Upright Version  
10 No_ 4, Lent - Upright Version  
11 No_ 5, Mode´re´ - Upright Version  
12 No_ 6, Avec conviction et avec une tristesse rigoureuse - Upright Version  
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Bruce Liu Turns the Spotlight on Satie - The pianist continues his exploration of French pianism in a new digital album,  out on 28 June 2024

Waves: Music by Satie features two contrasting versions  of the composer’s six Gnossiennes “far more than a demonstration of virtuosity and sensitivity …,  this album is a beautiful journey of dreams, dance and poetry”?ResMusica on Waves: Music by Rameau · Ravel · Alkan

The much-anticipated debut studio album from Bruce Liu, winner of the 2021 International Chopin Piano Competition, was released to critical acclaim in November 2023. Waves: Music by Rameau · Ravel · Alkan – Liu’s homage to French pianism – focused on three composers who played a part in the evolution of keyboard music in France between the 18th and early 20th centuries. The vinyl and limited-edition deluxe versions of Waves featured bonus tracks by a  fourth: Erik Satie. Liu’s readings of his Gnossiennes are now being made digitally available for the first time. Waves: Music by Satie presents two performances of all six works – the original grand piano versions and newly recorded upright piano interpretations – and is set for release on 28 June 2024. Gnossienne No. 1, Lent (upright version) will be issued as a taster track on 7 June and a video for No. 4, Lent (grand piano version) will come out on the same day as the album.
 

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