Erik Satie ~1918~ Socrate (ténor & piano) (1975 recording, Cuénod & Ivaldi)

“Socrate“, composed between 1917 and 1918 at the request of the Princess of Polignac, is a three-part work based on texts by Plato (Symposium, Phaedrus, Phaedo). It was Jane Bathori who created the piano version in April 1918, accompanied by Satie himself. “Socrate“ is representative of his “white music“, which can be also heard with the “Nocturnes“. This recording of “Socrate“ took place in the Paris 13rd arrondissement city hall, in 1975. On vocals, Hugues Cuénod (1902-2010), and on piano, Christian Ivaldi (born in 1938). Will you hear the sirens of a police car passing in the street? 0:00 Portrait de Socrate 5:15 Sur les bords de l’Illissus 12:18 La Mort de Socrate