Erik Satie

Literally the Kenny G of classical, think about it.

>>72656655
Vivaldi fits the description more

Good shit, although his compositions often get mistaken for shitty royalty free sad music.

>>72656753
this

Yea I give him 10 thumbs up

>>72656655

Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes are pleasant but some are a little on the lacking side (gnossienne 5 is underrated as heck though) and I quite like Je te veux. Some of his other piano music is plain boring. I can't even remember the names of the ones I dislike. Vexations is a dumb meme and I don't even think he knew why he wrote it. Had the decency to leave it unpublished though.

Basically I feel the moody atmosphere he does best in has been replicated by Debussy and Ravel with far much more substantial composition.

>>72656637
Satie is good music to cook to.

>>72656637
comfy piano man! :D

>>72657322
By the way, here's Frank Zappa's cover of Ravel's Bolero.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQ1JamXxd8g
He was really something else.

>>72656637
Pretty backwards looking for his time. Simple homophonic melodies, when everyone else was doing complex chromatic pieces, or getting into atonality.

Debussy, Schoenberg, Strauss, Webern, Mahler, Ravel - those are the stand out composers of the period. Satie is like the Philip Glass of his time - somewhat boring repetitive pieces. Saties "parade" is good, but that's about it.

DUDE FURNITURE LMAO

What are Ravel's best compositions and their best recordings?

>>72656637
Got a couple discs of Gymnopedies and Gnossiennes, differing interpretations really change the mood

>>72656637
According to /classical/ he made pop music.

>>72658180
I would include Elgar in that list, too. His compositions are a lot more sophisticated and innovative than his stuffy reputation would suggest. The Sea Pictures are beautiful, for instance.

>>72658206
As did Chopin.