Erik Satie - Gnossienne 1 (arr. Roland Dyens) Otto Tolonen, guitar Sibelius Academy Concert Hall, Helsinki, Finland www.ottotolonen.net October 2010
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@ClariceAust9 жыл бұрын
You can tell the masters; there is that fine judgement on the knife edge of restraint, slicing off excess. Too beautiful.
@musicbymartinv4 жыл бұрын
So eloquently stated.
@solidcatink3 жыл бұрын
beautiful description...
@robertcronin66033 жыл бұрын
Well said 🔥
@ulysse8923 жыл бұрын
very well said! I had once the exact same feeling with the writings of Gilbert Lely, biographer of the Marquis de Sade
@catmeifyoucan46493 жыл бұрын
Elegantly put.
@Psychospic10 жыл бұрын
The guitar adds a different tone to the whole piece. It doesn't have that haunting presence that the piano leaves you with. Not that that's a bad thing, just different. I like it.
@nostalgiacreep10 жыл бұрын
sounds a little quirkier and more romantic on the guitar
@itspietime4u9 жыл бұрын
nostalgiacreep it did always sound a little more, evil to be diction'ly boring, on piano
@jukvox6 жыл бұрын
Psychospic true that, it doesn't have the haunting feel that the piano gives. I'm guessing it's because of the lack of sustained dissonant notes, that is impossible to achieve, to certain degree, on the guitar.
@sunaJH6 жыл бұрын
I feel the strings lend a fluidity and intimacy lacking in the piano, with electric acoustic the shades are endless, this artist does an incredible job of tone with just the guitar
@the0point5 жыл бұрын
agreed, on piano it is haunting. sounds more like zorba on guitar.
@giannistampakos53593 жыл бұрын
It is not just the song that is a masterpiece... It's mostly the playing perfection.
@margaretlavender96472 жыл бұрын
It’s NOT a ‘song’. It has No words! It never has had words. It is ‘a piece’ of classical music.
@nicomeier80987 жыл бұрын
For my ears, this beautifull piece is played to near perfection: sensitively and delicately played, very nice.
@lurs213 жыл бұрын
Perfection in dit
@edwardmorton66914 жыл бұрын
The first time I heard this played on piano it stuck in my head for weeks. I'd never heard anything quite like it before and those dissonances were a bit like a pain in the tooth that you can't keep your tongue from retuning to poke it just so you can feel the hurt it brings. Your guitar version is remarkably good in the sense that it captures that melancholic pain extremely well. There's great beauty in your interpretation of this piece and I thank you wholeheartedly for posting it. I will probably learn it one day for there's nothing like it as far as I know in the guitar repertoire .. well done sir.
@bczpd4 жыл бұрын
I love your analogy
@bobbyevans84964 жыл бұрын
Edward Morton yes, beautiful analogy.
@cmb6087 Жыл бұрын
I had minimal interest in classical music, then heard the original version of this. I loved it, but it was incredibly sad at the same time. Amazing performance!
@augustoremoerdosain Жыл бұрын
Nice text, mate.
@lorenh7638 жыл бұрын
gorgeous! I never heard Satie played on guitar before
@danielblaze41123 жыл бұрын
1ere gymnopedie aussi que j'ai entendue puis jouée
@simianto99573 жыл бұрын
@@danielblaze4112 dont assume everyone can speak french man
@danielblaze41123 жыл бұрын
@@simianto9957 @Senne Reinders Sorry! I heard the first gymnopedie Éric Satie on the guitar and I played it too.
@lucbrassier93782 жыл бұрын
Vous devez écouter l'album "sketches of Satie" de Steve Hacket ancien guitariste de Genesis..
@sharonconstant3992 жыл бұрын
This is the definition of exquisite. I could listen to this thousands of times and never grow tired of it.
@0ddity6 жыл бұрын
This is by far one of the most beautiful pieces I have ever heard.
@minty4486 жыл бұрын
I'm learning to play this on the tuba.
@littleratblue6 жыл бұрын
LOL.
@Ozoneum15 жыл бұрын
That would actually be pretty cool, if you could pull it off...
@joshfeatherstone85465 жыл бұрын
I'm learning to whistle it.
@Gieszkanne5 жыл бұрын
I can fart this.
@JohansPiano5 жыл бұрын
I can play it on the piano
@italobino71672 жыл бұрын
mio Dio, Otto is perfect, è perfetto! Grazie.
@christian_lied6 жыл бұрын
I didn’t think it was possible to play it with a guitar, but boy was I wrong
@ThvonS5 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@Mruben104 жыл бұрын
Bravo muchacho
@Minotauro_di_Chieti4 жыл бұрын
Roland Dyens proved it
@ivanbenedetti35974 жыл бұрын
It's quite easy with guitar 😄 Well, ofc he plays it wonderfully, but it's really not a hard piece to learn on guitar.
@mortenkriss16014 жыл бұрын
@@ivanbenedetti3597 I am practicing this piece now. Its not hard to play through it. However, to make it sound this nice, that is another story.
@bozennajennieg45593 жыл бұрын
Spellbinding, spine-chilling performance. An absolutely stunning rendition of this hauntingly beautiful piece of music, played with such precision and clarity. Otto strokes and caresses the strings of his guitar with a delicate gentle passion that take me to another world. I am enthralled. A true artist. Genuis. I have no moe words.
@angelikaseegers-classicalg8053Ай бұрын
Sehr schön !! Poetisch und intensiv musiziert. Eine sehr schöne Atmosphäre 👏👏👏
@jackdolphy89652 ай бұрын
For me, knowing this music for nearly 50 years … your performance brings me to hearing this like for the first time. And as perfectly played - speed and flow and nuance - as ever I have heard this. Please if you have not already give a gift to the future of this world and make a recording of as much Satie as you can. Your gift is precious rare and glorious. Thank you for this video 🙏🏼
@user-zu8gb8zb5mАй бұрын
❤
@daanigarda8 жыл бұрын
SO CLEAN
@DANVIIL7 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! Such a delicate and clean sound and technique!
@pickmeasinner3 ай бұрын
I'm a guitarist and i loved this piece since I first heard it. Played on piano of course. The nonsensical thing is, i have NO idea where i first heard it, but it has haunted me for ages and i had nowhere to start in searching for its name. Lately it has popped up in KZbin shorts as background music a couple of times, driving me crazy all over again. And over the last few months ive asked in the comments several times for a name of either the piece, the composer or a movie i might have heard it in. ANY clue as to where i picked up this damn earworm! Last night I finally got the name Erik Satie! This is my next project to learn on guitar. Such a deeply haunting piece of music to me. But I'm over the moon to have my answer, and many thanks to that guy who actually bothered to put me out of my misery!
@shin-i-chikozima3 жыл бұрын
His wonderful performance is a great gift to guitar lovers His incomparable performance is my cure - all . I only listen , and my trouble will be healed . From Tokyo full of the beauty of Spring of the Land of the Rising Sun .
@danc38314 жыл бұрын
Absolutely incredible.....A sound that can only be heard in the hearer's heart.
@amarietarbes3 жыл бұрын
Je ne saurais pas dire si la guitare et plus ou moins adaptée à cette œuvre que le piano...je sais juste que mon âme s'est emplie de joie et de paix en écoutant cette superbe interprétation. Pour moi elle est parfaite, magique. Merci pour ce moment de vrai bonheur 🙏
@thomasmaze915613 күн бұрын
C'est la 2e version à la guitare que j'écoute, elle est très différente de celle-ci : kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4rOkI2EnZh5obM Je la préfère à cause de la qualité du son, et aussi parce que la version d'Otto Tolonen me paraît trop lente, sans relief et lointaine. Et aussi, arriver sur scène sans avoir accordé sa guitare au préalable, je trouve que c'est un manque de respect au public.
@amarietarbes13 күн бұрын
Merci pour ce partage, c'est une belle interprétation, très délicate mais qui reste classique. Je préfère la version d'Otto qui est pour moi plus sensible, intérieure et profonde...ce n'est que mon ressenti et bien sûr pas un jugement de valeur sur ces deux magnifiques artistes.
@lanmichaelmix28183 жыл бұрын
Satie's music sounds like it's so philosophical
@Junker-JeuFwf959923 күн бұрын
Vielen Dank für das Teilen erhebender Musik
@stevecase199 жыл бұрын
Recently I learned to play this dark and haunting piece which I really like. I love your sensitive, calm, unhurried performance, and the tone from your guitar. Thank you! Steve Case
@liewsilver89629 жыл бұрын
Dark and haunting.....beautiful......
@tatianadebrem27699 жыл бұрын
tatiana58 0ui, c'est une lente et délicieuse montée vers le ciel. Otto Tolonen interprète cette pièce de façon exemplaire.
@RaptorV1USA4 жыл бұрын
I've been looking, and I simply cannot find a more perfect, more inspiring, more beautiful and astonishing live guitar performance of any song here on on YT... Cant like enough.
@AllyKiss184 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing how it sounds Spanish, almost flamenco in style on guitar, compared to piano which sounds far more period classical.
@weirdmindedmonkey3 жыл бұрын
Thats the beauty of Instruments.. Its a heavy, thoughtful piece on the guitar too, but it def connects to the romantic guitar period.
@juliusebola97123 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@britinbigd2 жыл бұрын
Close your eyes, you will be transported to Southern Spain. The guitar treatment adds a subtle layer of pathos, melancholy and longing.
@boyanaskrbic Жыл бұрын
@@Lobstrominous Right, it's reminiscent of Slavic dances.
@marecku217 жыл бұрын
Wow, this piece is absolutely perfect for the guitar - it is hauntingly beautiful.
@HerrDagerman5 жыл бұрын
Best version I've found on the internet. I used to play this song myself :) Greetings from Sweden Otto
@RightToSelfDefense5 жыл бұрын
This song touch my soul. I first heard this song just today. Can't see how I missed this song in my Music Appreciation class years ago.
@williamgeorges54943 жыл бұрын
Quelle finesse dans l'interprétation ! Le guitariste caresse les cordes avec une légèreté en harmonie parfaite avec la musique toute en intimité de Satie.
@permaveg9 жыл бұрын
Steve Hackett on acoustic guitar and his brother John on flute did a wonderful album of Satie's work, the flute creates an eerie quality, well worth checking out.
@iankr4 жыл бұрын
Did they do this piece?
@bigdanyfamily4 жыл бұрын
@@iankr yes
@bigdanyfamily4 жыл бұрын
@@iankr kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4LLh6mtZtJgjpY
@willjones67224 жыл бұрын
I would like to think that this interpretation has the tempo Satie would appreciate the most. Breathtaking. Bravo!
@Cordizel4 жыл бұрын
Best guitar version out there.
@janedoe47805 жыл бұрын
I'm so enthralled by this cover. Beautiful.
@claudiocruzat47687 жыл бұрын
that sound..great guitar player... Mr satie is pleased beyond the realms of life
@seantolstoyevski11593 жыл бұрын
I got up from all the code I wrote. And I'm listening to Satie. God, that double section; my heart is melting. This is coming from another universe. A human could not have written this. Anguish, notes of mind-boggling thoughts. I do not know.
@johnhaller70176 жыл бұрын
A very spatial composition and interpreted beautifully by Otto Tolonen. I have a recording of this on Piano and the guitar is just that little bit more expressive. The Gnossiennes are like abstract paintings comparing with the whimsical gymnopedies which have a more conventional feel to them. These pieces make me think of the long walks that Satie took around Paris and it's suburbs. I am sure that many of his compositions arose during these walks. The rhythm of walking and the mind under it's influence would have brought forth just such musical mysteries.
@catherinem64505 жыл бұрын
I also prefer the guitar
@BrendanGM2 жыл бұрын
You convey the emotion in this piece perfectly. Thank you for posting this all those years ago.
@omidhimmati4 жыл бұрын
It takes a guitar master to play such a master with a guitar. I totally love this.
@smokybarnable74642 жыл бұрын
Bravo. You make it sound like it was composed for guitar. I love that, given that the piece needs air, you have such confidence in the precision of your technique that you just let the guitar almost play itself.
@catmeifyoucan46493 жыл бұрын
Lovely rendition of this song. He's so good and into his technique you'd think he's making love to that pristine guitar.
@alexbetrozov8442 Жыл бұрын
Slow and beautiful, thanks. This melody like a ghost with none stop happiness and tragedy
@pablotrobo4 жыл бұрын
I am so glad to see and listen to this!
@SuperDitdit9 жыл бұрын
gentle and lovely. Thank you!
@robertflynn66863 жыл бұрын
Knowing Satie by guitar is essential. To grasp his life. And his dark emotions.. I really enjoyed this.
@davidgatfield88477 жыл бұрын
Simply beautiful.
@ImagineWhy9 жыл бұрын
Amazing you played with such precision with such a delicate song
@margaretjohnson14015 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful, sensitive and evocative. Thankyou
@vishravarsr77943 жыл бұрын
one of the best rendition i have heard. how can any one even dislike !!!
@TigaToonsELTiagor4 жыл бұрын
How is possible than a mere human with a piece of wood with plastic attached to it makes another mere human travel through so many memories, stories, places and emotions.
@bronx7886 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely sublime. Thank you 🙏.
@simonrechner4 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. A real pleasure to watch
@g-love65072 жыл бұрын
Why is Satie's melodies always haunting, melancholy and beautiful at the same time ?
@JCO20026 жыл бұрын
Brilliant and beautiful, thank you.
@javijavier955310 жыл бұрын
great tune...i could play this over and over and over again on the piano...very trance-like!!
@robynfletcher993210 жыл бұрын
this is one of my favourite pieces to play on piano
@Master...deBater7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic!!!
@catherinekyngdon3278 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. The guitar sings.
@sunaJH7 жыл бұрын
I would say it weeps
@Leuke785 жыл бұрын
Wow! What a great surprise to find out this wonderful piece of art played so well! Thank you!
I am deeply impressed...tone is excellent!!! Thank you!!!
@donwilsmore39454 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful Otto ...one of my favourite pieces of classical music ...and played on the Guitar !
@l8tbloomer4 жыл бұрын
nicely drifting tempo, which is the essence of Satie's new musical form.
@Jack-fs2im5 жыл бұрын
Thought there was no way a guitar to get near a piano with this tune but well done to the performer it was a great version.thanx
@rachelw16242 жыл бұрын
So beautiful, my heart soars 💕🙏💕
@meechaf85468 жыл бұрын
beautiful
@Apple-gq9ki6 жыл бұрын
Found this excellent. Moving. Thank you.
@melania18993 жыл бұрын
Wonderful - everything : the arrangement for guitar, the playing, the feeling. congratulations!
@RHoffmnn6 жыл бұрын
Wonderfully done. Thanks so very much for sharing this with us.
@gerardguillard29175 жыл бұрын
frissons merci Monsieur
@erikary56006 жыл бұрын
Thank you. What a beautiful and moving performance. I appreciate the hard work you put into this piece.
@Foto_School4 жыл бұрын
Incredible, perfection, so good.
@trevorstreet72794 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful.
@loribrown595 жыл бұрын
Wow. Just wow. This has always been a favorite piece of music but this was exquisite! I love watching Mr. Tolonen hands as they move so cleanly and delicately along the strings. Not one extraneous tone. Thank you for such a pleasure!
@MrRyan187 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love this version
@fischek9 жыл бұрын
absolutely amazing!
@MarbleStatueMillett5 жыл бұрын
Was watching ‘newness’ they played this, and I didn’t know off the top of my head what song it was, looked in my playlist and yes intuition served me right. An astounding piece, and well played.
@Tuurke014 жыл бұрын
Goosebumps all over....what a great guitar arrangment
@rvbricout2 жыл бұрын
Tout simplement magnifique !
@darrenhirst99003 жыл бұрын
That was absolutely beautiful.
@JSmith25015 жыл бұрын
So faithful, so true to the work, so true to the instrument! I was deeply inspired by his performance. Thank you so much!
@julietteshenacupuncture18093 жыл бұрын
so good. different ambiance. wow. Fantastic
@thatsmyjam1866 жыл бұрын
Love playing this piece on the piano, so hauntingly beautiful, now I get to learn it on guitar!
@Raptorman09099 жыл бұрын
Timing for this piece, whether on guitar or piano, is almost impossible to play at the proper tempo for all listeners. I don't know of any other piece that has so many preferring this to be slower. But, without a doubt, Otto nails Gnossienne 1 pretty near perfectly. And given the relative lack of sustain, relative to the piano that is, he manages to come pretty close to the piece as written and yet provide a wonderful second look at this great work. Brian
@francoisona8 жыл бұрын
I don't agree the tempo is too irregular. No consistency or musical sense behind the changes in my opinion.
@psychedelicpain4207 жыл бұрын
I think the tempo is your own feeling. I also dont know the ''original'' tempo. I just play according to my feelings. So it comes naturally
@DrKub0077 жыл бұрын
the total opposit of the author purpose : this guitar performance proves this was meant to be played with exagerated shades of rythm and intensity ..... i think your comment suits way better the whole work of chopin .....( i hate rubato, but here in satie it is legit)
@Raptorman09097 жыл бұрын
As I understand it, Satie did NOT include notes relating to tempo so everyone that plays this piece is free to interpret as they see fit. My point is that no two people can agree on what is or is not the proper tempo. Further, this piece, along with, say, the first movement of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata," although trivially easy from an athletic standpoint, is nonetheless punishingly difficult to get the timing right.
@TrucSale6 жыл бұрын
this, there aren't even bars in the original partition
@tartaringus4 жыл бұрын
perfect control,
@edwardmorton66915 жыл бұрын
You have captured the essence of this piece very well on the guitar. I'm sure Satie would approve. Very nice clean tone and those semi tonal dissonances get me every time. Well played.
@user-vb1bp5cy9c6 жыл бұрын
Otto, I can't describe all my feelings! I adore Satie. You played it so amazing. Thank you so much!
@lupsie194 жыл бұрын
I listen to this every day
@rsandow10 жыл бұрын
jes, brilliant played a true pleasure to listen to your interpretation
@MasterOfNone20239 жыл бұрын
Excellent work. A beautiful piece to begin with, made even more beautiful by the tone, the presence of the guitar, and the player's skill. This gave me chills.
@aptelbruno83164 жыл бұрын
Formidable interprétation qui se marie bien avec Eric Satie. Merci.
@TheYannickOne4 жыл бұрын
so pure, no harsh noises whatsoever - bravo
@chipmcg77663 жыл бұрын
This is so good, love his performance. The best one I have heard IMO
@louisromao71834 жыл бұрын
I saw you perform this in Esztergom, Hungary in 2009. You played this piece as an encore. This brings back wonderful memories. Thank you!
@sunaJH7 жыл бұрын
Masterfully played
@ropehead7 жыл бұрын
A fantastic version of a beautiful song.
@justinheuvelmans5 жыл бұрын
This is an absolutely stellar rendition!
@momof4momof4133 жыл бұрын
Amazing, I never knew this could sound so beautifully played on guitar. This is by far the best I have ever heard. ❤️
@peterlloyd52855 жыл бұрын
Wonderful interpretation. Technique, tone and touch. Some can do it , most can't.
@jsa4442 жыл бұрын
I had a stream of music going in the background as I worked, but when this came on, I had to stop and look. Excellent job.