Hi Linda, do you have any Satie in surround? If so, what's your opinion? I've seen one or maybe two multichannel SACDs and am wondering if it's worth getting one. I'm guessing they would only be ambience given the sparse nature of the music but still might sound cool.
As you pointed out, sparse nature makes surround solo piano records almost a moot point.
I'm aware of these Satie surround titles. Listings from Mark Anderson's Quad Discography:
Quad:
Columbia MQ-31425 Romance - Isaac Stern/Brieff/Columbia Symphony
FREDERICK CHOPIN: Nocturne in e flat Op. 9, No. 2.
FELIX MENDELSSOHN: On Wings of Song.
ANTON RUBENSTEIN: Romance.
HENRY WIENIAWSKI: Romance from Violin Concerto No. 2.
FRANZ SCHUBERT: Serenade.
CLUADE DEBUSSY: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair.
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF: Vocalise.
ALEXANDER BORODIN: Nocturne.
ERIK SATIE: Gymnopedie No. 3.
P. I. TCHAIKOVSKY: Serenade Melancolique.
Perhaps my memory is off, but I don't remember this mix being all that active on SATIE. I own this on SQ LP. It has been years since I gave this Stern LP a spin.
Blood, Sweat & Tears (II) SQ, Q8 and multi SACD
SATIE: Gymnopedies #1 & 3
Recommended jazz interpretation. In my 10 favorite albums in any mix or format.
* 2C 069-10780 (SQ) Erik Satie: Pieces Pour Piano, Volume 1 (Aldo
Ciccolini) [France]
{Only the record labels have the SQ logo, no other Quad markings, all other
releases are stereo making this one questionable}
As Mark's comments indicate, I also doubt the French issue of this is actually SQ. I've owned this album on US Angel LP and as part of the 4 CD set of all 6 LP's of his late 60's/early 70's "cycle." Not SQ on either of my copies. It is my most played album of the several dozen Satie albums I own. Angel US pressings were too noisy. DEFINTIVE PERFORMANCES!
I bought the 80's Digital Recordings of Ciccolini on CD, too. Fidelity is a bit better, but I prefer the performances on the 60's-70's Ciccolini's.
Multi SACD:
Satie: Piano Works - Ronan O'Hora. Satie: Gymnopedies, Embryons
Desseches, Valse ballett Op. 62, Fantasie valse, Avant-Dernieres
Pensees, Nocturnes, Gnossiennes Ronan O'Hora (piano). Membran 222869
I have no experience with this title. Some great pieces: Gnosssienes, Gymnopedies and (Three Next to Last Thoughts) Trois Avant-Dernieres Pensees, my personal Satie fave.
Are you aware of other SATIE SACD's?