WAVES (Music by Satie) Bruce Liu

• Erik Satie (1866 -1925): Gnossiennes:
• 1Satie: Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent04:01
• 2Satie: Gnossiennes: No. 2, Avec étonnement02:07
• 3Satie: Gnossiennes: No. 3, Lent02:54
• 4Satie: Gnossiennes: No. 4, Lent02:46
• 5Satie: Gnossiennes: No. 5, Modéré03:22
• 6Satie: Gnossiennes: No. 6, Avec conviction et avec une tristesse rigoureuse01:53
• 7Satie: Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent (Upright Version)03:47
• 8Satie: Gnossiennes: No. 2, Avec étonnement (Upright Version)02:07
• 9Satie: Gnossiennes: No. 3, Lent (Upright Version)02:54
• 10Satie: Gnossiennes: No. 4, Lent (Upright Version)02:27
• 11Satie: Gnossiennes: No. 5, Modéré (Upright Version)03:36
• 12Satie: Gnossiennes: No. 6, Avec conviction et avec une tristesse rigoureuse (Upright Version)01:44
• Total Runtime33:38

Info for WAVES (Music by Satie)

Bruce Liu announces “Waves: Music by Satie” a new digital album that will be released on 28 June 2024. The album will feature two contrasting versions of the composer’s six Gnossiennes. Satie’s six simple short works for solo piano, written between 1890 and 1897, were full of new and unexpected colours, with a sometimes oriental feel. They may have been influenced by the eastern music Satie heard at the 1889 Paris Exposition. Listen to the pre-release track of Satie’s Gnossienne No. 1, performed here on an upright piano.

Bruce Liu, piano

Bruce Liu
The first prize winner of the 18th Fryderyk Chopin International Piano Competition.

Described by The Telegram for his “powerful, polished, and emanates from a disciplined mind” interpretations, Bruce Liu is standing out as one of the most musically dynamic and technically gifted pianists of his generation.

He has performed with major ensembles including the Cleveland Orchestra, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra, NHK Symphony Orchestra, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, among others.

He took part in a North-America tour with the China NCPA Orchestra, performing Ravel’s G major Concerto, National Post described his interpretation “a subtle range of French colour and feeling ”. Recently, He performed two successive China tours with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine and the Lviv Philharmonic Orchestra (including appearances at the Beijing Concert Hall, the National Center for the Performing Arts, Shanghai Oriental Arts Center, Changsha Concert Hall, and the National Library Arts Center). He has made numerous studio recordings with ICI Radio-Canada featuring works by Bach, Beethoven, Chopin, Ravel, Satie, and his music has been broadcasted worldwide. “Melodic lines were well-defined, there was steely clarity to his articulation, a huge range of dynamic contrasts, and the lyrical episodes were lovingly shaped. Liu compelled you to listen.” (Classical Voice North America)

Born in Paris in 1997, Bruce Xiaoyu Liu studied with Richard Raymond and is currently a student of Dang Thai Son.

This album contains no booklet.