I perceive it as Life, the voyage in memories and happiness that we all seek but with this sadness which lurks all the time. Is this sadness death? Is this sadness melancholy? Is it the subconcious wondering of why we exist and why we are? Perhaps no one knows what it is but all we can do is grab on to the joy that makes us thrive.
Es el mejor comentario que jamás leí, es exactamente como yo siento esta obra. It's the best comment I've ever read, it's exactly how I feel about this work
Yeah, in general they are very easy pieces. Many say, that the Gnossiennes and the Gymnopedies are one of the best pieces to start in the modern era. I really like them
It's good to see someone play it properly, everyone seems to rush this one for some reason. Pascal Roge plays it right and you play it more like the way he does, well done.
Nope. Had no idea what that tv show was until I scrolled through the comment section here and was confused by the people quoting it because it didn't seem relevant but then I decided to look up their quote. I'm out of the loop about most tv shows and movies in recent years because I've just lost interest in most popular media culture. It doesn't resonate. I originally fell in love with this piece back in 2016 way before that show existed. This isn't the only time a piece of music that I fell in love with many years ago gets used many years later in a movie or tv show which causes it to become well known by fans of that show/movie who otherwise had previously never made themselves aware of it. I will admit I've discovered lots of great music through tv shows and movies but there is something that feels weird when a somewhat obscure piece of music that you knew and loved for many many years suddenly becomes famous and well known by consumers of popular media. It's like a private spot in the woods that only you and/or few people knew about suddenly becoming a tourist attraction.
@@exint2686 me too ! Id like to say thank you foo, you made me into a fish hobbyist and a pianist and for that I truly thank you. You inspired me and many others I would assume.
This Gnossienne fills me with peace, it makes me feel like I'm secure and have nothing to worry about, like a guardian angel telling me everything will be all right, it feels like having an endless walk through a forest in broad daylight completely alone, feeling safe from any harm
I read "Paul Barton" and I know it's gonna be a great performance.. Hearing this piece I always see a playful young child, hopping on the street while its grandmother walks slowly behind, smiling.
Thank you Paul for all your wonderful video's! Love this Satie, it's one of my favorite. Played the cello for years and at 70 started playing the piano. Two years now and so enjoying it. Thank you again!
This is so refreshing. I love Satie. And your performance puts so much of evocation and interpretation to the score. All the other Gnossienne NO. 5 out there on UA-cam are mechanical. Yours, Mr Barton, is so much better because it is so beautifully human and sympathetic. Thank you for sharing this.
Paul, I watch your videos for months now, You really inspire me as a self-learning piano student, so may I ask you, how did you become a professional pianist? cheers from Brazil
Beautifully played. From one Paul to another...thank you for posting this video. You have excellent technique. I am trying to teach myself how to play this piece, as I've always wanted to learn it. Your video is just want I needed to get started.
I have this on a Naxos CD and it's twice as fast as this! The odd thing is, it sounds just as good and, in my opinion, sounds just as emotive and uplifting played at twice the tempo! The l/h bass notes become more driving and passionate. Just my opinion, folks!
I can easily see this playing on a black and white video footage from the 1880's, especially those where you see gentleman and women with fancy clothing :D I have to memorize this piece now ...
Thank you for inspiration to learn this Paul, most grateful. Beautifully played. I’ve mastered no. 1 Gnoss, so quite pleased with myself as a beginner. Please may I ask what program you used to get the piano keyboard above your piano? I’m 72 and not very tech savvy! Again many thanks from the UK
Paul, This has always been my least favorite Gnossienne. However, your playing is making me seriously re-evaluate that stance. Thanks for challenging my expectations. Cheers from California!
Pourquoi il y a pas des blanches et des rondes en bas ? ça éviterait d'avoir jusqu'à des quadruples croches en haut. Vu la vitesse d'exécution, ça serait plus logique, non ?
As always Master Barton, such exquisite performance. You're always an inspiration. I have heard this piece before from other performers, yet I still believe your approach has always such passion and feeling. How do you achieve this I wonder? Is it sheer practice or just a gift?
Dear Mr Barton, I was wondering if you could add a note saying what level of difficulty your pieces have. For beginners, its really hard to find out whether a pieve is difficult just by seeing the sheet music and hearing the piece. I started playing piano myself (ive been playing the violin for 7 years, so im great with dynamics and just overall feeling for rhythm, but really struggle with playing two hands at the same time). Something like the prelude in c from bach is easy peasy (as an example) I hope i dont annoy you with this request, i mean your such an awesome player yourself. But i think piano is one of the few instruments, everyone can enjoy. Not everyone will be able to play like you do, but even simple pieces sound so grateful and pleasing, no other instrument has this. Im sure, many others will be very grateful as well :) Sincerely, someone who adores your videos
Thanks for your question, Rafaela. In truth I confess every single piece of piano music for me is very difficult to play; the Bach C major Prelude extremely difficult for me to play, so difficult I hardly dare record it. To me, all piano pieces have a similar level of difficulty, even those 'simple' early pieces can sound very pleasing as you say if you make efforts with interpretation, so they are not easy really at all. In some ways (as you get older) the pieces commonly thought of as relatively easy, for example, some think Mozart must be easier to play than Liszt, but it turns out not to be the case at all, and in many ways, Mozart is a great deal harder to play. So when you think in these terms every day when you try to play a wide variety of composers, it's hard to grade Fur Elise as easy and 3rd Movement of Moonlight Sonata as more difficult, as to record them in a studio side by side, they feel very much of equal difficulty. I am sorry if I don't make sense :)
I understand what you mean^^ the more advanced you get, the more you realize a piece can sound entirely different depending on how you play it. Im sorry, i kinda forgot this. Truth is, on youtube, every piano tutorial i see is graded somewhat, so i got used to having people, who are better than me, grade the pieces for me. I hope that i can find some pieces out of your collection that suits my level^^
I have this on CD and it's played much faster than this and it's still just as good. Imagine the LH driving the melody at speed and you can 'hear' how this piece would sound - urgent, passionate, dramatic with the trills or flourishes adding to the emotion or uh, "feelz"....
hey Paul, i'm commenting on your earliest post hoping you will get this message. some time in the future could you do krisler love sorrow or Chopin ballad in Gm. huge fan, keep up the wonderful work. your Huge inspiration for me to keep working on the piano.
“You wear fine things well”
I found my people
we're all here for the gay pirates
how are you doing now guys
(i personnally am not sane)
"After all... You wear fine things well." 😭😭😭
so unwell after finally finding the name of this 😭/pos
This melody is happy in a really strange way. It sounds happy, but there is almost some kind of utter sadness to it. It's like musical sarcasm.
That was a pretty profound interpretation that I didn't appreciate prior to reading. Very nice.
Yes, like drunk sarcasm from an underappreciated lonely savant. Frustrations of genius.
I perceive it as Life, the voyage in memories and happiness that we all seek but with this sadness which lurks all the time. Is this sadness death? Is this sadness melancholy? Is it the subconcious wondering of why we exist and why we are? Perhaps no one knows what it is but all we can do is grab on to the joy that makes us thrive.
@@user_-qg6yd your interpretation really resonates with me.
Es el mejor comentario que jamás leí, es exactamente como yo siento esta obra. It's the best comment I've ever read, it's exactly how I feel about this work
This is the best of the gnossiennes!
But not the most difficult; the most difficult is the N°6, the only one I could not memorize.
@@pascalxavier3367xavier yes but it do not require any specific technique though.
Agreed!
Yeah, in general they are very easy pieces. Many say, that the Gnossiennes and the Gymnopedies are one of the best pieces to start in the modern era.
I really like them
i also really like No.1(when played unmeasured) and No.4
those god damn gay pirates got me crying again
I can't move on.
Im going to learn this on my piano and double bass as soon as I get home from holiday
@@Mads-lw1nb SAME
glad to know we're all on the same page :')
you’re so real for that 😭
‘what makes Ed happy is.. you’
'You makes Stede Happy'..
the. the red silk.
i´m criying
This is my favourite gnossienne. Fills me with hope, joy and a little sorrow.
It's good to see someone play it properly, everyone seems to rush this one for some reason. Pascal Roge plays it right and you play it more like the way he does, well done.
Pascal indeed is the best Satie pianist
Way too much rubato here
The best performance I've ever heard. This piece more than any needs someone who comprehends the end of the 1880s.
why is that?
I wish I could give this like to Satie. Unfortunately he died in poverty, as an alcoholic, after a life full of tragedies.
wow, i did not realize this
anyway anyone else from a certain show
(through tears) no
@@castallyourspells same I also found this by chance on a yt mix
It was at like the middle of the song?? I realized 💀
okay admit it, your here from Our Flag Means Death 🤨
yup
yeah I am
you caught me
No idea what that is
Nope. Had no idea what that tv show was until I scrolled through the comment section here and was confused by the people quoting it because it didn't seem relevant but then I decided to look up their quote. I'm out of the loop about most tv shows and movies in recent years because I've just lost interest in most popular media culture. It doesn't resonate.
I originally fell in love with this piece back in 2016 way before that show existed. This isn't the only time a piece of music that I fell in love with many years ago gets used many years later in a movie or tv show which causes it to become well known by fans of that show/movie who otherwise had previously never made themselves aware of it.
I will admit I've discovered lots of great music through tv shows and movies but there is something that feels weird when a somewhat obscure piece of music that you knew and loved for many many years suddenly becomes famous and well known by consumers of popular media. It's like a private spot in the woods that only you and/or few people knew about suddenly becoming a tourist attraction.
Beautiful
Holy shet it's Foo! :D
@@exint2686 I had the same rxn
@@rithikradhan367 its from Foo where i discover Erik Satie lol
@@exint2686 me too ! Id like to say thank you foo, you made me into a fish hobbyist and a pianist and for that I truly thank you. You inspired me and many others I would assume.
Your videos brought me to Erik Satie and now I love playing his music on my classical guitar
This Gnossienne fills me with peace, it makes me feel like I'm secure and have nothing to worry about, like a guardian angel telling me everything will be all right, it feels like having an endless walk through a forest in broad daylight completely alone, feeling safe from any harm
I read "Paul Barton" and I know it's gonna be a great performance.. Hearing this piece I always see a playful young child, hopping on the street while its grandmother walks slowly behind, smiling.
Satie was a genius. Beautiful music beautifully played.
I have never heard some one play so artistic and lyrically and yet so care free ... I am listening ot it in a loop whilst studying!!
I love how this simple piece sounds so musical.
It's not simple. Rhythmically it is very complex.
Satie..nothing like his sound. One of my hero's.
Thank you Paul for all your wonderful video's! Love this Satie, it's one of my favorite.
Played the cello for years and at 70 started playing the piano. Two years now and so enjoying it. Thank you again!
This is so refreshing. I love Satie. And your performance puts so much of evocation and interpretation to the score. All the other Gnossienne NO. 5 out there on UA-cam are mechanical. Yours, Mr Barton, is so much better because it is so beautifully human and sympathetic. Thank you for sharing this.
This is the best interpretation I’ve heard so far.
I’ve heard this played a few times now but the way you play it is my favourite
I think this is the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard.
I’ve listened to every performance of this song I could get my hands on , and yours is just better by far.
I like when is played at this pace .., !!!!!fantastic ..,
Its like completing a great journey and reminiscing about all the hardships and hurdles you overcame.
Looking forward to play this piece 🌸
My favorite Gnossienne, and the most fun to play! Bravo!
Perfect speed... it brings me so peace... BRAVO!
This is sublime music well played. Satie - timeless talent.
Erik Satie ... thank you very much Sir . I heard you all the shutdown . I kept my sanity and metal health because you ...
I think your interpretation the best on youtube. Very nice! Most people play it way too fast.
Paul, I watch your videos for months now, You really inspire me as a self-learning piano student, so may I ask you, how did you become a professional pianist? cheers from Brazil
Thanks, Murillo - I'm not a professional pianist, my profession is artist that likes to play piano.
uau! you're the best pianist i've ever seen, I hope that one day i'll be as good as you, love your videos and thanks for replying!
@@PaulBartonPianoBarton, you're the most humble person I've ever seen on the internet.
Beautifully played. From one Paul to another...thank you for posting this video. You have excellent technique.
I am trying to teach myself how to play this piece, as I've always wanted to learn it. Your video is just want I needed to get started.
VERY NICE. PERHAPS ONE DAY I WILL TRY TO LEARN IT.
I dunno how to play the piano but one of life simple goals is to play this one, I can't wait to do itt
Did u do it
Bravo 👍 my favorite gnossienne 💜
I love this interpretation, very melancholy and beautiful.
I have this on a Naxos CD and it's twice as fast as this! The odd thing is, it sounds just as good and, in my opinion, sounds just as emotive and uplifting played at twice the tempo! The l/h bass notes become more driving and passionate. Just my opinion, folks!
god this song is my favorite motif in ofmd
You have a real gentle touch. I mean it. Easy on the ears
Это лучшее исполнение из всех что я слышала! Я таким себе его и представляю)
Это мое любимое произведение! Тоже играю с удовольствием ❤
between 1:29 and 1:53 really beautiful !!!
Mr. Toilete Paper between 0:00 at 04:23 too ;-)
@@kawavulcan8411 Agreed :)
I can easily see this playing on a black and white video footage from the 1880's, especially those where you see gentleman and women with fancy clothing :D I have to memorize this piece now ...
fantastisch interpretiert und gespielt. chapeau.
after the dark tones of the 4th, this is pretty refreshing
Love love love
superbe touché, chapeau l'artiste
Deceptively simple. So many things are going on in the temporal structure of the piece!
Some of this piece was used in the wonderful Peter Sellers film, Being There.
Their hands and the keyboard look like they were created for each other.
Lovely
I'm loving all the Satie! Keep up the good work Paul. :]
Are these recordings a few days old, or much older?
... just something I recorded today when my baby daughter was asleep.
Linda! Eu toco essa música no piano. Amo as músicas de Erik Satie.
Thank you for inspiration to learn this Paul, most grateful. Beautifully played. I’ve mastered no. 1 Gnoss, so quite pleased with myself as a beginner. Please may I ask what program you used to get the piano keyboard above your piano? I’m 72 and not very tech savvy! Again many thanks from the UK
Paul,
This has always been my least favorite Gnossienne. However, your playing is making me seriously re-evaluate that stance. Thanks for challenging my expectations.
Cheers from California!
first of all, how can you even have a ¨least favourite Gnossienne¨? And how the hell is it No. 5 you absolute brute
Ha! Indeed Paul.
Thanks mister Barton.
From France
God. the perfect touch .... God.
Pourquoi il y a pas des blanches et des rondes en bas ? ça éviterait d'avoir jusqu'à des quadruples croches en haut. Vu la vitesse d'exécution, ça serait plus logique, non ?
I really don't like so much lines over a note, but it sounds so hauntingly beautiful...
As always Master Barton, such exquisite performance. You're always an inspiration. I have heard this piece before from other performers, yet I still believe your approach has always such passion and feeling. How do you achieve this I wonder? Is it sheer practice or just a gift?
I have the music..BUT!!!... No.5!! it is magical..
Dear Mr Barton,
I was wondering if you could add a note saying what level of difficulty your pieces have. For beginners, its really hard to find out whether a pieve is difficult just by seeing the sheet music and hearing the piece.
I started playing piano myself (ive been playing the violin for 7 years, so im great with dynamics and just overall feeling for rhythm, but really struggle with playing two hands at the same time). Something like the prelude in c from bach is easy peasy (as an example)
I hope i dont annoy you with this request, i mean your such an awesome player yourself. But i think piano is one of the few instruments, everyone can enjoy. Not everyone will be able to play like you do, but even simple pieces sound so grateful and pleasing, no other instrument has this.
Im sure, many others will be very grateful as well :)
Sincerely, someone who adores your videos
Thanks for your question, Rafaela. In truth I confess every single piece of piano music for me is very difficult to play; the Bach C major Prelude extremely difficult for me to play, so difficult I hardly dare record it. To me, all piano pieces have a similar level of difficulty, even those 'simple' early pieces can sound very pleasing as you say if you make efforts with interpretation, so they are not easy really at all. In some ways (as you get older) the pieces commonly thought of as relatively easy, for example, some think Mozart must be easier to play than Liszt, but it turns out not to be the case at all, and in many ways, Mozart is a great deal harder to play. So when you think in these terms every day when you try to play a wide variety of composers, it's hard to grade Fur Elise as easy and 3rd Movement of Moonlight Sonata as more difficult, as to record them in a studio side by side, they feel very much of equal difficulty. I am sorry if I don't make sense :)
I understand what you mean^^ the more advanced you get, the more you realize a piece can sound entirely different depending on how you play it. Im sorry, i kinda forgot this. Truth is, on youtube, every piano tutorial i see is graded somewhat, so i got used to having people, who are better than me, grade the pieces for me. I hope that i can find some pieces out of your collection that suits my level^^
What sheet music édition are you using please. Mine is squeezed on 2 pages and too hard to read. Thanks. Beautiful playing by the way.
I hate it when they stretch single-hand chords over both staves
I just love it
Thank you..
Wonderful work, Paul. If you see this, I request that you play the Black Key Etude by my favorite composer, Chopin.
but he's already played it m8...
Thanks! ua-cam.com/video/T6ouZM6Kzgw/v-deo.html here's one of my recordings of 10/5 ... starts about 10 min into the video.
Thanks so much
I came here bc of a book that mentioned it. ❤️❤️❤️
What grade is this piece?
From 1 to 10? Maybe 4
I have this on CD and it's played much faster than this and it's still just as good. Imagine the LH driving the melody at speed and you can 'hear' how this piece would sound - urgent, passionate, dramatic with the trills or flourishes adding to the emotion or uh, "feelz"....
Maybe you can try 'After the rain' by Pascal Rogé. It's a compilation album of Satie's most beautiful pieces and Pascal plays them softly and slowly
Maravilhoso!!!
hey Paul, i'm commenting on your earliest post hoping you will get this message. some time in the future could you do krisler love sorrow or Chopin ballad in Gm. huge fan, keep up the wonderful work. your Huge inspiration for me to keep working on the piano.
Chopin ballade Gm is ballade 1 right? He has a video on that already
Yeh i really want to see krisler love sorrow though
Im in love 😍 xd
I am working at it!!.
Whether you are a gay pirate or a menshevik, you all appreciate great music
Hermoso
0:06
Pretty
00:25 pianist with a DJ background
❤️😍
Is it just me or when he hits the louder notes the sound kinda sounds distorted?
It's the use of the harmonic pedal.
anyone else here from the end of faust's alptraum?
AMong performances I have heard, this one is a tad sharp. I prefer a bit more flow. Nonethless great piece, well played.
like si tu gusta
Why so much reverb
la haces re lenta amigo 👍pierde la gracia😴
Eric Satie made this music to be heard, not listened to, try hearing it, work while it plays.
When you declare yourself a "democratic dictator":
Zheltorossiya's shadow is cast across the landmass, but only time will tell when will the crown of roses wilt
😊 magestick
first view😜😜
3rd view
This isn't good when your video playback and sound are out of sync 🤣
Beautiful ...