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- this album brings together three groups of pieces, all written in 1913 by the eccentric French composer, Erik Satie.
- ingeniously devised to make full and basic use of the five fingers of each hand
- display the characteristic simplicity of Satie's music and, in the text sprinkled across the music, his quirky humour
Contents
- Berceuse (Lullaby): No. 2 from ‘Enfantillages Pittoresques’
- Ce que dit la petite Princesse des Tulipes (What little Princess Tulip says): No. 2 from ‘Menus Propos Enfantines’
- Etre jaloux de son camarade qui a une grosse tete (Being jealous of a playmate): No. 1 from ‘Peccadilles Importunes’
- Le chant guerrier du Roi des Haricots (The War Song of King Haricot): No. 1 from ‘Menus Propos Enfantines’
- Lui manger sa tartine (Eating someone else’s bread and jam): No. 2 from ‘Peccadilles Importunes’
- Marche du Grand Escalier (March of the Grand Staircase): No. 3 from ‘Enfantillages Pittoresques’
- Petit Prelude a la journée (Little Overture to the Day): No. 1 from ‘Enfantillages Pittoresques’
- Profiter de ce qu’il a des cors aux pieds pour lui prendre son cerceau: No. 3 from ‘Peccadilles Importunes’ Tiresome Prank No. 3
- Valse du Chocolat aux Amandes (Chocolate-Almond Waltz): No. 3 from ‘Menus Propos Enfantines’
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