The Gymnopédie No. 1 is part of Gymnopédies, three piano compositions written by French composer and pianist Erik Satie and published in Paris starting in 1888. The work’s unusual title comes from the French form of gymnopaedia, the ancient Greek word for an annual festival where young men danced naked — or perhaps simply unarmed. – Khatia Buniatishvili
Christmas
Santa Claus (Bizet, Offenbach, Tchaikovsky, Rossini)
Santa Claus is hungry for some delicious cookies!
Christmas Oratorio
Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Bach’s Christmas Oratorio
Gymnopedie No. 1: Other Performance
Khatia Buniatishvili
Hélène Grimaud
French Music by Buniatishvili
Debussy – Moonlight
Suite Bergamasque, No. 3 Clair de Lune in D-Flat Major
Debussy – Ondine
Prelude No. 8, Book II
Ravel – La Valse
Solo piano transcription
Ravel – Scarbo
Gaspart de la Nuit, movement 3 in G-Sharp Minor
