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Re:60+ recordings of Satie's Gymnopedie One played simultane... by phillc73 on Friday February 05, 2016 @09:25AM (#11041557)
This is really interesting, although I found it difficult to listen to, as I have spent a lot of time listening to the original. If I try to mentally block this from being connected with Satie's Gymnopedie, I enjoyed it much more.

That's not true for all classical remixes. William Orbit's version of Barber's Adagio for Strings is one of my favourite dance tracks.[0] (although not the Tiesto remix).

If you like Satie's Gymnopedies, then I also recommend his Gnossienes[1] and Faure's Pavane.[2]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIbIHxKh9bk

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYH5xh6gd0c

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tQ36TFvNoM (this recording played by Faure. Many modern recordings are at a slower tempo, such as this short orchestral version from the Berliner Philhamoniker conducted by Simon Rattle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhiVuIRw4tM)

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Re:60+ recordings of Satie's Gymnopedie One played simultane... by lobster_johnson on Friday February 05, 2016 @10:09PM (#11046351)
I like Brian Eno's Discreet Music [1], which provides three slowed-down variations on Johann Pachelbel's Canon in D Major (the first one rather amusingly named Fullness of Wind), eventually reaching tempos where you can hardly discern the original melody.

Max Richter also brilliantly "recomposed" Vivaldi a few years ago, turning his Four Seasons into something like a modern work.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discreet_Music

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Richter#Recomposed_by_Max_...

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Re:60+ recordings of Satie's Gymnopedie One played simultane... by visarga on Friday February 05, 2016 @09:51AM (#11041702)
Nordic ambient music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlSQekQSkBY (Rautavaara - Violin Concerto)
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