Last week, internet correspondent MA sent me the link to this youtube video:
It is absolutely beautiful, and the photography accompanying it is wonderful. It is mellow, relaxing, and at the same time inspiring. However, it is pretty long (27 minutes) and becomes a bit much after awhile.
So even though I loved that piano version, I actually prefer this version by Blood, Sweat, & Tears:
I think I prefer the second one because
- I like the flute and guitar variation in the first part,
- It was the first version of the Satie piece that I'd ever heard,
- I really like the transformation into an almost Gabrielli brass choir type of variation, and
- I really like all of that album.
Many years ago I was talking with a friend about then-contemporary music. He said he hated everything. I said I liked both Chicago and Blood, Sweat, & Tears. He relented and agreed they were both excellent (but then, of course..... he's a brass player!)