🇫🇷Erik Satie ： Nouvelles pieces enfantines Paresseux avare et mauvais

True to its unusual title, “Lazy, Stingy, and No Good,” this miniature is marked by wit and irony rather than simple sweetness. Concise melodies, lightly dry chords, unexpected pauses, and accents briskly suggest and distinguish three different characters. Since the expression shifts within brief sections, it is important not to add excessive weight to the sound and to treat rests as part of the phrasing. Avoiding an overly hurried tempo, while attending to subtle dynamic changes and rhythmic sharpness, brings out the music’s humor and tart charm.