You can tell the masters; there is that fine judgement on the knife edge of restraint, slicing off excess. Too beautiful.

The guitar adds a different tone to the whole piece. It doesn't have that haunting presence that the piano leaves you with. Not that that's a bad thing, just different. I like it.

It is not just the song that is a masterpiece... It's mostly the playing perfection.

For my ears, this beautifull piece is played to near perfection: sensitively and delicately played, very nice.

The first time I heard this played on piano it stuck in my head for weeks. I'd never heard anything quite like it before and those dissonances were a bit like a pain in the tooth that you can't keep your tongue from retuning to poke it just so you can feel the hurt it brings. Your guitar version is remarkably good in the sense that it captures that melancholic pain extremely well. There's great beauty in your interpretation of this piece and I thank you wholeheartedly for posting it. I will probably learn it one day for there's nothing like it as far as I know in the guitar repertoire .. well done sir.

gorgeous! I never heard Satie played on guitar before

SO CLEAN

I'm a guitarist and i loved this piece since I first heard it. Played on piano of course. The nonsensical thing is, i have NO idea where i first heard it, but it has haunted me for ages and i had nowhere to start in searching for its name. Lately it has popped up in KZfaq shorts as background music a couple of times, driving me crazy all over again. And over the last few months ive asked in the comments several times for a name of either the piece, the composer or a movie i might have heard it in. ANY clue as to where i picked up this damn earworm! Last night I finally got the name Erik Satie! This is my next project to learn on guitar. Such a deeply haunting piece of music to me. But I'm over the moon to have my answer, and many thanks to that guy who actually bothered to put me out of my misery!

This is by far one of the most beautiful pieces I have ever heard.

For me, knowing this music for nearly 50 years … your performance brings me to hearing this like for the first time. And as perfectly played - speed and flow and nuance - as ever I have heard this. Please if you have not already give a gift to the future of this world and make a recording of as much Satie as you can. Your gift is precious rare and glorious. Thank you for this video 🙏🏼

This is the definition of exquisite. I could listen to this thousands of times and never grow tired of it.

I'm learning to play this on the tuba.

Spellbinding, spine-chilling performance. An absolutely stunning rendition of this hauntingly beautiful piece of music, played with such precision and clarity. Otto strokes and caresses the strings of his guitar with a delicate gentle passion that take me to another world. I am enthralled. A true artist. Genuis. I have no moe words.

Je ne saurais pas dire si la guitare et plus ou moins adaptée à cette œuvre que le piano...je sais juste que mon âme s'est emplie de joie et de paix en écoutant cette superbe interprétation. Pour moi elle est parfaite, magique. Merci pour ce moment de vrai bonheur 🙏

Beautiful! Such a delicate and clean sound and technique!

I didn’t think it was possible to play it with a guitar, but boy was I wrong

mio Dio, Otto is perfect, è perfetto! Grazie.

Just beautiful, sensitive and evocative. Thankyou

Just beautiful Otto ...one of my favourite pieces of classical music ...and played on the Guitar !

Beautiful. A real pleasure to watch

Amazing you played with such precision with such a delicate song

Absolutely sublime. Beautiful tone, perfect phrasing! Thank you.

Wow. Just wow. This has always been a favorite piece of music but this was exquisite! I love watching Mr. Tolonen hands as they move so cleanly and delicately along the strings. Not one extraneous tone. Thank you for such a pleasure!

Wonderful - everything : the arrangement for guitar, the playing, the feeling. congratulations!

Otto, I can't describe all my feelings! I adore Satie. You played it so amazing. Thank you so much!

I'm so enthralled by this cover. Beautiful.

Marvellous interpretation ! Extrêmement sensible ... les mots me manquent. Un grand grand merci ! Your are a great great artist Mr Otto Tolonen !

So faithful, so true to the work, so true to the instrument! I was deeply inspired by his performance. Thank you so much!

Thank you. What a beautiful and moving performance. I appreciate the hard work you put into this piece.

You convey the emotion in this piece perfectly. Thank you for posting this all those years ago.

Wow! What a great surprise to find out this wonderful piece of art played so well! Thank you!

I am so glad to see and listen to this!

Excellent work. A beautiful piece to begin with, made even more beautiful by the tone, the presence of the guitar, and the player's skill. This gave me chills.

that sound..great guitar player... Mr satie is pleased beyond the realms of life

This song touch my soul. I first heard this song just today. Can't see how I missed this song in my Music Appreciation class years ago.

Wow, this piece is absolutely perfect for the guitar - it is hauntingly beautiful.

You have captured the essence of this piece very well on the guitar. I'm sure Satie would approve. Very nice clean tone and those semi tonal dissonances get me every time. Well played.

this is one of my favourite pieces to play on piano

exquisite--Satie so beautifully rendered with guitar by this artist

Amazing, I never knew this could sound so beautifully played on guitar. This is by far the best I have ever heard. ❤️

I saw you perform this in Esztergom, Hungary in 2009. You played this piece as an encore. This brings back wonderful memories. Thank you!

Absolutely incredible.....A sound that can only be heard in the hearer's heart.

Simply beautiful.

Absolutely sublime. Thank you 🙏.

I've been looking, and I simply cannot find a more perfect, more inspiring, more beautiful and astonishing live guitar performance of any song here on on YT... Cant like enough.

I am deeply impressed...tone is excellent!!! Thank you!!!

Wonderfully done. Thanks so very much for sharing this with us.

Satie's music sounds like it's so philosophical

I've heard this played so many ways on guitar, piano and harpsichord with varying tempos and appreciated them all. Interpretation is a marvellous thing.

Best version I've found on the internet. I used to play this song myself :) Greetings from Sweden Otto

This is so good, love his performance. The best one I have heard IMO

It takes a guitar master to play such a master with a guitar. I totally love this.

Satie en guitarra, delicado y sublime ..felicitaciones !

What a beautiful melodic piece. Relaxing and pleasurable to listen to. This young man is absolutely amazing. The timing of the notes...so inspirational. Thank you for sharing your art Otto.

Recently I learned to play this dark and haunting piece which I really like. I love your sensitive, calm, unhurried performance, and the tone from your guitar. Thank you! Steve Case

great tune...i could play this over and over and over again on the piano...very trance-like!!

So beautiful, my heart soars 💕🙏💕

one of the best rendition i have heard. how can any one even dislike !!!

Wonderful interpretation. Technique, tone and touch. Some can do it , most can't.

beautiful

Goosebumps all over....what a great guitar arrangment

Was watching ‘newness’ they played this, and I didn’t know off the top of my head what song it was, looked in my playlist and yes intuition served me right. An astounding piece, and well played.

gentle and lovely. Thank you!

Brilliant and beautiful, thank you.

Great job! thanks for the performance as well as the upload.

That is a fantastic rendition, slow, sweet, wistful. Congratulations

precioso.muy profundo.transmite todo lo que tiene qie transmitir.PERFECTO

It sounds so cool with the guitar! *_*

Found this excellent. Moving. Thank you.

Love playing this piece on the piano, so hauntingly beautiful, now I get to learn it on guitar!

Dear Otto ,your interpretation is beyond superlative words .l never thought that could sound better than played on piano. Satie would bow his head in front of you for such interpretation. Thank you so much for making art to be the best part of our live because is made with love.

jes, brilliant played a true pleasure to listen to your interpretation

Just so beautiful. I adore the guitar and I adore also Erik Satie. A conjugation of these two topics for me is entering the realm of sublimeness.....

A very spatial composition and interpreted beautifully by Otto Tolonen. I have a recording of this on Piano and the guitar is just that little bit more expressive. The Gnossiennes are like abstract paintings comparing with the whimsical gymnopedies which have a more conventional feel to them. These pieces make me think of the long walks that Satie took around Paris and it's suburbs. I am sure that many of his compositions arose during these walks. The rhythm of walking and the mind under it's influence would have brought forth just such musical mysteries.

I had a stream of music going in the background as I worked, but when this came on, I had to stop and look. Excellent job.

Beautiful! Always loved this piece, and just figured out the name. Considered trying to learn piano to play it, but figured my main instrument was best, and this has set a perfect benchmark for where I'd wanna get with it. So well done!

One of the best I’ve seen. Really well done

Sehr schön !! Poetisch und intensiv musiziert. Eine sehr schöne Atmosphäre 👏👏👏

Incredible, perfection, so good.

YESSSSSSSS,,,,,,,A SUPER FEELING....A SUPER GUITAR SOUND......AND FINALLY A SUPER PERFORMANCE......EXTRAORDINARY ONE...THANKS A LOT, MR TOLONEN........!

Steve Hackett on acoustic guitar and his brother John on flute did a wonderful album of Satie's work, the flute creates an eerie quality, well worth checking out.

So beautiful, thank you so much! ❤️

This is an absolutely stellar rendition!

A fantastic version of a beautiful song.

Amazing! Thank you so much for this beautiful masterpiece :')

Quelle finesse dans l'interprétation ! Le guitariste caresse les cordes avec une légèreté en harmonie parfaite avec la musique toute en intimité de Satie.

His wonderful performance is a great gift to guitar lovers His incomparable performance is my cure - all . I only listen , and my trouble will be healed . From Tokyo full of the beauty of Spring of the Land of the Rising Sun .

so good. different ambiance. wow. Fantastic

So damn confident! A real master you are sir. RESPECT 👌

Conjouring such beauty from mere base matter. You sir are a magician.

MILLIONS OF BRAVOOOOS.....EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE....!

Otto, I've listened to many versions of this piece played on guitar, and this performance is so far my favorite. I wonder, have you recorded it in the studio? The sound quality in this recording is okay, but it would be wonderful to hear your interpretation recorded in a studio setting.

so pure, no harsh noises whatsoever - bravo

Expressive playing,relaxed hands, sweet sound. Very close to the original piano execution of Satie. You 've got the feeling. Congratulations!

absolutely amazing!

This is very special, and beautifully played too!!

Beautiful playing!

It’s amazing how it sounds Spanish, almost flamenco in style on guitar, compared to piano which sounds far more period classical.

Bravo. You make it sound like it was composed for guitar. I love that, given that the piece needs air, you have such confidence in the precision of your technique that you just let the guitar almost play itself.

Absolutely fantastic!!!