OLIVIER MESSIAEN

OLIVIER MESSIAEN
QUATUOR POUR LA FIN DU TEMPS,

CINQ RECHANTS (1963/68, 1999 EDITION)
320 KBPS

Quatuor pour la fin du Temps is a work of staggering brilliance, courage, ingenuity, lyricism, and strength. It is a melodic, potent composition, which Messiaen wrote in a prison camp in 1941, full of glimmering melody and staggering instrumental effects. For anyone who has performed the piece, this is the model, which only makes senese since it was done under Messiaen's supervision. Unlike some composers, he was a fine performer, extremely knoweldgeable of the performance situation, and so very trustworthy in his musical direction. Combined with the absolutely gorgeous Cinq Rechants, this cd is a great selection and the perfect introduction to Messiaen's work.

Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (1941)
1. Liturgie de cristal
2. Vocalise, pour l’ange qui annonce la fin du temps
3. Abîme des oiseaux
4. Intermède
5. Louange à l’éternité de jésus
6. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
7. Fouillis d’arcs-en-ciel, pour l’ange qui annonce la fin du temps
8. Louange à l’immortalité de jésus
Cinq Rechants (1948)
9. Cinq rechants, pour douze parties vocales réelles

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