Messiaen - L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)
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Messiaen: L'Ascension, Le Tombeau resplendissant, Les Offrandes oubliées, Un Sourire
RecommendedTonhalle-Orchester Zürich, Paavo Järvi
This is the first recording to do full justice to Le tombeau resplendissant...The piece emerges not as an inferior sequel to Les offrandes oubliées but as a powerful and deeply personal symphonic... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Diapason d’Or, December 2019, Nouveauté
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Messiaen Edition
RecommendedAn 18-CD set offering a comprehensive overview of Messiaen’s work in recordings made between 1963 and 2000.
Olivier Messiaen, Katia and Marielle Labeque, Yvonne Loriod (piano), Marie-Claire Alain (organ), Maria Oràn (soprano), Huguette Fernandez (violin), Guy Deplus (clarinet), Jacques Nielz (cello), Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano), pianos, Rachel Yakar (soprano), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Dominique...
Messiaen's own performance of the large organ cycle Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte-Trinité is included amongst the goodies on offer here. …it is thoroughly compulsive listening, and... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th July 2008
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2005, Special Review
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Building a Library, March 2017, First Choice
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the cathedral resounds with the meeting between the music, the instrument, and what [Latry] calls 'its jewel-case of stone'....it's actually possible simply to revel in the extraordinary sounds... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2008, Also Recommended
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Messiaen: Organ Works Simon Preston (organ), Organ of St. Albans Cathedral, Organ of Westminster Abbey, Organ of the Chapel of King’s College, Cambridge
The great strength of Simon Preston's performance lies in his control of the slow movements ... With the additional benefits of good recording quality and a sensitive performance of the early... — More…
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Leopold Stokowski - Decca Recordings 1965-1972 Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Hilversum Radio Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski
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Unquestionably, this is an exceptional instrument. If it sounded awesome in Dans la lumiere it is simply stupendous in Messiaen’s L’Ascension. Never have I heard the closing bars of `Alleluias... — More…
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Camberling conducts Berlioz & Messiaen
Nadine Deniz (mezzo soprano), Pitor Beczala (teno), Peter Lika (bass)
South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden, EuropaChorAkademie, Sylvain Camberling
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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony', etc.
Michael Matthes (organ)
Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
The majestic brass of the first movement set the tone, but it's the rapturous, shimmering string tremolandos of the second (Alleluias sereins d'une âme qui désire le ciel, or ''Serene Alleluias... — More…
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