Messiaen: Livre d'Orgue

This page lists all recordings of Livre d'Orgue, by Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (1908-92) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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The Organ Works of Oliver Messiaen Volume 4

The Organ Works of Oliver Messiaen Volume 4

Organ of Arhus Cathedral, Denmark

Messiaen:

L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)

Livre d'Orgue

Gillian Weir

Priory - PRCD924

(CD)

$10.49

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Messiaen - Organ Works Volume 2

Messiaen - Organ Works Volume 2

Messiaen:

Livre d'Orgue

Monodie

Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité

Michael Bonaventure (the Rieger organ of St Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh)

“Michael Bonaventure's does get Messiaen's music to lift off the page, even in the most rigorous pages of the Livre d'orgue. The organ of St Giles, Edinburgh has the power and range of colour needed, with the fierce chords at the opening of 'Les mains de l'abîme' fizzing with tension.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 ****

“Playing that fully embraces the Messiaen spirit in demanding works.” Gramophone Magazine, May 2008

Delphian - DCD34016

(CD - 2 discs)

$17.49

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

Messiaen - The Complete Organ Music, Volume 3

Messiaen - The Complete Organ Music, Volume 3

Messiaen:

Messe de la Pentecôte

Livre d'orgue

Hans-Ola Ericsson (organ)

BIS - BISCD441

(CD)

$16.99

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

Messiaen: Livre d'Orgue, etc.

Messiaen:

Livre d'Orgue

Messe de la Pentecote

Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité

Jennifer Bate (organ)

played on organ at Beauvais Cathedral

Regis - RRC2051

(CD - 2 discs)

$10.99

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 weeks.

Messiaen: Complete Organ Works Vol. 5

Messiaen: Complete Organ Works Vol. 5

Messiaen:

Messe de la Pentecote

Livre d'Orgue

Rudolf Innig (organ)

MDG - MDG3170622

(CD)

$16.99

Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days.

Messiaen Organ Works

Messiaen Organ Works

Messiaen:

Le Banquet Céleste

Diptyque

Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle

L'Ascension (organ version)

La Nativité du Seigneur

Les Corps Glorieux

Messe de la Pentecôte

Livre d'orgue

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

Building a Library

Historic Choice - May 2008

Up to 40% off Box Sets

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EMI - 7674002

(CD - 4 discs)

Normally: $30.49

Special: $21.34

Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days.

Messiaen - The Organ Works

Messiaen - The Organ Works

Messiaen:

La Nativité du Seigneur

L'Ascension (organ version)

Livre d'orgue

Livre du Saint-Sacrement

Le Banquet Céleste

Les Corps Glorieux

Messe de la Pentecote

Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité

Diptyque

Verset pour la fête de la Dédicace

Jennifer Bate (organ)

Penguin Guide

Rosette Winner

Regis - RRC6001

(CD - 6 discs)

$32.99

In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day.

Messiaen - Organ Works (Complete)

Messiaen - Organ Works (Complete)

Messiaen:

Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle

La Nativité du Seigneur

Le Banquet Céleste

Offrande au Saint Sacrement

Diptyque

Les Corps Glorieux

Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité

Prélude pour orgue

Verset pour la fête de la Dédicace

Monodie

L'Ascension (organ version)

Messe de la Pentecote

Livre d'Orgue

Livre du Saint-Sacrement

Olivier Latry

2002 is the tenth anniversary of Messiaen's death. This 6 CD box set of the complete works was recorded on the organ of the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris by Olivier Latry. Latry has been the titular organist of the cathedral of Notre Dame since 1985. Messiaen himself could think of no better interpreter of his organ music than Olivier Latry. Yvonne Messiaen, the composer's widow, quotes what her husband said about Oliver Latry: "Olivier Messiaen talked about Olivier Latry as "the new Marcel Dupré". Interpreter, improviser, teacher; his qualities are manifold. His virtuosity, the immensity of his repertoire, his knowledge of all styles. It is difficult to choose what to admire most! Olivier Latry is a master with hands of light, who can restore all the love, the joy and the colours Olivier Messiaen lay into his music."

Since 1985 (when he was only 23), Mr. Latry has been one of the three titulaires at France's grandest cathedral, Notre Dame in Paris, whose organ is at heart another Cavaillé-Coll instrument. What makes his new boxed set special is the sound of that instrument. At Messiaen's many ecstatic climaxes or eerie epiphanies, the musical colors emanating from this organ truly seem to be breathing the air of other planets. It's a more amazing sound even than that of Messiaen's own instrument. Yet as another organ built at almost exactly the same time and rooted in Cavaille-Coll, it retains an authenticity that other organs inevitably lack. The New York Times, December 2003

Building a Library

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DG - 4714802

(CD - 6 discs)

Normally: $87.99

Special: $57.19

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

Messiaen: Organ Works (Complete)

Messiaen: Organ Works (Complete)

Messiaen:

Le Banquet Céleste

Diptyque

Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle

L'Ascension (organ version)

La Nativité du Seigneur

Les Corps Glorieux

Livre d'Orgue

Messe de la Pentecote

Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité

Livre du Saint-Sacrement

Willem Tanke (Organ, St. Bavo Basilica, Haarlem)

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Brilliant Classics - 8639

(CD - 8 discs)

Normally: $33.49

Special: $25.11

Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days.

Olivier Messiaen - 1908–1992 (100th Anniversary Box Set)

Olivier Messiaen - 1908–1992 (100th Anniversary Box Set)

Messiaen:

Turangalila Symphony

Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot) & Michel Béroff (piano)

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Les Offrandes oubliées (1930)

Orchestre de Paris & Ensemble de Percussion de l’Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo

Chronochromie for large orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Éclairs sur l'au-delà…

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Yvonne Loriod (piano), Christoph Poppen (violin), Manuel Fischer-Dieskau (cello) & Wolfgang Meyer (clarinet)

Theme and Variations for Violin and Piano

Christoph Poppen (violin) & Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Le Merle noir for flute and piano

Emmanuel Pahud (flute)

Preludes (8)

Michel Béroff (piano)

Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus

Michel Béroff (piano)

Visions de l'Amen for 2 pianos

Alexandre Rabinovitch & Martha Argerich (pianos)

Quatre Études de rythme

Michel Béroff (piano)

Cantéyodjayâ

John Ogdon (piano)

Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

Le Banquet Céleste

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

Diptyque

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

L'Ascension (organ version)

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

La Nativité du Seigneur

Olivier Messiaen (organ) & Naji Hakim (organ)

Priere apres la Communion

Naji Hakim (organ)

Les Corps Glorieux

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

Messe de la Pentecote

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

Livre d'Orgue

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

La Mort Du Nombre

Ann Murray (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Andrew Watkinson (violin) & Roger Vignoles (piano)

Trois Mélodies

Michèle Command (soprano) & Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano)

Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2 (complete)

Michèle Command (soprano) & Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano)

Chants de Terre et de Ciel

Michèle Command (soprano) & Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano)

Harawi (Chants d'amour et de Mort)

Michèle Command (soprano) & Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano)

3 Petites liturgies de la Presence Divine

Rolf Hind (piano) & Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot)

London Sinfonietta & London Sinfonietta Chorus, Terry Edwards

Cinq rechants

Rolf Hind (piano) & Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot)

London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Chorus & London Sinfonietta Voices, Terry Edwards

Olivier Messiaen was born on 10th December 1908 in Avignon. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire from 1919 to 1930 where his teachers included Paul Dukas and the great organist and improviser Marcel Dupré. He developed a very distinctive style in the music and with his deep Catholic faith and love of birds he created a highly original palette in sound which he employed in works for orchestra, small combination of or merely solo instruments or choir. EMI is celebrating his centenary with a collection of 14CDs. Messiaen himself appears as the organist in four CDs of his solo organ music, recorded in from the earliest work up to and including to his then latest work Livre d’Orgue. These four CDs have been newly remastered at Abbey Road Studios.

His wife, Yvonne Loriod, plays the piano in the CD of the Quatuor pour la fin du Temps and his sister-in-law, Jeanne Loriod, plays the ondes-martenot in the Turangalila Symphony with Michel Beroff and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn. Although most works have been issued on CD before some are rare – e.g. 2 CDs of Melodies – and two are making their first appearance in this medium: Quatre etudes de rythme and Cantéyodjâya played by Beroff and Ogdon respectively. This is a fine set to introduce yourself to one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century.

Released or re-released in last 6 months

EMI - 2174662

(CD - 14 discs)

Normally: $50.99

Special: $46.49

In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day.

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