Messiaen: Quatre Études de rythme

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Messiaen: Preludes (8), etc.

Messiaen:

Preludes (8)

Quatre Études de rythme

Cantéyodjayâ

Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas

Fantaisie burlesque

Rondeau

Visions de l'Amen for 2 pianos

with Ben Frith, second piano

Peter Hill (piano)

Regis - RRC2056

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$11.49

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Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia', etc.

Bach, J S:

Chaconne in D minor

Beethoven:

Piano Sonata No. 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 No. 1 'Quasi una fantasia'

Berg:

Piano Sonata, Op. 1

Bernstein:

Touches - Chorale, Eight Variations and Coda

Brahms:

Variations on a theme by Paganini in A minor, Op. 35

Chasins:

Rush Hour in Hong Kong (No. 3 of Three Chinese Pieces)

Chopin:

Scherzo No. 1 in B minor, Op. 20

Andante spianato & Grande Polonaise, Op. 22

Nocturne No. 8 in D flat major, Op. 27 No. 2

Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4

Piano Sonata No. 3 in B minor, Op. 58

Variations on Mozart's 'La ci darem la mano' in B flat major, Op. 2

Franck, C:

Prélude, Choral et Fugue M21 (1884)

Grieg:

Sonata for piano solo, Op. 7

Hofmann, J:

Kaleidoskop Op. 40 No. 4

Liszt:

Piano Sonata in B minor, S178

Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor

Funérailles Harmonies poétiques et réligieuses, S173, No. 7

Messiaen:

Quatre Études de rythme

Mussorgsky:

Pictures at an Exhibition (piano version)

Pabst:

Paraphrase on themes from Tchaikovsky's 'Eugene Onegin'

Rachmaninov:

Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42

Schubert:

Impromptu in E flat major, D899 No. 2

Impromptu in G flat major, D899 No. 3

Sonata in A for Piano Op. post. 120

Schumann:

Etudes symphoniques, Op. 13

Kreisleriana, Op. 16

Strauss, J, II:

Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333

Stravinsky:

Three Movements from Petrushka

Shura Cherkassky (piano)

"He might be termed the last of the great individualists among the pianist fraternity, an artist whose credo stems from his teacher, the great virtuoso Josef Hofmann. It is a school of personal quirk and technical brilliance that has seemed out of kilter with our era of po-faced accent on authenticity and perfect manners, all tending towards uniformity of execution... Nimbus is to be congratulated for taking charge of Cherkassky during the 1980s and offering him the company's Welsh headquarters to record in at will on his own time scale. As a result of long takes and pleasant surroundings in which Cherkassky thrives, this collection is truly representative of a player who hasn't always had his due." The Daily Telegraph

Nimbus - NI1733

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Messiaen - The Piano Works

Messiaen - The Piano Works

Messiaen:

Catalogue d'oiseaux Books 1-7 (Complete)

La Fauvette des jardins

Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux

Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus

Visions de l'Amen for 2 pianos

Preludes (8)

Quatre Études de rythme

Cantéyodjayâ

Fantaisie burlesque

Rondeau

Peter Hill (piano)

Regis - RRC7001

(CD - 7 discs)

$39.49

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Messiaen - The Complete Solo Piano Works

Messiaen - The Complete Solo Piano Works

Messiaen:

Preludes (8)

Fantaisie burlesque

Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas

Rondeau

Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus

Cantéyodjayâ

Quatre Études de rythme

Catalogue d'oiseaux Books 1-7 (Complete)

Prélude pour piano

La Fauvette des jardins

Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux

Roger Muraro (piano)

Accord - 4619072

(CD - 7 discs)

$100.49

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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.

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EMI - 2174662

(CD - 14 discs)

$52.49

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Messiaen Edition Volume 1

Messiaen Edition Volume 1

Piano Works, Organ Works & Songs

Messiaen:

Le Banquet Céleste

Willem Tanke (organ)

Diptyque

Willem Tanke (organ)

Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle

Willem Tanke (organ)

L'Ascension (organ version)

Willem Tanke (organ)

La Nativité du Seigneur

Willem Tanke (organ)

Les Corps Glorieux

Willem Tanke (organ)

Livre d'Orgue

Willem Tanke (organ)

Messe de la Pentecote

Willem Tanke (organ)

Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité

Willem Tanke (organ)

Livre du Saint-Sacrement

Willem Tanke (organ)

Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus

Peter Hill (piano)

Catalogue d'oiseaux Books 1-7 (Complete)

Peter Hill (piano)

Preludes (8)

Peter Hill (piano)

Quatre Études de rythme

Peter Hill (piano)

Cantéyodjayâ

Peter Hill (piano)

Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas

Peter Hill (piano)

Fantaisie burlesque

Peter Hill (piano)

Rondeau

Peter Hill (piano)

Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux

Peter Hill (piano)

Visions de l'Amen for 2 pianos

Peter Hill (piano) & Benjamin Frith (piano)

Trois Mélodies

Ingrid Kappelle (soprano) & Håkon Austbø (piano)

Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2 (complete)

Ingrid Kappelle (soprano) & Håkon Austbø (piano)

Chants de Terre et de Ciel

Ingrid Kappelle (soprano) & Håkon Austbø (piano)

Harawi (Chants d'amour et de Mort)

Ingrid Kappelle (soprano) & Håkon Austbø (piano)

La Fauvette des jardins

Peter Hill (piano)

The long life and passionate, exotic music of Olivier Messiaen are big news in this, the centenary year of his birth. Festivals worldwide are celebrating one of the last century’s greatest composers and his heady blend of a musical language that moves from the rich romanticism of the French organ tradition to the diamond precision of a modernism which hugely influenced the leaders of the postwar avant-garde such as Boulez and Stockhausen. His love of God and nature is everywhere evident in the vast cycles of works such as La Nativité du Seigneur and Vingt Régards sur l’Enfant Jésus, but so is a delight in instrumental virtuosity: he was himself a superb organist and pianist. All of these recordings were critically acclaimed when they first appeared; they have been reissued with extensive notes and full texts for the songs.

‘Throughout‚ Hill limns Messiaen’s heady‚ quasi pantheistic amalgam of rapture and stillness‚ evocation and exultation with illuminating exuberance…Hill is supported by a recording of satisfyingly huge range…In Benjamin Frith, Hill has a duo partner as responsive to Messiaen’s demands for subtlety of colour and delicacy of texture as he is himself.’ Gramophone

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Brilliant Classics - 8949

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Messiaen Edition

Messiaen Edition

An 18-CD set offering a comprehensive overview of Messiaen’s work in recordings made between 1963 and 2000.

Messiaen:

Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Preludes (8)

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Quatre Études de rythme

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

La Nativité du Seigneur

Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Le Banquet Céleste

Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle

Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2 (complete)

Maria Oràn (soprano), Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Chants de Terre et de Ciel

Maria Oràn (soprano), Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Huguette Fernandez (violin), Guy Deplus (clarinet), Jacques Nielz (cello), Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano)

Cinq rechants

Solistes des chœurs de l’ORTF, Marcel Couraud

Visions de l'Amen for 2 pianos

Katia and Marièlle Labèque, pianos

Les Offrandes oubliées (1930)

Orchestre philharmonique de l’ORTF, Marcel Couraud

Hymne au Saint-Sacrement

Orchestre philharmonique de l’ORTF, Marcel Couraud

Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Harawi (Chants d'amour et de Mort)

Rachel Yakar (soprano), Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Turangalila Symphony

Revised Messiaen Edition

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Dominique Kim (ondes Martenot)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Kent Nagano

Catalogue d'oiseaux Books 1-7 (Complete)

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

La Fauvette des jardins

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Le Réveil des oiseaux

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Orchestre National de France, Kent Nagano

Couleurs de la cité céleste

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Groupe Instrumental à Percussion de Strasbourg, Orchestre du Domaine Musical, Pierre Boulez

Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Groupe Instrumental à Percussion de Strasbourg, Orchestre du Domaine Musical, Pierre Boulez

L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)

Orchestre philharmonique de l’ORTF, Marius Constant

3 Petites liturgies de la Presence Divine

Yvonne Loriod (piano), Jeanne Loriod (onde Martenot)

Maîtrise et Orchestre de Chambre de la RTF, Marcel Couraud

Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité

Olivier Messiaen, organ (Recorded on the Cavaillé-Coll organ in La Trinité Church, Paris)

Des Canyons aux Étoiles

Yvonne Loriod (piano), Georges Barboteu (horn), Alain Jacquet (xylorimba), François Dupin (glockenspiel)

Ensemble Ars Nova, Marius Constant

Sept Haïkaï

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Ensemble Ars Nova, Marius Constant

Olivier Messiaen, Yvonne Loriod, Marie-Claire Alain, Katia and Marielle Labeque

Kent Nagano & Pierre Boulez

includes a disc of Olivier Messiaen interviewed by Claude Samuel (in French), 1988

“A bumper bargain box of some of the greatest recordings-compulsive.” BBC Music Magazine, 1st October 2005

“…her playing is nothing short of magnificent – superb range of sonority, rock-sure rhythm, unfailing attention to polyphonic strands, thrilling attack and tender caress in equal measure. … Under her touch there seems to be no such thing as a worn-out harmony or an unmusical one.” Gramophone Magazine (on Yvonne Loriod's piano performances on these CDs)

BBC Music Magazine

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Warner Classics - 2564621622

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