Orchestral, Messiaen (composer)
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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: La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jesus-Christ
RecommendedOrchestre Philharmonique et Choeur de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2002, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphony
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano), Nathalie Forget (ondes martenot), Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Gustavo Gimeno
Where Gimeno makes the piece his own is in the complex rhythmic games of the three ‘Turangalîla’ movements, coolly coordinating them with a species of lateDebussian sensuality that Boulez might... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 2nd February 2024
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This debut solo album brilliantly played by the rising young organist Anna Lapwood should certainly engage organ aficionados, especially fans of the grand Harrison & Harrison instrument in Ely... — More…
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Spatial Audio
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Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony
RecommendedSteven Osborne (piano) & Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot)
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Juanjo Mena
Any performance must keep sight of the romantic, sometimes disturbing, core of the work. This is clearly understood in this performance from Juanjo Mena and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra...the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2012, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, February 2023, Also Recommended
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Messiaen: Concert à quatre
RecommendedCatherine Cantin, Heinz Holliger, Yvonne Loriod & Mstislav Rostropovich
Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ; Poemes pour Mi & Chronochromie
Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Lionel Cottet (cello), Jenny Daviet (soprano), Chor und Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Kent Nagano
Considered as a pocket history of Messiaen’s large-scale writing, this set could hardly be improved upon...All five commercial recordings of La Transfiguration live up to the ambitions of the... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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A Simple Song Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Sharon Bezaly (flute), Fabian Fredriksson (electric guitar), Margareta Nilsson (harp), Bengt Forsberg (organ), Nils-Erik Sparf (violin), Marie McLeod (cello), Ellen Nisbeth (viola)
Von Otter’s generous personality is reflected in the way she puts over every item, with care for text and a honeyed sweetness of tone…Admirers of the singer will certainly want it; and, if you’re... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, December 2018
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Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphony RecommendedMichel Beroff, Jeanne Loriod, Yvonne Loriod, Wolfgang Meyer, Christoph Poppen & Manuel Fischer-Dieskau
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
Newly reissued, Previn's 1977 account dragged Turangalîla to mainstream attention. Previn excels at combing through Messiaen's thick layers, and the LSO are on fine form - am exhilarating souvenir... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2023, Recommended recording - Turangalila
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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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