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OLIVIER MESSIAEN
(1908-1992)
premiere recording of the composer's version for piano
1.
Les Offrandes oubliées (1930)
8:38
Méditation symphonique
Arranged for piano solo by the composer
Presque lent - Vif - Modéré - Lent
Thème et variations (1932)
10:09
for violin and piano
2.
Thème. Modéré -
1:50
3.
Première Variation. Modéré -
1:37
4.
Deuxième Variation. Un peu moins modéré -
1:00
5.
Troisième Variation. Modéré, avec éclat -
0:47
6.
Quatrième Variation. Vif et passionné -
1:13
7.
Cinquième Variation. Très modéré
3:41
Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (1940-41)
48:32
for violin, clarinet, cello and piano
8.
I
Liturgie de cristal. Bien modéré
2:39
9.
II
Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps. Robuste, modéré -
4:50
10.
III
Abîme des oiseaux. Lent, expressif et triste -
8:36
11.
IV
Intermède. Décidé, modéré, un peu vif
1:40
12.
V
Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus. Infiniment lent, extatique
8:56
13.
VI
Danse de la furer, pour les sept trompettes. Décidé - Un peu plus vif -
6:31
14.
VII
Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps. Rêveur, presque lent -
7:14
15.
VIII
Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus. Extrêmement lent et tendre, extatique
7:26
67:40
Chamber: Gould Piano Trio
Lucy Gould violin
Alice Neary cello
Benjamin Frith piano
2 and 3 June 2007
Notes
MESSIAEN: CHAMBER WORKS
Its members described by The Independent as ‘master musicians’, the Gould Piano Trio is one of the most exciting ensembles to emerge in recent years. On this recording marking the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Olivier Messiaen the musicians are joined by the clarinettist Robert Plane. Together they play the Quartet for the End of Time, composed during the years Messiaen spent confined in a Nazi prison camp. About the first performance, given in front of several hundred fellow prisoners, Messiaen commented, ‘Never have I been listened to with such attention and such understanding’. Also on the disc are the Theme and Variations for violin and piano and the premiere recording of the composer’s own piano transcription of Les Offrandes oubliées.
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Reviews
…admirably well-judged, scrupulously expressive performance, very well recorded.
Gramophone
…the Gould Trio and Robert Plane are among the best modern accounts
BBC Music Magazine
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