Messiaen
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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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Gowers conveys the fundamental musicality of the work. There is a sense here that he feels the music, that he shares much of Messiaen’s vision and that he knows exactly what he wants the music... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Editor's Choice
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The Organ Works of Oliver Messiaen Volume 1
RecommendedGillian Weir (Organ of Århus Cathedral, Denmark)
Remastered, these outstanding recordings made in Århus Cathedral are a model of how to combine atmosphere and clarity in this music, and no other player seems quite to equal Weir's remarkable... — More…
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Building a Library, May 2008, First Choice
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A Legend Reborn: The Voice of King’s
Dónal McCann, Henry Websdale, Richard Gowers, Tom Winpenny, Ashley Grote, Robert Quinney, David Briggs (Harrison and Harrison organ of King’s
College, Cambridge)
All in all, this is not only a fascinating historical record but also a superlative musical one. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2021, DVD/Blu-ray of the Month
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Winpenny’s excellent performance is enhanced by the vibrant colours of the Dudelange instrument. — More…
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I cannot help feeling that the well-travelled Messiaen would have approved of the Klais organ in the Icelandic capital. It renders all the colours with forthright clarity and an atmospheric... — More…
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Messiaen: Livre du Saint-Sacrement
RecommendedPaul Jacobs (organ at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, New York City)
That Paul Jacobs has the requisite stamina is certainly not in doubt...The playing is magnificent, with a splendid sense of colour and power...The registration and speed of each passage are... — More…
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Grammy Awards, 53rd Awards (2010), Best Classical Instrumental Solo Recording
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What gives distinction to this disc of 20th century French organ music by the usual suspects is the recording location - the church of St-Etienne-du-Mont in Paris where, from 1930 until his... — More…
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