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Browse: Messiaen (composer), Chansons & Mélodies

This page lists all recordings composed by Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (1908–92).

Showing 1 - 10 of 72 results
Showing 1 - 10 of 72 results
  • Paradise Lost

    Offer,Paradise Lost

    Anna Prohaska (soprano), Julius Drake (piano)

    Eve finds her voice as Prohaska and Drake navigate Eden’s bright spots and murkier corners. A heady selection of songs to intoxicate the senses; vivid storytelling and musicality. — BBC Music Magazine, July 2020, 5 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 10th Apr 2020
    • Catalogue No: ALPHA581
    • Label: Alpha
    • Length: 63 minutes

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  • Chère Nuit: French Songs

    Offer,Chère Nuit: French Songs

    Louise Alder (soprano), Joseph Middleton (piano)

    For me, the lighter popular songs that conclude the disc, with Alder floating exquisitely soft high notes, take the prize. — BBC Music Magazine, June 2021, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…
    • Release Date: 2nd Apr 2021
    • Catalogue No: CHAN20222
    • Label: Chandos
    • Length: 80 minutes

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  • Un Frisson Français - A century of French song

    Un Frisson Français - A century of French song

    Susan Graham (mezzo soprano) & Malcolm Martineau (piano)

    The familiar here appears in unusual contexts and alongside a scattering of rarities. The performers are at one in their fluency, delicate rubato and avoidance of Anglo-Saxon archness, within... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 29th Sep 2008
    • Catalogue No: ONYX4030
    • Label: Onyx
    • Length: 78 minutes

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  • Alison Balsom: Paris

    Alison Balsom: Paris

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    Alison Balsom (trumpet), with Miloš Karadaglić (guitar)

    The Guy Barker Orchestra, Guy Barker

    This potpourri of a recital is...very much of its own time, eclectically flavoured in its collaborative elements and juxtaposition of music languages [sic], and deftly underpinned by Balsom's... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2014 More…
    • Release Date: 8th Sep 2014
    • Catalogue No: 2564632789
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Length: 51 minutes

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  • Poèmes

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    Sensual French Masterpieces

    Renée Fleming (soprano)

    Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Orchestre National de France, Alan Gilbert, Seiji Ozawa

    Always a strong Francophile, she makes an inspired exploration for the still-developing French tradition...it is easy to hear what inspired [Dutilleux]...Her lower register has become ever-richer... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 13th Feb 2012
    • Catalogue No: 4783500
    • Label: Decca
    • Length: 68 minutes

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  • réBelles! Portraits Lyriques

    réBelles! Portraits Lyriques

    Josefine Göhmann, Mario Häring

    • Release Date: 8th Apr 2022
    • Catalogue No: SM380
    • Label: Solo Musica
    • Length: 68 minutes

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  • Eventail

    Eventail

    Heinz Holliger & Anton Kernjak

    Holliger continues to amaze. Now in his eighties, he still finds the time and the stamina alongside his composing and conducting to extend his reputation as the foremost oboist of the past 60... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…
    • Release Date: 22nd Sep 2023
    • Catalogue No: 4859185
    • Label: ECM
    • Length: 68 minutes

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  • Enigma

    Enigma

    Sarah Aristidou (soprano), Daniel Arkadij Gerzenberg (piano)

    This is intriguing and original music making...the performance is tremendously versatile, seductive and white-hot. — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…
    • Release Date: 3rd Nov 2023
    • Catalogue No: ALPHA740
    • Label: Alpha
    • Length: 73 minutes

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  • Janine Jansen: Beau Soir

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    Janine Jansen (violin) & Itmar Golan (piano)

    this exquisite recital finds Janine Jansen at her most seductive...what impresses is the beauty of Jansen's hushed playing. The last movements of both [sonatas] fizz and crackle, but these performances... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 25th Oct 2010
    • Catalogue No: 4782256
    • Label: Decca
    • Length: 69 minutes

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  • Reveries - Melodies Francaises

    Reveries - Melodies Francaises

    Sylvia McNair (soprano), Roger Vignoles (piano)

    • Catalogue No: 4466562
    • Label: Philips
    • Length: 59 minutes

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