Browse: Messiaen (composer), Vocal (Orchestral)
This page lists all recordings composed by Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (1908–92).
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Olivier Messiaen: Michael Gielen Conducts
Sarah Leonard, Orf Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Michael Gielen
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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For me, the lighter popular songs that conclude the disc, with Alder floating exquisitely soft high notes, take the prize. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Song
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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. — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song
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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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Poèmes
RecommendedSensual 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... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th February 2012
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Grammy Awards, 55th Awards (2012), Best Classical Solo Vocal Album
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Vocal
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Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi and 3 Petites liturgies de la Présence Divine
Jane Archibald (soprano), Cynthia Millar (ondes martenot), Michael Brown (piano)
Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Northwest Boychoir, Ludovic Morlot
In Poèmes pour mi, Jane Archibald’s soprano is full of rapture but never indulgent. The effect of ethereal boys’ voices, rather than women’s voices indicated by the score, is otherworldly. — More…
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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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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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45 CDs
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