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Vocal, Vocal (Orchestral), Messiaen (composer)
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Messiaen
Bertrand Chamayou (piano), Barbara Hannigan (soprano), Vilde Frang (violin), Charles Sy (tenor)
This is personal. It is also special…[Chamayou's] exceptionally strong pedigree In Messiaen is apparent throughout and, as might be expected, this music fits Hannigan's superlative talents like... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Vocal Music
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2024
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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. —
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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. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
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Gramophone Awards, 2021, Shortlisted - Song
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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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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... —
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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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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... —
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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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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... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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1000 Years of Classical Music
David Russell, The Song Company, Cantillation, Rosemary Hodgson, Daniel Yeadon, Tommie Andersson, Paul McMahon, Sally-Anne Russell, Linda Kent, Rosanne Hunt, Elizabeth Wallfisch, Jane Edwards, James Sanderson, Anna Fraser, David Greco, Sara Macliver, Orchestra of the Antipodes, Australian Chamber...
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Messiaen: Pour Mi
Songs by Olivier Messiaen and Claire Delbos
Liv Elise Nordskog (soprano) & Signe Bakke (piano)
Biographically this makes for beautiful programming but musically it's also a fascinating pairing...Both Nordskog and Bakke give refined, idiomatic performances, finding the intimacy if not... —
