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Special offer. Messiaen - Complete Organ Works Volume 4

Timothy Byram-Wigfield (Harrison organ, St George's Chapel)

Messiaen - Complete Organ Works Volume 4
The organ of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle evidently has the power and range of colour that Messiaen regarded as pre-requisites in his music, all captured in a vibrant recording that is...

BBC Music Magazine, April 20094 out of 5 stars

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Special offer. Messiaen - Complete Organ Works Volume 4

Timothy Byram-Wigfield (Harrison organ, St George's Chapel)

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The organ of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle evidently has the power and range of colour that Messiaen regarded as pre-requisites in his music, all captured in a vibrant recording that is...

BBC Music Magazine, April 20094 out of 5 stars

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The final volume in Delphian's survey of Messiaen's complete organ music takes in his earliest published works, in which - in the composer's own words - the 'abundance of technical means allows the heart to overflow freely'.The British Harrison in St George's Chapel,Windsor Castle speaks with a French accent in this music, and Timothy Byram-Wigfield's combination of virtuosic majesty and compelling loving faith has already captured the imagination of reviewers of Volume I.The booklet includes a 3000-word essay by acclaimed Messiaen biographer Nigel Simeone.

"… gives full weight to the music's uncompromising intensity" Gramophone

"convincing and delightful" Choir & Organ, Sep/Oct

  • Release date: 2nd Feb 2009
  • Label: Delphian
  • Catalogue number: DCD34078
  • Length: 2 hours 38 minutes
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Contents and tracklist

Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur
Work length1:05:20
I. La Vierge et l'Enfant
Track length7:40
II. Les Bergers
Track length7:09
III. Desseins éternels
Track length6:53
IV. Le Verbe
Track length12:56
V. Les Enfants de Dieu
Track length3:34
VI. Les anges
Track length3:52
VII. Jésus accepte la souffrance
Track length5:07
VIII. Les Mages
Track length8:10
IX. Dieu parmi nous
Track length9:59
Messiaen: Offrande au Saint Sacrement
Work length4:37
Messiaen: Prélude pour orgue
Work length8:37
Messiaen: L'Ascension, I / 12 (Version for Organ)
Work length28:05
I. Majesté du Christ demandant sa gloire à son Père
Track length6:42
II. Alléluias sereins d'une âme qui désire le ciel
Track length5:36
III. Transports de joie d'une ame devant la gloire du Christ qui est la sienne
Track length5:15
IV. Prière du Christ montant vers son Père
Track length10:32
Messiaen: Diptyque
Work length11:38
Messiaen: Messe de la Pentecote
Work length28:44
Entrée. Les langues de feu
Track length2:33
Offertoire. Les choses visibles et invisibles
Track length12:28
Consécration. Le don de Sagesse
Track length4:08
Communion. Les oiseaux et les sources
Track length5:59
Sortie. Le vent de l'Esprit
Track length3:36
Messiaen: Verset pour la fête de la Dédicace
Work length11:03

Awards and reviews

April 2009

The organ of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle evidently has the power and range of colour that Messiaen regarded as pre-requisites in his music, all captured in a vibrant recording that is magnificent for CD. Timothy Byram-Wigfield bristles with energy in the dynamic movements and exudes clam for Messiaen's slow outpourings of lyricism.
4 out of 5 stars
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