Messiaen: Chamber Works

Release Date: 17th Nov 2014
Catalogue No: BKD314
Label: Linn
Series: ECHO
Length: 73 minutes

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Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Work length45:16

Hebrides Ensemble
Recorded: 17–20 March 2007
Recording Venue: St. Mary’s Church, Haddington, United Kingdom

I. Liturgie de cristal

Track length2:42

II. Vocalise, pour l'ange qui annonce la fin du temps

Track length4:34

III. Abîme des oiseaux

Track length6:52

IV. Intermède

Track length1:43

V. Louange à l'éternité de Jésus

Track length7:34

VI. Danse de la fureur pour les sept trompettes

Track length6:09

VII. Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'ange qui annonce la fin du temps

Track length7:02

VIII. Louange à l'immortalité de Jésus

Track length8:40

Messiaen: Theme and Variations for Violin and Piano

Work length10:47

Alexander Janiczek (violin), Philip Moore (piano)
Recorded: 17-20 March 2007
Recording Venue: St. Mary’s Church, Haddington, United Kingdom

Messiaen: Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes

Work length3:24

Hebrides Ensemble
Recorded: 17-20 March 2007
Recording Venue: St. Mary’s Church, Haddington, United Kingdom

Messiaen: Fantaisie

Work length8:19

Alexander Janiczek (violin), Philip Moore (piano)
Recorded: 17-20 March 2007
Recording Venue: St. Mary's Church, Haddington, United Kingdom

Messiaen: Le Merle noir for flute and piano

Work length6:06

Rosemary Elliot (flute), Philip Moore (piano)
Recorded: 17-20 March 2007
Recording Venue: St. Mary's Church, Haddington, United Kingdom

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Released to celebrate the centenary of the composer’s birth, this new recording of Messiaen’s chamber works, including the premiere recording of Fantaisie, is a comprehensive collection with highly informative booklet notes by Messiaen expert Nigel Simeone.

Originally released in 2008 ‘Messiaen: Chamber Works’ has been re-issued as part of Linn’s ECHO series which offers a second chance to enjoy the best of the label’s award-winning catalogue.

‘Messiaen: Chamber Works’ marries the chamber works of one of the finest 20th century composers with the renowned interpretive skills of contemporary music specialists the Hebrides Ensemble.

Quatour pour la fin du Temps, written and premiered in a POW camp, is one of the most remarkable works to have come out of World War II. The Hebrides Ensemble powerfully conveys its apocalyptic inspiration and message of faith.

‘Messiaen: Chamber Works’ includes the first recording of Fantaisie, a work for violin and piano, thought to be lost until it was re-discovered by Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen and then published in 2007.

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