Messiaen - Melodies (3)
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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…
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2021, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Shortlisted - Song
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Special offer. Messiaen - Trois Mélodies & Harawi
Hetna Regitze Bruun (soprano) & Kristoffer Hyldig (piano)
Hetna Regitze Bruun and Kristoffer Hyldig prove to be fine advocates of Messiaen's music: Hyldig displays a sure touch and a keen sense of colour, while Bruun has the range of expression and... — More…
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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... — More…
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Clearings in the Sky
Songs By Boulanger & Her Compatriots
Patrice Michaels (soprano), Rebecca Rollins (piano)
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Messiaen - Chants de Terre et de Ciel
Suzie LeBlanc (soprano), Robert Kortgaard (piano), Lawrence Wiliford (tenor) & Laura Andriani (violin)
LeBlanc has a strong pedigree in Baroque repertoire, and her clear fresh voice is especially effective in the Trois mélodies and as the pure 'first soul' in La mort du nombre, Lawrence Wiliford... — More…
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Special offer. Messiaen: Complete Songs for Soprano & Piano
Ingrid Kappelle (soprano), Håkon Austbø (piano)
…represent the composer at his most intimately personal, conveying tenderness and ardent fire by turns, with often surreal imagery matched by music that shows scant regard for the niceties of... — More…
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Special offer. Olivier Messiaen - 1908–1992 (100th Anniversary Box Set)
Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot) & Michel Béroff (piano), Yvonne Loriod (piano), Christoph Poppen (violin), Manuel Fischer-Dieskau (cello) & Wolfgang Meyer (clarinet), Christoph Poppen (violin) & Yvonne Loriod (piano), Emmanuel Pahud (flute), Michel Béroff (piano), Alexandre Rabinovitch...
…this handsome set from EMI is well worth considering. With works spanning his output, a range of genres and some wonderful performances… — More…
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