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Messiaen - Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2
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Special offer. 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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Special offer. 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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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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Take the phone off the hook and bolt the door: this first solo recording from young American soprano Susanna Phillips is a delight that should not be interrupted...Phillips has the gorgeous,... — 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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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: Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2, etc.
Françoise Pollet, Pierre-Laurent Aimard & Joela Jones
The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
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Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi
Bruun Hyldig Duo: Hetna Regitze Bruun (soprano), Kristoffer Nyholm Hyldig (piano)
the beauty of [Bruun's] tone is matched by the richness and power needed for these remarkable works. Bruun floats effortlessly in the melismatic alleluias…yet brings searing radiance to the... — More…
