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Messiaen - Quatuor pour la fin du temps
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Special offer. Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Martin Fröst (clarinet), Lucas Debargue (piano), Janine Jansen (violin), Torlief Thedeen (cello)
Far from an ad hoc starry ensemble, this interpretation has had time to mature, while retaining freshness in execution. The increased hush found partway through Jansen and Thedéen’s extended... — More…
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time & Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum
Vera Beths (violin), George Pieterson (clarinet), Reinbert de Leeuw (piano), Anner Bijlsma (cello)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
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New. Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du Temps & Fantaisie
Louise Bessette (soloist, piano), Cameron Crozman (soloist, cello), Dominic Desautels (soloist, clarinet), Mark Lee (soloist, violin)
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Special offer. Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphony
RecommendedMichel Beroff, Jeanne Loriod, Yvonne Loriod, Wolfgang Meyer, Christoph Poppen & Manuel Fischer-Dieskau
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
Newly reissued, Previn's 1977 account dragged Turangalîla to mainstream attention. Previn excels at combing through Messiaen's thick layers, and the LSO are on fine form - am exhilarating souvenir... — More…
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Building a Library, February 2023, Recommended recording - Turangalila
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Trio Wanderer and clarinettist Pascal Moraguès emphasise extremes, ranging from barely audible and excessively brittle piano tone in contrasting movements to an astonishingly slow ‘Louange à... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2017, Also Recommended
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Special offer. 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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Clarinet XX Volume 2
20th century clarinet works
Andrej Startchenko, Johannes Pieper, Zoltan Kovacs, Chika Kishihara, Andrea Nagy, Sandra Arnold, Thilo Fahrner, Heiko Hinz, Kiyo Hayakawa, Julia Hutfless (clarinets), Kayoko Takae, Gabriele Kaufmann (piano), Jochen Bardong (double bass)
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Messiaen: Quartet For The End of Time
Christine Pryn (violin) & Kristoffer Hyldig (piano), with Viktor Wennesz (clarinet) & Øystein Sonstad (cello)
Ensemble Nordlys
This fine Danish ensemble offers a sleek, lyrical and muscular account of Quartet for the End of Time, plus two intriguing early works for violin and piano. — More…
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Building a Library, November 2022, Recommended Recording
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