Messiaen: Quartet for End of Time [Import]

Track Listings

1. I Liturgie De Cristal

2. Vocalise Pour L'ange Qui Annonce La Fin Du Temps

3. Abime Des Oiseaux

4. Intermede

5. Louange A L'eternite De Jesus

6. Danse De La Fureur Pour Les Sept Trompettes

7. Fouillis D'arcs-En-Ciel Pour L'ange Qui Annonce La Fin Du Temps

8. Lounge A L'immoralite De Jesus

9. Symphonies Of Wind Instruments

10. I Sinfonia- Lento- Allegro Moderato

11. Ii Tema Con Variazioni

12. Ii Finale

Tracks:

Quartet For The End Of Time: Liturgy of Crystal
Quartet For The End Of Time: Vocalise, for the Angel who announces the end of Time
Quartet For The End Of Time: Abyss of the birds
Quartet For The End Of Time: Interlude
Quartet For The End Of Time: Praise to the Eternity of Jesus
Quartet For The End Of Time: Danse of Fury, for the seven trumpets
Quartet For The End Of Time: Cluster of rainbows, for the Angel who announces the end of Time
Quartet For The End Of Time: Praise to the Immortality of Jesus

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This all-star chamber ensemble was specifically formed to play Messiaen's masterpiece. Two decades after this recording was made, it still shows the effects of their intense identification with the music. Some listeners find Messiaen's music longwinded and difficult, and my own opinion varies depending on the work and my mood. But this piece, written in a German concentration camp during the early years of World War II, is truly one of the greatest works of music of the 20th century. Although it lasts nearly an hour, its variety of color and its powerful expressiveness will engross any responsive listener, especially in this performance. --Leslie Gerber

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Quartet for the End of Time
Messiaen , Loriod , Poppen , and Fischer-Dieskau
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Varese: Arcana; Ameriques; Ionization; Offrandes; Density 21.5; Octandre; Integrales

ASIN: B00006J3LD
Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

I. Liturgie De Cristal
II. Vocalise, Pour L'Ange Qui Annonce La Fin Du Temps
III. Abime Des Oiseaux
IV. Intermede
V. Louange A L'Eternite De Jesus
VI. Danse De La Fureur, Pour Les Sept Trompettes
VII. Fouillis D'arcs-en-ciel, Pour L'Ange Qui Annonce La Fin Du Temps
VIII. Louange A L'Immortalite De Jesus
Theme: Modere
I. Variation - Modere
II. Variation - Un Peu Moins Modere
III. Variation - Modere, Avec Eclat
IV. Variation - Vif Et Passionne
V. Variation - Tres Modere

Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

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Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Varèse - The Complete Works / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra · Asko Ensemble · Chailly

ASIN: B00004TL2R
Release Date: 2001-01-09

Tracks:

I. Liturgie De Cristal
II. Vocalise, Pour L'Ange Qui Annonce La Fin Du Temps
III. Abime Des Oiseaux
IV. Intermede
V. Louange A L'Eternite De Jesus
VI. Danse De La Fureur
VII. Fouillis D'arcs-en-ciel, Pour I'Ange Qui Annonce La Fin Du Temps
VIII. Louange A L'lmmortalite De Jesus

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Despite being composed in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp, Messiaen's masterpiece teems with music of ethereal beauty. Inspired by the Book of Revelations, it features many of his unique stylistic fingerprints--unison homophonic passages, birdcalls, and surprising rhythmic displacements among them. Even with only four instruments (a choice dictated by those available in the camp), Messiaen achieves striking coloristic effects. Virtually any performance by four musicians capable of meeting the piece's technical and stylistic demands will make a telling effect, and this one certainly does. It's one of the slower available performances, primarily because fast movements tend to be faster and slower ones slower than such rivals as the classic Tashi reading on RCA and the vibrant Russian one led by Oleg Kagan on Live Classics. At times, slow movements lack the note-to-note tension that would make them even more powerful, but Messiaen fans will want to hear Shaham, Chung, & Co. in his greatest chamber work. --Dan Davis

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Quartet for the End of Time

Manufacturer: Ongaku
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002Z9VDU
Release Date: 2004-08-01

Tracks:

Liturgie de cristal
Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
Abime des oiseaux
Intermede
Louange a l'Eternite de Jesus
Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
Louange a l'Immortalite de Jesus
Theme et Variations - Theme: Modere
Variation 1: Modere (berceur)
Variation 2: Modere, un peu vif
Variation 3: Modere, avec eclat
Variation 4: Vif et passionne
Variation 5: Tres lent (legatissimo)

Album Description

This is a groundbreaking new recording Olivier Messiaen's seminal work "Quatuor pour la fin du Temps" (Quartet for the End of Time, 1941)), along with an earlier work (1932), "Thème et Varations" (Theme and Variations) for violin and piano, that foreshadows some of the harmonies and melodic style of the Quartet. This recording comes closest to the difficult tempo markings of the composer than any other to date (including Messian's own from 1957). It also adheres closely to the extremely demanding dynamic and phrase markings of the composer, while capturing the sound in a pristene 24-bit digital recording process at world-renowned Mechanics Hall of Worcester, Massachusetts. The CD includes a captivating 16-page article by clarinetist Jonathan Cohler that delves into the history of the work and its performance revealing many new facts that were only recently discovered. The article also contains an enlightening timing analysis of the movements comparing this recording with three of the most well known recordings of the work.

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Absolutely MUST be in every collection!

Quartet For The End Of Time

Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000I9N2
Release Date: 1999-03-23

Tracks:

Litugie de Cristal
Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui announce la fin du Temps
Abime des oiseaux
Intermede
Louange a l'Eternite de Jesus
Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui announce la fin du Temps
Louange a l'Immortalite de Jesus

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Famously, albeit sadly, conceived, Olivier Messiaen's finest chamber work is a dance with circumstance and a tremendous flowering in the face of adversity. Written while the composer was a wartime prisoner in 1941, Quartet for the End of Time sounds teetery, vulnerable, and brittle. But it also features shearing whips from the clarinet that make the creative turbulence unmistakable. Christoph Eschenbach's piano is astounding, playing quiet atmospheres in the second movement--and again in the final movement--that couple with the strings to set a diaphanous feel, one where light, scant though it is, enlivens the mood. Messiaen envisioned the colors, he recalled, as a partial result of limited food rations, and the shoddy instruments on which he and others gave the original performance (while still imprisoned) only accentuated how sensitively he shaped the piece's dynamics. Although it builds slowly, this is an inventively rhythmic piece, with the clarinet-led ensemble pelting quietude with motion. Note also that the quartet's first movement is Messiaen's first incursion into bird sounds, something which occupied him for the rest of his composing career. --Andrew Bartlett

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Absolutely MUST be in every collection!.......2001-01-12

The ensemble's incredible musicianship and amazing precision prove that this the best recording of the Quartet for the End of Time available!

Oliver Messiaen: Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps (Quartet for the End of Time) (1940)

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Oliver Messiaen: Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps (Quartet for the End of Time) (1940)

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001G8W
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

Quartet For The End Of Time: 1. Liturgie de cristal
Quartet For The End Of Time: 2. Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du temps
Quartet For The End Of Time: 3. Abime des oiseaux
Quartet For The End Of Time: 4. Intermede
Quartet For The End Of Time: 5. Louange a l'Eternite de Jesus
Quartet For The End Of Time: 6. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
Quartet For The End Of Time: 7. Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du temps
Quartet For The End Of Time: 8. Louange a l'Immortalite de Jesus

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Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time

Manufacturer: Naxos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005COXS
Release Date: 2001-06-19

Tracks:

Quartet For The End Of Time: Liturgie de cristal
Quartet For The End Of Time: Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
Quartet For The End Of Time: Abime des oiseaux
Quartet For The End Of Time: Intermede
Quartet For The End Of Time: Louange a l'Eternite de Jesus
Quartet For The End Of Time: Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
Quartet For The End Of Time: Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
Quartet For The End Of Time: Louange a l'immortalite de Jesus
Theme And Variations

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A medical auxiliary during World War II, French composer Olivier Messiaen was captured at Nancy by the Germans in 1940. They sent him to a prison camp in Silesia, where he filled his hours by composing Quartet for the End of Time for the potluck ensemble of instrumentalists (clarinet, violin, cello, and piano) whom happenstance had placed with him. It is one of the most haunting and evocative pieces of 20th-century chamber music, and it inspires a fine performance on this Naxos disc by the Amici Ensemble of Canada. There is a forlorn, bleak quality to their sound, as you might expect from prisoners miles from home. They play with no rich, pampered vibrato. Clarinetist Joaquin Valdepenas pecks at the bird calls in the "Crystal Liturgy" and yearns for freedom in the aching "Abyss of Birds." There is throbbing excitement in the "Furious Dance for Seven Trumpets" and a singing lyricism in the short exquisite Intermezzo. The Quartet is complemented on the disc by Messiaen's Theme and Variations for violin and piano, composed in 1932. Scott St. John explores the composer's inventiveness with a burning bow on steely strings, while pianist Patricia Parr touches the steady chords as if pacing out time which, in this piece, seemingly has no end. --Rick Jones

Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; Bartók: Contrasts

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Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; Bartók: Contrasts
Chamber Music Northwest , William Doppmann , Warren Lash , and David Shifrin
Manufacturer: Delos Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000006W3
Release Date: 1992-12-11

Tracks:

Quartet For The End Of Time: Liturgie de cristal
Quartet For The End Of Time: Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
Quartet For The End Of Time: Abime des oiseaux
Quartet For The End Of Time: Intermede
Quartet For The End Of Time: Louange a l'Eternite de Jesus
Quartet For The End Of Time: Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
Quartet For The End Of Time: Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
Quartet For The End Of Time: Louange a l'Immortalite de Jesus
Contrasts: Verbunkos
Contrasts: Piheno
Contrasts: Sebes

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Oliver Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time (1940) and the outbreak of World War II essentially ended the dominance in French music of Les Six and the French Impressionists. Messiaen wrote the Quartet while he was in a German prison camp. He premiered the work in front of 5000 inmates. Bela Bartók, on the other hand, was forced into a heart-breaking exile in America for the war's duration. Bartók's Contrasts (1940) was his last commissioned work before he left Hungary, commissioned for Benny Goodman. It's a brilliant virtuoso role for the clarinetist, who recorded it that year. Both are classics. --Paul Cook

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Quartet for the End of Time

Manufacturer: Muse Eek Record
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000C1YPOE
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

Movement #1 - Liturgie de cristal
Movement #1 Improv
Movement #2 - Vocalise, pour l'ange qui annonce la fin du temps
Movement #2 Improv
Movement #3 - Abime des oisedux
Movement #4 - Intermede
Movement #4 Improv
Movement #5 - Louange a l'eternite de Jesus
Movement #6 - Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
Movement #6 Improv
Movement #7 - Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'ange quiu annonce la fin du temps
Movement #7 Improv
Movement #8 - Louange a l'Immortalite de Jesus

Product Description

Spooky Actions (led by John Gunther and Bruce Arnold) is back with their unique take on the âÂ€ÂœQuartet for the End of TimeâÂ€Â (MSK 128) one of the most popular pieces of 20th century classical music. Noted for applying jazz improvisational and textural techniques to non-jazz repertoire, Spooky Actions has so far charted new territory with Early Music, Native American Music, the music of the 2nd Viennese School, and now, the work of Olivier Messiaen. In this recording the ensemble has been expanded to accommodate an arrangement for Jazz Quintet. The lineup is: John Gunther on soprano saxophone, Bruce Arnold on electric guitar, Tony Moreno on drums, David Phillips on upright bass, and Aaron Jackson on piano. The Quartet was started while Messiaen was in the French army, and completed while he was a prisoner of war in a German Stalag. It is his first and most famous work wherein he integrated his deep knowledge of bird song into his compositions. He was known to rise before dawn in order to hear the first calls and chattering of the local flocks, to steep himself in sounds that were endlessly fascinating to him, and he claimed to be able to identify fifty different patterns specific to European species. The songs, particularly those of nightingales and blackbirds, transported this devout Catholic, and enabled him to imbue the Quartet with grandeur, despair --and hope. The Quartet presented specific challenges to musicians then and now, written as it was for the specific virtuosos that Messiaen was interned with. The famous 3rd Movement âÂ€Âœ Abyss of the BirdsâÂ€Â calls for exceptional prowess on the part of any clarinet player (or in this case, soprano saxophone), and transferring cello parts to the upright bass calls for a musician with unusual mastery of that larger, less agile instrument. The addition of drums to the palette of the piece (which is not scored for any percussion) calls for a touch that is exceptionally subtle. As they have with other classical pieces, Spooky Actions states the original work as written, and then uses that as a jumping off point for improvisation (they have done this with Movements 1, 2, 4, 6, and 7). This requires unusual skill and theoretical understanding of the composition, and as always, Spooky Actions delivers thoughtful and insightful work. The name Spooky Actions derives from a quote by Albert Einstein describing the mysterious ability of two distant and seemingly unrelated objects to exert an effect on one another. In this CD, Spooky Actions, proves that the relationship between modern classical music and modern jazz is not as âÂ€ÂœspookyâÂ€Â as most people might think.

Spooky Actions Quartet for the End of Time Olivier Messiaen

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Spooky Actions Quartet for the End of Time Olivier Messiaen

Manufacturer: Muse Eek Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000NDETEM
Release Date: 2005-09-01

Tracks:

Movement #1: Liturgie De Cristal
Movement #1
Movement #2: Vocalise, Pour L'ange Qui Announce La Fin Du Temps
Movement #2
Movement #3: Abime Des Oiseaux
Movement #4: Intermede
Movement #4
Movement #5: Louange A L'eternite De Jesus
Movement #6: Danse De La Fureur, Pour Les Sept Trompettes
Movement #6
Movement #7: Fouillis D'arcs-En-Ciel, Pour L'ange Quiu Annonce La Fin Du Temps
Movement #7
Movement #8: Louange A I'lmmortalite De Jesus

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1. I Liturgie De Cristal
2. Vocalise Pour L'ange Qui Annonce La Fin Du Temps
3. Abime Des Oiseaux
4. Intermede
5. Louange A L'eternite De Jesus
6. Danse De La Fureur Pour Les Sept Trompettes
7. Fouillis D'arcs-En-Ciel Pour L'ange Qui Annonce La Fin Du Temps
8. Lounge A L'immoralite De Jesus
9. Symphonies Of Wind Instruments
10. I Sinfonia- Lento- Allegro Moderato
11. Ii Tema Con Variazioni
12. Ii Finale