Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ; Réveil des Oiseaux
Track Listings
Disc: 1
| 1. First Septenary: I Gospel Narrative | ||
| 2. First Septenary: II His Glorious Body | ||
| 3. First Septenary: III Christ Jesus, The Resplendence Of The Father | ||
| 4. First Septenary: IV Gospel Narrative | ||
| 5. First Septenary: V How Amiable Are Thy Tabernacles | ||
| 6. First Septenary: VI He Is The Radiance | ||
| 7. First Septenary: VII Chorale Of The Holy Mountain | ||
| 8. Second Septenary: VIII Gospel Narrative | ||
| 9. Second Septenary: IX He Is Perfectly Conscious Of That Perfect Generation | ||
| 10. Second Septenary: X Adoptionem filiorum perfectam |
| 1. Second Septenary: XI Gospel Narrative | ||
| 2. Second Septenary: XII How Terrible Is This Place | ||
| 3. Second Septenary: XIII The Entire Trinity Is Manifest | ||
| 4. Second Septenary: XIV Chorale Of The Glorious Light | ||
| 5. And I Await The Resurrection Of The Dead - For Orchestra | ||
| 6. Réveil des Oiseaux |
Editorial Reviews The program is rounded out with Messiaen’s demanding bird-song fantasia Réveil des Oiseaux, in a priceless performance by the work’s dedicatee (and Messiaen’s wife) Yvonne Loriod. According to the composer, "this score consists purely of birdsong. All were heard in the forest and are authentic. The instrumentalists should attempt to reproduce the calls and the timbre of the birds as closely as possible." "Sylvain Cambreling leads orchestra, choir and soloists admirably through the demanding score, close to Messiaen’s vision. He feels each word and climbs with the listener up the Mountain of Transfuguration to share their astonishment at the Glory of God’s presence!" – Klassik Heute.com, Patrick Beck
Album Description
La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur, Jésus-Christ is a profoundly religious work even for the perennially mystical Olivier Messiaen. "Various aspects of the Mystery of the Transfiguration of Christ are presented One after the other by a mosaic made up of Latin texts intentionally selected by the musician to serve as a basis for his meditations" wrote Messiaen. The work is divided into two septenaria, that is to say, two groups of seven pieces. Each reading of fragments from the Gospel on the subject of transfiguration is followed by two pieces which go into the main ideas in more detail. Each septenarium ends with a chorale."
Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ; Réveil des Oiseaux, Music, Christoph Jung, Olivier Messiaen, Hans Rosbaud, Sylvain Cambreling, SWF Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden, Yvonne Loriod, Julio Fernandez, Choral, Classical, Classical Music, Concerto, Opera/Operetta, Orchestral & Symphonic, Piano Concerto, Sacred Choral Music with orchestra
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ASIN: B000083END Release Date: 2003-01-28 |
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Album Description
La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur, Jésus-Christ is a profoundly religious work even for the perennially mystical Olivier Messiaen. "Various aspects of the Mystery of the Transfiguration of Christ are presented One after the other by a mosaic made up of Latin texts intentionally selected by the musician to serve as a basis for his meditations" wrote Messiaen. The work is divided into two septenaria, that is to say, two groups of seven pieces. Each reading of fragments from the Gospel on the subject of transfiguration is followed by two pieces which go into the main ideas in more detail. Each septenarium ends with a chorale."The program is rounded out with Messiaen's demanding bird-song fantasia Réveil des Oiseaux, in a priceless performance by the work's dedicatee (and Messiaen's wife) Yvonne Loriod. According to the composer, "this score consists purely of birdsong. All were heard in the forest and are authentic. The instrumentalists should attempt to reproduce the calls and the timbre of the birds as closely as possible."
"Sylvain Cambreling leads orchestra, choir and soloists admirably through the demanding score, close to Messiaen's vision. He feels each word and climbs with the listener up the Mountain of Transfuguration to share their astonishment at the Glory of God's presence!" - Klassik Heute.com, Patrick Beck
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