Olivier Messiaen - La Nativité du Seigneur / La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ (1990)
Olivier Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur / La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ (1990)
Classical | EAC (APE & CUE) | 608 MB
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Classical | EAC (APE & CUE) | 608 MB
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Described by the composer as "certainly the most substantial work I have composed in terms of duration and performing forces," Messiaen's oratorio is a strangely beautiful, and yet perplexing work.
- Tracklist
La Nativité du Seigneur
I. La Vierge et l'Enfant
II. Les Bergers
III. Desseins éternels
IV. Le Verbe
V. Les Enfants de Dieu
VI. Les Anges
VII. Jésus accepte la souffrance
VIII. Les Mages
IX. Dieu parmi nous
Recorded in Westminster Abbey, London, 1965
La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ
I. Recit Evangelique
II. Configuratum Corpori Claritatis Suae
III. Christus Jesus, Spendor Patris
IV. Recit Evangelique
V. Quam Dilecta Tabernacula Tua
VI. Candor Est Lucis Aeternae
VII. Choral De La Sainte Montagne
VIII. Recit Evangelique
IX. Perfecte Conscius Illius Perfectae Generationis
X. Adoptionem Filiorum Perfectam
XI. Recit Evangelique
XII. Terribilis Est Locus Iste
XIII. Tota Trinitas Apparuit
XIV. Choral De La Lumiere De Gloire
Recorded in Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., Apr. 1972
Performers
Michael Sylvester, tenor
Paul Aquino, baritone
Simon Preston, organ
Yvonne Loriod, piano
Janos Starker, violoncello
Wallace Mann, flute
Loren Kitt, clarinet
Frank A. Ames, marimba
John A.C. Kane, xylophone
Ronald Barnett, vibraphone
Westminster Symphonic Choir & National Symphony Orchestra
Antal Dorati, conductor
London/Decca: 425 616-2
