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Olivier Messiaen | 
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| Artists: Loriad, Bon
Creators: Messian, Boulez, Leeuw, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Schonberg Ensemble
Label: Naive
Category: Music
List Price: $47.98
Buy New: $27.69
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 61197
Format: Box Set
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 6
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 5.7 x 4.8 x 1.7
UPC: 822186821794
EAN: 0822186821794
ASIN: B0014GIZCY
Release Date: May 27, 2008
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Premier Septenaire. 1. Recit evangelique | | • | Premier Septenaire. 2. Configuratum corpori claritatis suae | | • | Premier Septenaire. 3. Christus Jesus, splendor Patris | | • | Premier Septenaire. 4. Recit evangelique | | • | Premier Septenaire. 5. Quam dilecta tabernacula tua | | • | Premier Septenaire. 6. Candor est lucis aeternae | | • | Premier Septenaire. 7. Choral de la Sainte Montagne |
Disc 2
| • | Deuxieme Septenaire. 8. Recit evangelique | | • | Deuxieme Septenaire. 9. Perfecte conscius illius perfectae generationis | | • | Deuxieme Septenaire. 10. Adoptionem filiorum perfectam | | • | Deuxieme Septenaire. 11. Recit evangelique | | • | Deuxieme Septenaire. 12. Terribilis est locus iste | | • | Deuxieme Septenaire. 13. Tota Trinitas apparuit | | • | Deuxieme Septenaire. 14. Choral de la Lumiere de Gloire |
Disc 3
| • | Amen de la creation | | • | Amen des etoiles, de la planete a l'anneau | | • | Amen de l'agonie de Jesus | | • | Amen du desir | | • | Amen des anges, des saints, du chant des oisseaux | | • | Amen du jugement | | • | Amen de la consommation |
Disc 4
| • | Premiere Partie: No. 1, Le Desert | | • | Premiere Partie: No. 2, Les Orioles | | • | Premiere Partie: No. 3, Le Qui est ecrit sur les etoiles | | • | Premiere Partie: No. 4, Le Cossyphe d'heuglin | | • | Premiere Partie: No. 5, Cedar Breaks et le don de crainte | | • | Deuxieme Partie: No. 6, Appel interstellaire | | • | Deuxieme Partie: No. 7, Bruce Canyon et les rochers rouge-orange |
Disc 5
| • | Troisieme Partie: No. 8, Les Ressuscites et le chant de l'Etoile Aldebaran | | • | Troisieme Partie: No. 9, Le Moqueur plyglotte | | • | Troisieme Partie: No. 10, La Grive des bois | | • | Troisieme Partie: No. 11, Omao, leiothrix, elepaio, shama | | • | Troisieme Partie: No. 12, Zion Park et la cite celeste |
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| Customer Reviews:
Fabulous Messiaen Set Priced Too High October 24, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I would love to add this highly recommended set to my collection, but the current price of $47.98 is just too high. Thirty-six dollars, or $6.00 per disc, seems reasonable for a compilation of this nature and quality. I urge Naive to consider lowering the price, especially in light of the fact that EMI Classics has a super, more reasonably priced, 14-disc Messiaen set ready for release this November.
Inspirational Tribute June 14, 2008
16 out of 16 found this review helpful
In honor of the 100th year of Olivier Messiaen's birth comes this six-disc set of some of his most groundbreaking and beautiful music. The protean composer was one of the 20th century's major visionaries as well as one of its most accessible artists, a claim few other musicians can make. While his output is immense, this box set functions both as a wonderful entry point for those unfamiliar with his work, and a welcome addition to the most ardent Messian fan's collection. An added bonus is the presence of two of the most gifted interpreters of his music: the virtuoso pianist Yvonne Loriod (Messiaen's widow), and legendary conductor/composer Pierre Boulez. The first two discs are devoted to Messiaen's "The Transfiguration of Christ," a monumental work that expresses his deep religious faith through an astonishing musical palette of brilliant orchestral colors and sensuous choral passages. The composer's trademark birdsong effects and exotic percussion are also much in evidence. The performance by Loriod, the Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Brussels BRTN choir is perhaps the best version I've heard. Disc three features "Visions de L'Amen," a much knottier, more angular work, scored for two pianos, that makes effective use of repetition and harsh dynamics, yet not without sparks of iridescent lyricism. Disc four is a real treat: a 1988 concert staged in honor of Messiaen's 80th birthday, with Pierre Boulez conducting a small orchestra and Loriod playing piano on several of the composer's seminal works. "Sept Haiku" and "Couleurs de la Cite Celeste" are sublime meditations full of movement, tension and mystery. "Un Vitrail et des Oiseaux" and "Oiseaux Exotiques" evoke to the fullest Messiaen's ability to transpose actual birdsong transcriptions into ravishing musical equivalents. The final two discs present another massive orchestral work, "Des Canyons aux Etoiles." Inspired by the geography and birds of Utah's Bryce Canyon, it's a long and episodic journey full of Messiaen's unique sound colors and textures, infused with a profound spiritual beauty that can be equally enjoyed from a religious or secular perspective. All of these works share an idiosyncratic approach to melody, rhythm and harmony, and sound like no other music ever written. Messiaen passed away in 1992, but musicians and music lovers alike are still coming to grips with his complex and glorious legacy.
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