Messiaen – Orchestral works – Pierre Boulez, Myung-Whun Chung

remembering Olivier Messiaen on his birthday

(December 10, 1908 – April 27, 1992)

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992):

CD 1:
Poèmes pour Mi *
Réveil des oiseaux +
Sept Haïkaï #

Françoise Pollet - soprano *
Pierre-Laurent Aimard - piano +
Joela Jones - piano #
The Cleveland Orchestra
Pierre Boulez - conductor


CD 2:
Trois petites Liturgies de la Présence Divine *
Couleurs de la cité céleste +
Hymne #
Chant des déportés §

Roger Muraro - piano *
Valérie Hartmann-Claverie - ondes martenot *
Hélène Collerette - violin *
Maîtrise de Radio France *
Catherine Cournot - piano +
BBC Chorus §
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France * + #
BBC Orchestra §
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor * + #
Sir Andrew Davis - conductor §


CD 3:
Turangalila-Symphonie

Yvonne Loriod - piano
Jeanne Loriod - ondes martenot
Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor


CD 4:
Chronochromie *
La Ville d'en haut *
Et expecto ressurrectionem mortuorum *
Oiseaux exotiques +

The Cleveland Orchestra *
Concertgebouw Orhestra +
Pierre Boulez - conductor *
Riccardo Chailly - conductor +


CD 5 / CD 6:
La Trnsfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ

Choeur de Radio France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor


CD 7 / CD 8:
Des canyons aux étoiles *
L'Ascension +

Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France *
Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille +
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor


CD 9:
Éclairs sur l'Au-delà...

Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor


CD 10:
Concert à quatre *
Les Offrandes oubliées
Un sourire
Le Tombeau resplendissant
Un vitrail et des oiseaux +

Catherine Cantin - flute *
Heinz Holliger - oboe *
Yvonne Loriod - piano *
Mstislav Rostropovich - cello *
Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin +
Myung-Whun Chung - conductor
Karl-Anton Rickenbacher - conductor +

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The Art of Riccardo Chailly

Celebrating the International Music Day

with Riccardo Chailly

CD 1:
Anton Bruckner (1824-1896):
Symphony No. 7 in E major

CD 2:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Romeo & Juiliet - ouverture fantasia
Francesca da Rimini - fantasia sinfonica

CD 3:
Piotr Ilitch Tchaikovsky (1840-1893):
Symphony No.5 in E minor, op.64

CD 4:
Antonín Dvořák (1841-1904):
Carnival Overture, Op.92
Symphony No.9 in E minor, Op.95 "From the New World"

CD 5:
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847):
Symphony No.3 in A minor "Scottish", op.56
Opening Sketch of "Scottish Symphony"
Piano Concerto No.3 in E minor, op.posth.
Overture "The Hebrides", op.26

CD 6:
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868):
Overture of Guillaume Tell
Overture of Il signor Bruschino
Overture of Bianca e Falliero
Overture of Il barbiere di Siviglia
Overture of Armida
Overture of Semiramide
Overture of L'inganno felice
Overture of Matilde di Shabran
Overture of Demitrio e Polibio
Overture of La gazza ladra

CD 7:
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Concerto for Orchestra
The Miraculous Mandarin, op.19

CD 8:
George Gershwin (1898-1937):
Rhapsody in Blue *
Lullaby
An American in Paris
Cuban Overture

Katia and Marielle Labèque - piano duo *


CD 9:
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911):
Symphony No. 5 in C sharp minor

CD 10:
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Bolero
Claude Debussy (1862-1918):
Sarabande
Danse
Modest Mussorgsky (1839-1881) / Maurice Ravel:
Pictures at an Exhibition

CD 11:
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951):
Verklärte Nacht, Op.4
5 Pieces for Orchestra, Op.16
Anton Webern (1883-1945):
Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op.1
Alban Berg (1885-1935):
Piano Sonata, Op.1 (orchestral version by Theo Verbey)

CD 12:
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Petrushka, ballet
Pulcinella, ballet *

Anna Caterina Antonacci - soprano *
Pietro Ballo - tenor *
William Shimell - bass *


CD 13:
Edgard Varèse (1883-1965):
Tuning Up
Amériques original version
Poème électronique
Arcana
Nocturnal
Un grand sommeil noir (orchestration by Antony Beaumont)

CD 14:
Luciano Berio (1925-2003) - transcriptions:
Henry Purcell (1659-1695):
The modification and instrumentation of a famous hornpipe
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750):
Contrapunctus XIX (Die Kunst der Fuge)
Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805):
Quattro versioni originali della 'Ritirata notturna di Madrid'
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Variations on the Papageno's Aria 'Ein Maedchen oder Weibchen'
Franz Schubert (1797-1828):
Rendering for orchestra
Johannes Brahms (1833-1897):
Sonata for clarinet and orchestra, Op.120 No.1 *

Fausto Ghiazza - clarinet *


CD 15:
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992):
Turangalila-Symphonie

Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano
Takashi Harada, ondes martenot


CD 16:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Moscow, Cheryomushki, Operetta, Op. 105
The Bolt, Suite From The Ballet, Op. 27a:
The Gadfly, Suite From The Film Score, Op. 97a


Cleveland Orchestra
Gewandhausorchester
Orchestra Filarmonica della Scala
Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
The Philadelphia Orchestra
Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Wiener Philharmoniker

Riccardo Chailly - conductor

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Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time – Fibonacci Sequence

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992):
Quartet for the End of Time

The Fibonacci Sequence

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Martha Argerich and Friends 2007 – Chamber music

Martha Argerich and Friends - live from Lugano Festival 2007

CD1:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Trio in D major "Ghost", Op. 70,1 *
Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924) / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791):
Fantasie für eine Orgelwalze, arrangement for 2 pianos in F minor (after Mozart, K. 608) +
Robert Schumann (1810-1856):
Andante and Variations for 2 pianos in B flat major, Op. 46 #
Kinderszenen, Op. 15 §

Martha Argerich - piano * + # §
Lilya Zilberstein - piano +
Gabriela Montero - piano #
Renaud Capuçon - violin *
Mischa Maisky - cello *


CD 2:
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827):
Piano Quartet No. 2 in D major, WoO 36,2 *
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Ma mère l'oye, suite for piano 4 hands +
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857):
Grand Sextet for piano, two violins, viola, cello and double-bass #
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992):
Theme and Variations, for violin & piano §
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937):
Daphnis et Chloé, suite No. 2 (transcr. 2 pianos Lucien Garban) ∆

Martha Argerich - piano +
Alexander Mogilevsky - piano + #
Karin Lechner - piano * ∆
Francesco Piemontesi - piano §
Sergio Tiempo - piano ∆
Lucia Hall - violin #
Alissa Margulis - violin * # §
Lida Chen - viola *
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola #
Mark Drobinsky - cello * #
Enrico Fagone - double bass #


CD 3:
Béla Bartók (1881-1945):
Violin Sonata No.1 Sz75 *
Ernő von Dohnányi (1877-1960):
Piano Quintet No.1 in C minor, op.1 +
Witold Lutosławski (1913-1994):
Variations on a Theme by Paganini for 2 pianos #

Martha Argerich - piano * #
Nicholas Angelich - piano +
Mauricio Vallina - piano #
Renaud Capuçon - violin *
Dora Schwarzerg - violin +
Lucia Hall - violin +
Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg - viola +
Jorge Bosso - cello +


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Messiaen - Quatuor pour la fin du temps – VA

Not my rip. This album is a generous offer by "trois".

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992):
Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the end of time)

Gil Shaham - violin
Paul Meyer - clarinet
Jian Wang - cello
Myung-Whun Chung - piano

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Olivier Messiaen - Catalogue d'Oiseaux, Books 1-3 - Peter Hill

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) - Catalogue d'oiseaux:
Book 1:
Le Clochard des Alpes
Le Loriot
Le Merle bleu
Book 2:
Le Traquet Stapazin
Book 3:
La Chouette Hulotte
L'Alouette Lulu

Peter Hill - piano

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Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphony - Chung

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Turangalîla Symphony pour piano principal et grand orchestre Yvonne Loriod - piano Jeanne Loriod - ondes Martenot Orchestre de la Bastille Myung-Whun Chung - conductor (read more)

Messiaen - Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps - Tashi

Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992):
Quatuor Pour la Fin des Temps

Peter Serkin - piano
Ida Kavafian - violin
Fred Sherry - cello
Richard Stolzman - clarinet

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Martha Argerich Edition - Solo & Duos (cd 6 of 6) - Messiaen, Gustavino, Piazzolla

"(...) with all its challenges, and the radiant, sunny freedom of the live recordings from the Martha Argerich Project in 21st-century Lugano. In the collegiate atmosphere of these shared concerts, Martha Argerich is once again able to feel free and happy, even when she is alone at the keyboard (...) But after all, for Martha Argerich is Lugano not principally like the dream of one big family?" 

[Jean-Jacques Hoffelé in the booklet]

(disc 6 of 6)

Olivier Messiaen (1909-1992): Visions de l'Amen for two pianos*
Carlos Gustavino (1912-2000): Tres Romances argentinos for two pianos, op.2 +
Astor Piazzolla (1921-1992): Three Tangoes (transcr. for two pianos Eduardo Hubert) #

Alexandre Rabinovitch - piano *
Mauricio Vallina - piano +
Eduardo Hubert - piano #
Martha Argerich - piano

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