Presto CD, Messiaen (composer)
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Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphony
RecommendedMichel Beroff, Jeanne Loriod, Yvonne Loriod, Wolfgang Meyer, Christoph Poppen & Manuel Fischer-Dieskau
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
Newly reissued, Previn's 1977 account dragged Turangalîla to mainstream attention. Previn excels at combing through Messiaen's thick layers, and the LSO are on fine form - am exhilarating souvenir... —
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Building a Library, February 2023, Recommended recording - Turangalila
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Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jesus-Christ
RecommendedOrchestre Philharmonique et Choeur de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2002, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Who would want to listen to anything after the Quartet for the end of Time? …while they lack the freedom of Messiaen's recording, the Gould Trio and Robert Plane are among the best modern accounts. —
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Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony
Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Takashi Harada (ondes martinot)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly
Chailly gets jiggy with it, in a performance that's interested in the carnal desire underpinning Messiaen's piece. It may be over the top for some tastes, but the orchestral playing is unbelievably... —
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Messiaen: Garden Of Love’s Sleep
Yvonne Loriod (piano), Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot), John Ogdon (piano), Luben Yordanoff (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Roger Muraro (piano), Renaud Muzzolini (glockenspiel), Olivier Latry (organ)
Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Orchestre...
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Messiaen: Concert à quatre
RecommendedCatherine Cantin, Heinz Holliger, Yvonne Loriod & Mstislav Rostropovich
Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung
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Grammy Awards, 38th Awards (1995), Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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A Hymn for the World
Works by Bach, Bizet, Fauré, Franck, Gounod, Handel, Levi, Liszt, Messiaen, Mozart, Palestrina, Rossini, Verdi & Vivaldi
Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo), Andrea Bocelli (tenor)
Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
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