Messiaen, Olivier > Bessette, Louise

Messiaen: La fête des belles eaux, Feuillet inédits; Ravel / Ensemble d'Ondes de Montréal, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-11-25

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Fête des belles eaux, for 6 ondes martenot, II/14; Feuillets inédits (4), for ondes Martenot; Maurice Ravel: Quartet for Strings in F major
Performers: Bessette, Louise; Lemire, Estelle
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Ensemble: Ensemble d'Ondes de Montreal

The ondes Martenot is an early electronic instrument invented by and named after French musician Maurice Martenot. Though difficult to describe, its haunting, quivering sound...continue...

Les oiseaux - Messiaen: La fauvette des jardins, Prelude, etc / Louise Bessette

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-11-11

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Cantéyodjayâ; Prelude for Piano; Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54; La fauvette des jardins
Performers: Bessette, Louise

Nature, as a symbol of divine perfection, was a great source of inspiration for Messiaen, one that drove him to integrate birdsong into his music...continue...

Messiaen: Vignt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus / Louise Bessette

2 CD / ATMA / 2000-09-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Regards (20) sur l'Enfant-Jésus, for piano, I/27
Performers: Bessette, Louise

Mozart and the Birds / Lise Daoust, Louise Bessette

1 CD / ATMA / 1996-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata in F major; Fantasia for Piano in D minor, K 397 (385g); Sonata for violin & piano no 7 in A major, K. 12; Sonata for violin & piano no 9 in C major, K. 14; Olivier Me...
Performers: Bessette, Louise; Daoust, Lise

Classical Music Magazine
Sensitive and elegant performances by Montrealers Lise Daoust and Louise Bessette
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