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Messiaen: Saint Francois d'Assise / Metzmacher, Tilling, Gilfry, Delamboye [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-04-28

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Saint François d'Assise
Performers: Arapian, Armand; Baljet, Jan Willem; Delamboye, Hubert; Gilfry, Rodney; Kaasch, Donald; Morsch, Andre; Neven, Henk; Randle, Thomas; Tilling, Camilla
Conductors: Metzmacher, Ingo
Ensemble: Hague Philharmonic Orchestra; Netherlands Opera Chorus

"This work never will be a repertory staple; it's an event. Messiaen fans will know that this DVD is more a necessity than a luxury;...continue...
Run Time: 275 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spani...continue...

Olivier Messiaen - Complete Edition

32 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-12-09

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Preludes (8) for Piano; La fauvette des jardins; Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54; Études (4) de rhythme; Cantéyodjayâ; Rondeau, for piano, I/24;...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Banlaky, Akos; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Barker, Noelle; Cantin, Catherine; Collerette, Hélène; C...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Nagano, Kent; Boulez, Pierre; ; Kreder, Jean-Paul; Davis, Andrew; Chailly, Riccardo; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: ; Members of the Ensemble Le Madrigal (Members); Sextuor Jeanne Loriod

The 2008 Messiaen celebrations come to an overwhelming climax with this superb 32-CD set of his complete works. This limited edition set from Deutsche Grammophon...continue...

Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, Visions de l'Amen / De Leeuw, Loriod, et al

6 CD / Naïve / 2008-05-27

Works: Olivier Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ; Visions de l'amen; Sept haïkaï, for piano, 13 winds, 6 percussion & 8 violins, I/45; Couleurs de la cité c...
Performers: Boer, Harmen de; Bon, Maarten; Bon, Marja; Dullaert, Hans; Gijsegem, Ludwig van; Holthaus, Reiner; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Loo, Martine van der; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Muruzabal, Arturo; Promme...
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Hilversum Radio Symphony Orchestra; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Percussion Group The Hague; Schoenberg Ensemble

BBC Music Magazine
A marvellous six disc box from Nanve that handily gathers previously issued live performances. àmy admiration for de Leeuw's La Transfiguration, which is...continue...

20/21 Messiaen: Saint François d'Assise / Nagano, Van Dam

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1999-08-10

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Saint François d'Assise, opera in 3 acts, I/52
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Banlaky, Akos; d'Ase, Dirk; Krause, Tom; Malmberg, Urban; Renard, Guy; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]; Van Dam, Jose; Vocal], Chris Merritt [Tenor
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir

"...[St. Francois's] 1998 revival at Salzburg was captured by DG in this thrilling live recording which ranks among the label's most valuable projects. Jose van...continue...

Messiaen: Saint Françoise d'Assise / Zagrosek, et al

2 CD / Orfeo / 1998-05-27

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Saint François d'Assise, opera in 3 acts, I/52
Performers: Cachemaille, Gilles; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hartmann-Claverie, Valerie; Loriod, Jeanne; Riegel, Kenneth; Tear, Robert; Vittucci, Sebastian; Vocals], Rachel Yakar [Soprano
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Chorus

Highlights, 1956 - 1985

1 CD / Orfeo / 1993-07-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Arabella; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Olivier Messiaen: Saint Franç...
Performers: Bumbry, Grace; Casa, Lisa della; Edelmann, Otto; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Kunz, Erich; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Schreier, Peter; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Seefried, Irmgard
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Keilberth, Joseph; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Zagrosek, Lothar