Messiaen, Olivier > Soprano

Poemes: Songs by Ravel, Messiaen, Dutilleux / Renée Fleming, soprano

1 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Henri Dutilleux: Deux Sonnets de Jean Cassou; Le Temps l'ho...
Performers: Fleming, Renée
Conductors: Gilbert, Alan; Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: ; French National Radio Orchestra

As the sensual centrepiece of an album of 20th century French vocal masterpieces, Renée Fleming makes her first-ever recording of Ravel's ravishing Shéhérazade. Complementing Sh&e...continue...

Paysages: Songs by Debussy, Fauré, Messiaen / Susanna Phillips, soprano

1 CD / Bridge / 2011-10-11

Works: Claude Debussy: Ariettes oubliées; Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; Nell, Op. 18 no 1; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Adieu,...
Performers: Huang, Myra; Phillips, Susanna

This program of French song marks the solo debut recording of the brilliant young mezzo-soprano, Susanna Phillips. Ms. Phillips was the recipient of the Metropolitan...continue...
Recording information: 01/13/2010-01/15/2010....continue...

Messiaen: Poémes Pour Mi

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2011-06-28

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano; Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant-Jésus; Le merle noir; Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54
Performers: de Pledge, Stephen; Jeffers, Gweneth-Ann; Pailthorpe, Daniel; Trusler, Matthew
Conductors:
Ensemble: London Conchord Ensemble

Poémes pour Mi, sung by soprano Gwen-Ann Jeffers, opens this recording of some of Messiaen's most important chamber works. Pianist Stephen De Pledge, who studied...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex....continue...

Messiaen Edition

18 CD / Erato / 2011-04-26

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54; Preludes (8) for Piano; Études (4) de rhythme; La nativité du Seigneur; Le banquet céleste; Apparition de l'&e...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Alain, Marie-Claire; Barboteu, Georges; Chauvaut, Rene; Cotton, Roger [Tenor Vocalist]; Deplus, Guy; Dupin, Francois; Fernandez, Huguette; Guigui, Charley; Haniotis, Mario; Ja...
Conductors: Couraud, Marcel; Constant, Marius; Nagano, Kent; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ; Groupe Instrumental a Percussion de Strasbourg; ORTF Ensemble "Ars Nova"

This 18-CD set offers a comprehensive overview of Messiaen's work in recordings made between 1963 and 2000. The performers include the composer himself, his wife...continue...

Sound From Heaven

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-04-01

Works: Gregorian Chant: Caritas dei, introit in mode 3; Pax Domini sit; Anonymous, Flemish: Messe de Tournai; Anonymous, Notre Dame School: Collect for Pentecost; Acts 2; Beatus qui non abiit, psalm for Pen...
Performers: Friman, Anna Maria; Nassor, Edward M.; Suter, Erik William

This recording brings together an intricately woven musical tapestry of Franco-Belgian tradition (including Gregorian chant), monody from the Notre Dame Conductus (which flourished in Paris...continue...
Recording information: Washington National Cathedral (05/2003/07/2003)....continue...

Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, Les offrandes oubliées, Un sourire / Jun Märkl

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-10-27

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Les offrandes oubliées; Un sourire
Performers: Schwanewilms, Anne
Conductors: Jun, Märkl,

Love and faith, mortality and eternity are the abiding themes of these three important and beautifully shimmering works by one of the 20th century's most...continue...

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...

Messiaen: Chants de Terre et de Ciel, Vocalise, etc / Suzie LeBlanc, Lawrence Wiliford, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-09-30

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Mélodies (3); La mort du nombre; Vocalise-Etude for Clarinet and Piano; Chants de terre et de ciel; Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano
Performers: Andriani, Laura; Kortgaard, Robert; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Wiliford, Lawrence

ATMA celebrates the centenary of French composer Olivier Messiaen, one of the most important composers of the mid- to late-20th century. Suzie LeBlanc is best-known...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor / Mackenzie, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-02-28

Works: Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!; John Tavener: Song for Athene; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Maurice Duruflé: Motets (4) on Gregorian themes, Op. 10; Aaron Copland: Motets (4),...
Performers: Baxter, Jeffrey; Blalock, David; Darst, Steven; Gunter, Timothy W.; Hansen, David; Hiles, Nin; Jacobs, Celia; Lockhart, Arietha; Lower, Robert; Mayer, Sean; Morrow, James; Ozcomert, Stephen; Rader, L...

For the first time in Telarc's long and fruitful association with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, it will release here the first recording by the ASO...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor / Mackenzie, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Telarc / 2006-02-28

Works: Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!; John Tavener: Song for Athene; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Maurice Duruflé: Motets (4) on Gregorian themes, Op. 10; Aaron Copland: Motets (4...
Performers: Baxter, Jeffrey; Blalock, David; Darst, Steven; Gunter, Timothy W.; Hansen, David; Hiles, Nin; Jacobs, Celia; Lockhart, Arietha; Lower, Robert; Mayer, Sean; Morrow, James; Ozcomert, Stephen; Rader, L...

Lux Aeterna - Duruflé, Poulenc, / Dijkstra, The Gents

2 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2005-06-14

Works: Maurice Duruflé: Requiem; Notre Père, Op. 14; Missa "Cum Jubilo", for baritone, baritone chorus, orchestra & organ, Op. 11; Francis Poulenc: Petites prières (4) de Saint Franç...
Performers: Delemarre-Werner, Isabel; Groot, Kees de; Heijst, Titia; Hermans, Frank; Jonkers, Susan; Marquez, Marian; Meij, Mariska van der; Pranger, Patrick; Stotijn, Christianne; Strijk, Marjon; Viersen, Quiri...
Conductors: Dijkstra, Peter
Ensemble: The Gents

With their unique sound and broad repertoire ranging from medieval chansons to pop, The Gents, led by Peter Kijkstra, are fast becoming one of the...continue...

Voices of Light / Dawn Upshaw

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-08-24

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Harawi; Chants de terre et de ciel; Claude Debussy: Chansons (3) de Bilitis; Osvaldo Golijov: Lúa descolorida; Gabriel Fauré: La chanson d'Eve, ...
Performers: Kalish, Gilbert; Upshaw, Dawn

With 'Voices of Light', Dawn Upshaw has assembled a program of songs centered around works by Olivier Messiaen that address the subjects of devotion, faith...continue...

Clearings in the Sky - Boulanger, et al: Songs /Michaels Bedi

1 CD / Cedille / 2000-01-01

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Vocalise-étude; Tristesse, Op. 6 no 2; En prière, canticle for voice & organ (or orchestra) in E flat major; Lili Boulanger: Reflets ("Sous l'eau du songe qui s'é...
Performers: Michaels, Patrice; Rollins, Rebecca

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

A Concert Tribute to Olivier Messiaen / Emory University

1 CD / ACA Digital / 1994-10-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!; Poèmes pour Mi; Le merle noir; Messe de la Pentecôte; Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
Performers: Hall, Carl; Hopkin, Teresa; Thoreson, Deborah
Conductors: Calabrese, Alfred; Everett, Steven
Ensemble: Britten Choir; Emory Wind Ensemble

Fauré: Requiem; Duruflé: Messe "Cum jubilo"; Messiaen

1 CD / Conifer Classics / 1994-05-10

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Maurice Duruflé: Motets (4) on Gregorian themes, Op. 10; Missa "Cum Jubilo", for baritone, baritone chorus, orchestra & orga...
Performers: Griffiths, Mark [Vocals/Choir Master]; Otaki, Camilla; Pearce, Richard; Shaw, Briony
Conductors: Marlow, Richard
Ensemble: Cambridge Trinity College Choir; London Musici

Messiaen: Harawi, Poèmes pour MI (I) / Dorow, Delman

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1992-08-17

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Harawi; Poèmes pour Mi
Performers: Dominique, Carl-Axel; Dorow, Dorothy; Negro, Lucia