Messiaen, Olivier > Violin

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time / Carolin Widmann, Jorg Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Performers: Altstaedt, Nicolas; Lonquich, Alexander; Widmann, Carolin; Widmann, Jorg

In 2008, the ensemble performed Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the end of time at the Salzburg Festival. Composed in 1940 in a German prisoner-of-war camp,...continue...
Recording information: Osterreichischen Rundfunks Mozarteum (07/26/2008)....continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Messiaen: Chamber Music - Quaturo Pour la Fin du Temps; Le Merle Noir; Vocalise Etude; Theme et Variations / Francois Benda, clarinet; Ivan Monighetti, cello; Cedric Pescia, piano; Felix Renggli, flute, Nutrit Stark, violin

1 CD / Genuin / 2012-11-13

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Le merle noir; Vocalise-étude, for soprano & piano (orchestrated as II mvt. of "Concert à quatre"), I/15; Thème et Variations for ...
Performers: Benda, Francois; Monighetti, Ivan; Pescia, Cedric; Renggli, Felix; Stark, Nurit

Genuin presents the 12th release in their Artist Consort series dedicated to the music of Olivier Messian....continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany (12/08/2011-12/09/2011)....continue...

Children's author Michael Morpurgo narrates his book, The Mozart Question with music by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, Vivaldi et al.

1 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin; Spoken Word: The Mozart Question; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons. Summer; The Four Seasons. Winter; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin no 1 in G mi...
Performers: Beer, Susanne; Edwards, Catherine; Hill, Robert [Clarinet]; Liebeck, Jack; Schoeman, Pieter
Conductors: Collon, Nicholas

Children's author Michael Morpurgo narrates his book The Mozart Question, an eloquent and ultimately uplifting story charting a small boy's discovery of his love for...continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (03/18/2012)....continue...

Time Transcending: Works for solo violin or violin & piano by Berio, Paganini, Bach et al. / Daniel Dodds, violin; Tomasz Trzebiatowski, piano

1 CD / Oehms / 2012-04-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita für Violine solo d-moll, BWV 1004; Eugène Ysaÿe: Sonata for violin solo no 3 in D minor ("Ballade"), Op. 27/3; Luciano Berio: Sequenza VIII for Violin so...
Performers: Dodds, Daniel; Trzebiatowski, Tomasz

Time Transcending is a musical journey through the world of violin playing. It ranges from the characteristic universal order of Bach's Chaconne, through the agitating...continue...
Recording information: Tonstudio Van Geest, Sandhausen (02/20/2009-02/22/2009); Tonstudio Van Geest, Sandhausen (04/19/2010-04/21/2010)....continue...

Argerich, Kremer, Maisky: The Complete Duo Recordings

13 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-03-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 12 no 1; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 12; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 no 3; Son...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Kremer, Gidon; Maisky, Mischa

Martha Argerich's associations with violinist Gidon Kremer and cellist Mischa Maisky are surely among the pianist’s most substantial and musically rewarding collaborations. The present collectio...continue...

Messiaen: Quatuor Pour La Fin du Temps; Debussy; Bartok / Hansen, Kruse, Winslov, Bevan

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2012-01-31

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Cello and Piano; Béla Bartók: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz 111
Performers: Bevan, Rosalind; Hansen, Bjarne; Kruse, John; Winslov, Svend

Fantasy: Works for Violin and Piano by Messiaen, Schoenberg & Schubert / Yamada, Kynoch

1 CD / Stone Records / 2011-08-09

Works: Olivier Messiaen: La mort du nombre; Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano; Fantasie for Violin and Piano; Arnold Schoenberg: Fantasy for Violin and Piano, Op. 47; Franz Schubert: Fantasy f...
Performers: Kynoch, Sholto [Piano]; McKail, Rhona; Spence, Nicky; Yamada, Kaoru

This CD features performances from rising singing stars Rhona McKail and Nicky Spence. Yamada and Kynoch met as students at London's Royal Academy of Music...continue...
Recording information: Jacqueline du Pré Building, Oxford, England (12/07/2009-12/09/2009)....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...

Beethoven, Ravel, Salonen, et al / Josefowicz

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano; Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major; Mark Grey: San Andreas Suite, for solo violin; Esa-Pekka Salonen: Lachen Verl...
Performers: Josefowicz, Leila; Novacek, John [Piano]

In choosing programming for her recital debut album, Leila Josefowicz was attracted to the unpredictability of combining familiar works, such as the Beethoven and the...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...

Beau Soir / violinist Janine Jansen

1 CD / Decca / 2011-02-22

Works: Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; Beau soir; Clair de lune; Richard Dubugnon: La Minute Exquise, for violin & piano; Hypnos, for violin & piano; Retour à Montfort-Lamaury, ...
Performers: Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Jansen, Janine

For her first recital recording celebrated Dutch virtuoso Janine Jansen has chosen a program of French music performed with celebrated pianist Itamar Golan. The album,...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio, Berlin (05/14/2010-05/17/2010).

Evening, night, and morning seems to be the progression in the program music chosen by violinist Janine Jansen and pianist ...continue...

Russian & French Violin Sonatas

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-01-25

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for violin & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 80; Alfred Schnittke: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1; Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major; Olivier Messiaen: Th&eg...
Performers: Azizian, Sergei; Semishina, Elena

Concerts Under the Dome, Vol. 2

1 CD / Naim Audio Ltd / 2011-01-11

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Quartet for Strings no 9 in D minor, B. 75 (Op.34) (once listed as Op. 43); Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Performers: Beaver, Martin; Johnson, Marc; Swan, Andrea; Yeh, John Bruce

Illinois’ three-time Grammy-nominated string quartet! The Vermeer Quartet has performed in almost every major city in North America, Europe, and Australia and has achieved an...continue...

Works by Beethoven, Brahms, Poulenc / Byoi Kang, violin

1 CD / Genuin / 2010-07-27

Works: Francis Poulenc: Sonata for violin & piano, FP 119; Olivier Messiaen: Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 8 in G major, Op. 30 no 3; ...
Performers: Kang, Byoi; Kusnezow, Boris [Piano]

It's as though you plugged your CD player into a high-voltage socket: that is how the opening of Poulenc's violin sonata sounds on the fabulous...continue...
Recording information: Siemensvilla, Berlin, Germany (11/28/2009-11/30/2009)....continue...

The New Canon

1 CD / Gallo / 2010-02-09

Works: Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; Béla Bartók: Rhapsody for Violin and Piano no 1, Sz 86; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Much Ado About Nothing, Four Pieces for Violin and P...
Performers: David, Wolfgang; Gompper, David Karl

This recording celebrates music for violin and piano by five trendsetting European-born composers. A single thread binds the pieces together, for while written over a...continue...
Recording information: Clapp Recital Hall, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, (2005-09-10_2005-09-12&2006-)....continue...

Best 100 20th Century Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-07-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Lieutenant Kij...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Auger, Arleen; Barrueco, Manuel; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bream...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Previn, Andre; Kurtz, Efrem; Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Wit, Antoni; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Satoh, Debussy, Messiaen, etc / Anne Akiko Meyers, Li Jian

1 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Somei Satoh: Birds in Warped Time II for violin & piano; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; Olivier Messiaen: Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano; Toru Takemitsu: Dis...
Performers: Jian, Li; Meyers, Anne Akiko [Violin]

"There seems to be no limit to the colors this artist can draw from her instrument." -American Record Guide...continue...

Smile - Chaplin, Pärt, Piazzolla, Messiaen, Schubert, etc / Anne Akiko Meyers, Akira Eguchi

1 CD / Koch International / 2009-01-27

Works: Charlie Chaplin: Smile (as used in the film "Modern Times" ) (spurious; by Geoffrey Persons); Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im Spiegel; Astor Piazzolla: Introducción al Angel; Milonga en re; Olivier...
Performers: Eguchi, Akira; Meyers, Anne Akiko [Violin]

Best-selling American violinist Anne Akiko Meyers makes her label debut on KOCH International Classics with Smile!, a fresh new recording featuring a lively repertoire ranging...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...

Olivier Messiaen - 100th Anniversary Edition

14 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie; Les offrandes oubliées; Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum; Chronochromie; Éclairs sur l'au-delà...; Quatuor pour la fin du temps...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Béroff, Michel; Command, Michele; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Hakim, Naji; Hind, Rolf; Langridge, Philip; Loriod, Jeanne; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Messiaen, Oliv...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Baudo, Serge; Dorati, Antal; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Edwards, Terry
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris; Orchestre de Paris Percussion Ensemble

To celebrate Messiaen's centenary, EMI Classics is releasing a boxed set with of 14 CDs of his greatest music, including 4 CDs of solo organ...continue...

Myung-Whun Chung conducts Messiaen / Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-10-28

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Petites liturgies (3) de la Présence Divine; Couleurs de la cité céleste; Hymne au Saint-Sacrement
Performers: Collerette, Hélène; Cournot, Catherine; Hartmann-Claverie, Valerie; Muraro, Roger
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: Maîtrise de Radio France; Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Chronochromie / Dorati, de Peyer, Gruenberg, Pleeth, Béroff, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Chronochromie
Performers: Béroff, Michel; de Peyer, Gervase; Gruenberg, Erich; Pleeth, William
Conductors: Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Messiaen's mysterious and immensely powerful 'Quartet for the End of Time', recorded here with Gervase de Peyer giving a transcendent performance on clarinet. Paired with...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...

Messiaen: Quator puor la fin du temps; Chong: Mourning the Murder of an old Banyan Tree

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2008-09-09

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Kee-Yong Chong: Mourning the Murder of an Old Banyan Tree, for ensemble
Performers: Aerts, Wibert; Dieltjens, Benjamin; Dieltjens, Thomas; Fret, Toon; Vink, Martijn
Conductors: ; Venkov, Ivo
Ensemble: Het Collectief

The Flemish ensemble Het Collectief is back with a truly fascinating program: Messiaen's 'Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps' combined with a recent work by...continue...

Messiaen: Chamber Works / Schellhorn, et al

1 CD / Signum UK / 2008-09-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Fantasie for Violin and Piano; Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Le merle noir; Piece for Piano and String Quartet; Work(s)
Performers: Clark, James; Cohen, David; Honore, Philippe; Roberts, Rachel [Viola]; Robson, Barnaby; Schellhorn, Matthew; Smith, Kenneth [Flute]

Marking one hundred years since the birth of the composer, Signum Classics are proud to announce the release of a collection of Messiaen's chamber work,...continue...

Garden of Love's Sleep - Messiaen / Myung-Whun Chung, Daniel Barenboim, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-08-26

Works: Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!; Turangalîla-Symphonie; MESSIAEN, Vingt Regards, Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus (XV); Éclairs sur l'au-delà...; Quatuor pour la fin du te...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Latry, Olivier; Loriod, Jeanne; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Muraro, Roger; Muzzolini, Renaud; Ogdon, John; Yordanoff, Luben
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: Bastille Opera Orchestra; French National Radio Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus

This release celebrates the 100th anniversary of French composer Oliver Messiaen. It is a compilation of Messiaen's ecstatic slow movements: a sequence of eight movements...continue...

Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Les offrandes oubliées, etc / Plane, Gould Piano Trio

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-07-29

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées; Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano; Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Performers: Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Gould, Lucy; Plane, Robert
Conductors:
Ensemble: Gould Piano Trio

"Their reading of Quatuor pour la fin du Temps is notable for the musician's sense of balance, bringing some lines to the foreground and keeping...continue...

EMI 20th Century Classics - Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie, etc / Loriod, Previn, London SO, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie; Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano
Performers: Beroff, Michel; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Loriod, Jeanne; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Meyer, Wolfgang [Clarinet]; Poppen, Christoph [Conductor]
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
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...continue...

Never Before Released - Messiaen: La mort du nombre, Prelude for Piano, etc / Davis, Loriod-Messiaen, Hakim, et al

1 CD / Jade Records / 2008-04-08

Works: Olivier Messiaen: La mort du nombre; Offrande au Saint Sacrement; Prélude, for piano; Chant dans le style de Mozart; Prélude, for organ; Pièce, for piano & string quartet, I/58; ...
Performers: Deplus, Guy; Hakim, Naji; Lamy, Herve [Tenor Vocals]; Larde, Christian; Loriod, Jeanne; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Pollet, Francoise; Sulem-Bialobroda, Agnes
Conductors: Davis, Andrew

Jade Music, the specialty arm of Milan Records, is proud to commemorate Olivier Messiaen's 100th birthday with the album entitled Never Before Released. This exceptional...continue...

Martha Argerich and Friends - Live from the Lugano Festival 2007

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in D major, Op. 70 no 1 "Ghost"; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in D major, WoO 36/2; Ferruccio Busoni: Fantasie für eine Orgelwalze, ar...
Performers: Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bosso, Jorge; Capucon, Renaud; Chen, Lida; Drobinsky, Marc; Hall, Lucia; Lechner, Karin; Maisky, Mischa; Margulis, Alissa; Mogilevsky, Alexander; Montero...

No other pianist in the musical world nurtures and promotes emerging talent with the same level of personal commitment and belief as Martha Argerich. The...continue...

The Best of Maxim Vengerov

11 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-04-24

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring"; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for String Qu...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Chachamov, Revital; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Klein, Alex; Markovich, Aleksandr; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Masur, Kurt; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Gidon Kremer - Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms: Violin Sonatas

8 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-03-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 12 no 1; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 12; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 no 3; Son...
Performers: Afanassiev, Valery; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Kremer, Gidon; Maisenberg, Oleg

Frankreichs Ausbruck in die Modern - Violin Sonatas /Terpitz

1 CD / Amati / 2003-01-01

Works: Albert Roussel: Sonata for violin & piano no 2 in A major, Op. 28; André Jolivet: Sonata for violin & piano; Olivier Messiaen: Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano; Jean Martinon: Duo...
Performers: Fograscher, Bernhard; Terpitz, Felicia

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time, etc / Amici Ensemble

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-06-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano
Performers: Parr, Patricia; St. John, Scott [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Amici Ensemble

Messiaen's use of birdsong and Indian and Greek rhythms gave his music an immediately identifiable character. The "Quartet for the End of Time" was written...continue...

Perillo: Magnificat; Messiaen, Faure, etc / Waldman, et al

1 CD / Centaur / 2001-05-02

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Christ on the Mount of Olives, Op. 85; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Gregorian Chant: Gloria; Requiem Mass; Anton Bruckner: Mass no 2, for chorus & winds in E minor, WAB 27; Gioach...
Performers: Pianov, Dmitri; Rechtman, Ilaan; Safiulin, Anatoli; Waldman, Yuval
Conductors: Waldman, Yuval
Ensemble: Millennium Festival Chorus; Millennium Festival Orchestra

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time / Shaham, Meyer, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2001-01-09

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Performers: Chung, Myung-Whun [Conductor/Piano]; Shaham, Gil; Wang, Jian

Myung-Whun Chung has proven to be a great Messiaen interpreter, with an impressive Messiaen discography on DG, and having had the opportunity to work with...continue...

Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps / Mos, Rosengren, etc

1 CD / CD Accord / 2001-01-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Performers: Bauer, Andrzej; Mos, Marek; Olejniczak, Janusz; Rosengren, Hakan

Violin for Relaxation - Bach, Falla, Mozart, Messiaen, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2000-05-16

Works: Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ("Turkish") K. 219; Manuel de Falla: Suite Populai...
Performers: Bachmann, Maria; Bezrodny, Sergei; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Klibonoff, Jon; Meyers, Anne Akiko [Violin]; Moll, Phillip; Rivers, Sandra; Spivakov, Vladimir; Takezawa, Kyoko; Zukerman, Pinchas
Conductors: Litton, Andrew; Spivakov, Vladimir; Flor, Claus P.; Zukerman, Pinchas; Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Moscow Virtuosi; Philharmonia Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time / Eschenbach, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 1999-03-23

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Performers: Ericson, Eric; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Hoebig, Desmond; Peck, David
Conductors:
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Chamber Players

This is Messiaen's most famous work. For listeners who do not know the music of Messiaen, this is probably the most logical (and approachable) place...continue...

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time / Oleg Kagan, et al

1 CD / Live Classics / 1997-11-03

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Performers: Brunner, Eduard; Gutman, Natalia; Kagan, Oleg; Lobanov, Vassili

"Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time' is one of those elusive pieces that rarely fails in live performance and hardly ever succeeds in recordings...In...continue...

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; Chan Ka Nin / AMICI

1 CD / Summit Records / 1995-10-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Chan Ka Nin: I Think That I Shall Never See..., for clarinet, cello & piano
Performers: Ashkenasi, Shmuel
Conductors:
Ensemble: Amici Quartet

"If you want some modest proof of human progress, consider that Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time, once considered the epitome of nutty mysticism,...continue...

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

Virtuoso Vengerov

1 CD / Teldec / 1994-02-08

Works: Henryk Wieniawski: Polonaise brillante for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 4; Légende for Violin and Orchestra in G major, Op. 17; Niccolò Paganini: Introduction and Variations on Ros...
Performers: Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time / Serkin, Stoltzman

1 CD / RCA Records / 1988-12-06

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Performers: Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Serkin, Peter [Piano]; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Stoltzman, Richard [Clarinet]

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time / Barenboim, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1988-06-13

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Desurmont, Claude; Tetard, Albert; Yordanoff, Luben

Messiaen, Bartók / Chamber Music Northwest

1 CD / Delos / 1986-01-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Béla Bartók: Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz 111
Performers: Bae, Ik-Hwan; Doppmann, William; Lash, Warren; Shifrin, David