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Messiaen: The Ascension and the Mass of Pentecost / Colin Andrews, organ

1 CD / Loft Recordings / 2012-03-27

Works: Olivier Messiaen: L'Ascension; Messe de la Pentecôte
Performers: Andrews, Colin

Colin Andrews, a large Fisk organ and the acoustics of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Greenville, NC are the ideal ensemble for Messiaen's most popular...continue...
Recording information: St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Greenville, North Carolina (11/27/2010-11/28/2010)....continue...

Olivier Messiaen: Complete Organ Works, Vol. 4 / Timothy Wigfield, organ

2 CD / Delphian Records / 2011-10-11

Works: Olivier Messiaen: La nativité du Seigneur; Offrande au Saint Sacrement; Prelude for Piano; L'Ascension; Diptyque for Organ; Messe de la Pentecôte; Verset pour la Fête de la Déd...
Performers: Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]

The final volume in Delphian's survey of Messiaen's complete organ music takes in his earliest published works in which, in the composer's own words, the...continue...
Recording information: St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle (2008-07-11&2008-07-15_2008-)....continue...

Ascension / Owens, St. Mary's Cathedral Choir Edinburgh

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2010-09-14

Works: James MacMillan: Tremunt videntes angeli; Kenneth Leighton: Preces and Responses no 1, for cantor, chorus & organ; Preces and Responses no 2, for cantor, chorus & organ; Percy Buck: Eternal Monarch, ...
Performers: Binks, Adam; Blackledge, Philip; Hamilton, Susan [Soprano Vocal]; Nieminski, Simon; Owens, Matthew; Paolozzi, Sir Eduardo; Sutherland, Jamieson; Turnell, Ashley
Conductors: Owens, Matthew
Ensemble: St. Mary's Episcopal Cathedral Choir, Edinburgh

Includes psalm 108 "paratum cor meum" verses 1-6 (hurford) by various composers....continue...

Messiaen: The Mystical Colors of Christ

1 CD / Gloriae Dei Cantores / 2010-02-16

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité; L'Ascension; La nativité du Seigneur; Messe de la Pentecôte
Performers: Chalmers, David, Dr. [Organ]; Jordan, James E., Jr. [Organ]; Pfeiffer, SharonRose

French Accent - Franck, Widor, Messiaen, etc / Marco Petricic

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2009-08-11

Works: César Franck: Chorales (3); Charles-Marie Widor: Fifth Organ Symphony in F, Op. 42/1; Alexandre Guilmant: Sonata for Organ no 1 in D minor, Op. 42; Maurice Duruflé: Prelude et fugue sur...
Performers: Petricic, Marko

Marko Petricic holds DMA and MM degrees from Indiana University. He is a faculty member at the University of Indianapolis and the organist at Northminster...continue...

French on the Flentrop - Balbastre, et al / J. Melvin Butler

1 CD / Loft Recordings / 2009-01-01

Works: Claude-Béninge Balbastre: Recueil de noëls formant 4 suittes; Nicolas de Grigny: Livre d'Orgue, collection of versets (43) for organ ("Premier livre d'orgue"); Louis-Claude Daquin: Bon Jose...
Performers: Butler, J. Melvin

Cosmos Consciousness - Messiaen / Jonathan Dimmock

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Prélude, for organ; L'Ascension; Les corps glorieux; Le banquet céleste, for organ, I/1; Apparition de l'église éternelle, for organ, I/8; Livre d'orgue;...
Performers: Dimmock, Jonathan

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...

Composers in Person

22 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Béla Bartók: Bagatelles (14) for Piano, Op. 6/Sz 38; Easy Pieces (10) for Piano, Sz 39; Romanian Dances (2) for Piano, Op. 8a/Sz 43; A Bit Drunk (Kicsit ázottan), burlesque for piano n...
Performers: Barrientos, Maria; Bartok, Bela; Benbow, Edwin; Benedetti, Fernand; Bernac, Pierre; Bonneau, Georges; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Cahuzac, Louis; Charmy, Roland; Croiza, Claire; C...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Hindemith, Paul; Khachaturian, Aram; Honegger, Arthur; Straram, Walther; Elgar, Edward, Sir; Coppola, Piero; Glazunov, Alexander; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Pfitzner, Hans; Milhaud, ...
Ensemble: ; Percurama Percussion Ensemble

These 22 CDs offer a stunning range of modern composers performing their own works either on the piano, organ or violin, or else from behind...continue...

Messiaen: Organ Works Complete

8 CD / Brilliant Classics Import / 2008-10-21

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Le banquet céleste; Diptyque for Organ; Apparition de l'église éternelle; L'Ascension; La nativité du Seigneur; Les corps glorieux; Livre d'orgue; Verset...

French Eclat - De Grigny, Widor, et al / Jeremy Bruns

1 CD / Pro Organo / 2007-12-01

Works: Nicholas de Grigny: Premier livre d'orgue; Olivier Messiaen: L'Ascension; Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony for Organ no 6 in G minor, Op. 42 no 2
Performers: Bruns, Jeremy; Bruns, Jeremy S.

The organ at St. Thomas on Fifth Avenue, New York City, is unique. This is Aeolian Skinner's magnum opus in the French style, an attempt...continue...

Meditation - Organ Music of Messiaen / David Rumsey

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 2007-09-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Apparition de l'église éternelle; Le banquet céleste; La nativité du Seigneur; Verset pour la fête de la dédicace; L'Ascension; Messe de la ...
Performers: Rumsey, David

With their shimmering palettes, mysterious harmonic progressions and religious fervor, the organ works of the French master Olivier Messiaen are unique among the output of...continue...

Franz Hauk plays Symphonic Organ

1 CD / Guild / 2007-05-01

Works: Naji Hakim: Overture Libanaise; Pange Lingua for organ; Robert M. Helmschrott: Furioso Infernal, symphonic fantasy for organ; Dans la lumière, for organ; Olivier Messiaen: L'Ascension
Performers: Hauk, Franz

The Lebanese composer Naji Hakim (a student of Jean Langlais) is featured in the Ouverture Libanaise, based on Lebanese folk melodies and Pange Lingua, a...continue...

Aeolian-Skinner Sound / William Teague

2 CD / Raven Records / 2006-02-01

Works: Marcel Dupré: The Stations of the Cross (Le Chemin de la Croix), for organ, Op. 29; Alberto Ginastera: Toccata, villancico & fugue, for organ, Op. 18; Seth Bingham: Roulade; Olivier Messiaen: L'...
Performers: Teague, William

William Teague's formidable talents are on display, showing off two magnificent Aeolian-Skinner organs in some welcome, unusual repertoire, particularly the dramatic and reverent 'The Way...continue...

Messiaen: L'Ascension, La Nativite du Seigneur / Hafner

1 CD / Motette / 2005-09-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: L'Ascension; La nativité du Seigneur
Performers: Hafner, Wilhelm

Messiaen: The Organ Works Vol 4 / Gillian Weir

2 CD / Priory / 2004-09-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: L'Ascension; Livre d'orgue
Performers: Weir, Gillian

Messiaen: Music for Organ / Franz Josef Stoiber

1 CD / Motette / 2004-04-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: La nativité du Seigneur; L'Ascension; Les corps glorieux; Messe de la Pentecôte; Prière après la Communion; Offrande au Saint Sacrement
Performers: Stoiber, Franz Josef

Premiere Organ Recording - Our Lady of the Angels Cathedral

1 CD / Delos / 2004-01-01

Works: Alec Wyton: Fanfare for solo organ; Louis Vierne: Naïades, for organ (from Pièces de Fantaisie), Op. 55/4; Julius Reubke: Sonata for Organ in C minor "94th Psalm"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Pr...
Performers: Soria, Samuel

Historic Organs of Boston - Thirty-one Historic Pipe Organs

4 CD / Organ Historical / 2003-04-01

Works: Dezsö D'Antalffy-Zsiross: Sportive Fauns, for organ; Gabriel Dupont: Méditation, for organ; Louis Vierne: Impromptu, for organ; Clarence Mader: Afternoon of a Toad, for organ; Jiri Ropek: V...
Performers: Abbott, Leo; Barney, Robert; Birch, Kevin; Crowell, Gregory; Dudas, Libor; Dwyer, Mark; Farmer, Kristin Gronning; Fitch, Frances Conover; George Bozeman, Jr.; Granert, Nancy; Hayashi, Yuko; Hess, Kim...

Messiaen: Complete Organ Works / Olivier Latry

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-08

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Apparition de l'église éternelle; La nativité du Seigneur; Le banquet céleste; Offrande au Saint Sacrement; Diptyque for Organ; Les corps glorieux; M&eac...
Performers: Latry, Olivier

This set is being offered by DG at 6 CDs for the price of 5. The complete Messiaen organ works, including the composer's posthume works,...continue...

Messiaen: Complete Organ Works Vol 2 / Rudolf Innig

1 CD / MD&G / 1996-05-21

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Apparition de l'église éternelle; Diptyque for Organ; Le banquet eucharistique, for orchestra (related to "Le banquet céleste"), II/7; L'Ascension
Performers: Innig, Rudolf

An Evening at Woolsey Hall / Charles Krigbaum

2 CD / Organ Historical / 1995-09-26

Works: Edward Elgar: Sonata for Organ no 2 in B flat, Op. 87a; Olivier Messiaen: L'Ascension; Felix Mendelssohn: Sonatas (6) for Organ, Op. 65; Charles-Marie Widor: Symphony no 2 in D major for organ, Op. 1...
Performers: Krigbaum, Charles Russell

Messiaen: Complete Organ Works Vol 1 / Hans-Ola Ericsson

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1993-07-27

Works: Olivier Messiaen: L'Ascension; Le banquet céleste; Apparition de l'église éternelle; Diptyque for Organ
Performers: Ericsson, Hans-Ola

Messiaen par lui-même

4 CD / EMI Classics / 1992-05-16

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Le banquet céleste, for organ, I/1; Diptyque for Organ; Apparition de l'église éternelle, for organ, I/8; L'Ascension; La Nativité du Seigneur, meditatio...
Performers: Messiaen, Olivier