Messiaen, Olivier > Le banquet céleste

The English Cathedral Series, Vol. 17 - works by Howells, Messiaen, Elgar / James Thomas, David Humphreys, organists at St. Edmundsbury Cathedral

1 CD / Regent Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Fantasia and Toccata for Organ in D minor, Op. 57; Frank Bridge: Lento (In memoriam C.H.H.P.), for organ (Little Organ Book no 7), H. 139; Harold Darke: Piece for Organ (fr...
Performers: Humphreys, David; Thomas, James

The organ at St. Edmundsbury Cathedral was built in 2010. It has four manuals and 59 speaking stops, with more than 3,500 pipes. The program...continue...
Recording information: St. Edmundsbury Cathedral, Suffolk, England (06/27/2011-07/28/2011)....continue...

Prisme: Olivier Messiaen et les Années 30 - Hans van Gelder

2 CD / D.E. Versluis / 2012-11-13

Works: Claire Delbos: Paraphrase, suite for organ; Pieces (2) for organ; Parce, Domine, for organ; Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur: Hymns (4) for organ; André Jolivet: Prélude apocalyptique for organ; Geor...
Performers: Doornhein, Anton; Versluis, Arjan

A tribute to Olivier Messiaen, the first disc features works by his colleagues and teacher (Dupré), while the second disc includes improvisations on poems by...continue...
Recording information: Église de la Trinité, Paris, France (2011-06-29_2011-06-30&2011-)....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...

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; Bartók, Béla; Benbow, Edwin; Benedetti, Fernand; Bernac, Pierre; Bonneau, Georges; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Cahuzac, Louis; Charmy, Roland; Cro...
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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Greater Love Hath No Man / Liverpool Cathedral Choir

2 CD / Priory / 2003-05-01

Works: Philip Wilby: If ye love me; Orlando Gibbons: Drop, drop, slow tears; Louis Vierne: Messe solennelle in C sharp minor, Op. 16; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O vos omnes, qui transitis per viam; Meirio...
Performers: Cousins, Mervyn; Lea, Richard
Conductors: Cousins, Mervyn
Ensemble: Liverpool Cathedral Choir

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...

Cathédrales

1 CD / Skarbo / 2001-04-01

Works: Louis Vierne: Pièces de fantaisie - Suite no 4, Op. 55; Léon Boëllmann: Suite Gothique, Op. 25; Jean Langlais: Suite mediévale en forme de messe basse; Olivier Messiaen: Le ba...
Performers: Loisemant, Gerard

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