Messiaen, Olivier > Poèmes pour Mi

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...
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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...

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...

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: Works for Orchestra / Cambreling, et al

8 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-09-18

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées; L' Ascension, 4 meditations for orchestra, I/12a; Poèmes pour Mi; Turangalîla-Symphonie; Réveil des oiseaux, for piano & orchestra, ...
Performers: Boffard, Florent; Friedel, Horst; Hartmann-Claverie, Valerie; Latzko, Reinhard; Lentz, Thierry; Maier, Markus; Muraro, Roger; Naef, Yvonne; Ott, Gunhild; Pencz, Wolfhard; Schorer, Jochen
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

"This 8-CD set contains almost all of Messiaen's music for orchestra or large mixed ensembles...While listeners might still have individual preferences in certain works, all...continue...

Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, Sept Haïkaï, etc / Boulez, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1997-11-11

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Réveil des oiseaux, for piano & orchestra, I/40; Sept haïkaï, for piano, 13 winds, 6 percussion & 8 violins, I/45
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Jones, Joela; Pollet, Francoise
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra

"Pierre Boulez's distinguished new series of Messiaen recordings continues with the 1936 song cycle 'Poemes pour Mi,' in its luminous orchestral guise, and two of...continue...