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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...

Bits and Pieces - Works for Solo Clarinet by Donizetti, Osborn, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Mandat, Sutermeister / Sean Osborn, clarinet

1 CD / Albany Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Study for Clarinet no 1 in B flat major; Sean Osborn: Bits and Pieces, for solo clarinet; Character Pieces, for clarinet; Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Olivier Mes...
Performers: Osborn, Sean

This recording is a short tour of some of the most important works in the development of the clarinet as a stand-alone instrument along with...continue...
Recording information: Jack Straw Productions, Seattle (11/2011-07/2012)....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...

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

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...

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...

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)

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...

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...

Spannungen: Musik im Kraftwerk Heimbach [Limited Edition]

14 CD / CAvi Music / 2008-10-14

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 in A major, Op. 81/B 155; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in E flat major, B. 162 (Op. 87); Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in F minor, Op. ...
Performers: Adamsky, Thomas; Bühl, Gregor; Bach, Andreas; Behr-König, Anette; Berwaerts, Jeroen; Bohórquez, Claudio; Bouskova, Jana; Brandkamp, Kornelia; Clein, Natalie; Collins, Michael [Conduc...
Conductors: Harding, Daniel;
Ensemble: ; Heimbach Strings 2006

This is a documentation of the best European chamber music festival that features world-class soloists in live recordings....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: 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...

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...

Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, Visions de l'Amen / De Leeuw, Loriod, et al

6 CD / Naïve / 2008-05-27

Works: Olivier Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ; Visions de l'amen; Sept haïkaï, for piano, 13 winds, 6 percussion & 8 violins, I/45; Couleurs de la cité c...
Performers: Boer, Harmen de; Bon, Maarten; Bon, Marja; Dullaert, Hans; Gijsegem, Ludwig van; Holthaus, Reiner; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Loo, Martine van der; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Muruzabal, Arturo; Promme...
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Hilversum Radio Symphony Orchestra; Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Percussion Group The Hague; Schoenberg Ensemble

BBC Music Magazine
A marvellous six disc box from Nanve that handily gathers previously issued live performances. àmy admiration for de Leeuw's La Transfiguration, which is...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...

Jonathan Cohler - The Clarinet Alone

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-01-04

Works: Donald Martino: A Set for clarinet solo; Egon Wellesz: Suite for clarinet solo, Op 74; Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Erland von Koch: Monolog 3 for solo clarinet; William O. Smith: ...
Performers: Cohler, Jonathan

Clarinet XX Vol 2 - Berg, Messiaen, et al / Startchenko, etc

1 CD / Arts / 2003-11-01

Works: Edison Denisov: Sonata for clarinet; Alban Berg: Pieces (4) for clarinet & piano, Op. 5; Bohuslav Martinu: Sonatina for Clarinet and Piano; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Sonata for ...
Performers: Arnold, Sandra; Bardong, Jochen; Fahrner, Thilo; Hayakawa, Kiyo; Hinz, Heiko; Hutfless, Julia; Kaufmann, Gabriele; Kishihara, Chika; Kovacs, Zoltan; Nagy, Andrea; Pieper, Johannes; Startchenko, Andre...

"Following hot on the heels of Volume 1 of this series comes this second installment, this time absent any contribution by the series protagonist, the...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

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...

20th Century Music for Unaccompanied Clarinet / Paul Meyer

1 CD / Denon / 1995-03-28

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Luciano Berio: Lied, for clarinet; Sequenza IXa, for clarinet; Karlheinz Stockhausen: In Freundschaft; André Jolivet: Ascèses for clarinet sol...
Performers: Meyer, Paul

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Clarinet Music of the 19th and 20th Centuries / Kanoff

1 CD / Doron / 1995-03-06

Works: Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke (3) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73; Alban Berg: Pieces (4) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5; Igor Stravinsky: Pieces (3) for Clarinet solo; Francis Poulenc: Sonata ...
Performers: Collard, Catherine; Kanoff, Steven

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

Soundscapes Vol 2 - A Delos Digital Compact Disc Sampler

1 CD / Delos / 1986-01-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Sergey Prokofiev: Pieces (10) for Piano from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 1 for 8 Cellos; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for P...
Performers: Browning, John [Piano]; Noehren, Robert; Rosenberger, Carol [Piano]; Shifrin, David
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Parisot, Aldo;
Ensemble: Chamber Music Northwest; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra; Orford String Quartet; Seattle Symphony Orchestra; Yale Cellos