Download, Messiaen (composer)
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In short, this highly recommendable collection represents a model of imaginative and provocative programming. —
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Few possess the spiritual, emotional and physical stamina required for a successful interpretation of Messiaen's transcendent. Recorded on the back of a series of well-received concert performances,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2002, Editor's Choice
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The album brings together ten, seemingly disparate composers between whom Shibe traces a journey that’s as unsettling as it is exquisite and profoundly searching, steeped in a kind of weightless... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, August 2022
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Few, if any, duos are better equipped to take on this mantle than Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.Aimard’s exceptionally close association with Messiaen and Loriod goes back to... —
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, Instrumental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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this latest account impressively combines accuracy with atmosphere in sound of clarity and lustre. Informatively annotated by Paul Griffiths, it can be warmly recommended to those new to and... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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This debut solo album brilliantly played by the rising young organist Anna Lapwood should certainly engage organ aficionados, especially fans of the grand Harrison & Harrison instrument in Ely... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2021
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Finalist - Spatial Audio
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Messiaen: La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jesus-Christ
RecommendedOrchestre Philharmonique et Choeur de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2002, Editor's Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
RecommendedYuja Wang (piano), Cécile Lartigau (ondesmartenot), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Andris Nelsons
Whether adding the most delicate filigree to the symphony’s more reflective movements, like the sixth, Jardín du Sommeil d’ Amour, providing virtuoso punctuation to the eighth, Développement... —
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Grammy Awards, 68th Awards (2026), Nominated - Best Orchestral Performance
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Special offer. Messiaen: Oiseaux Exotiques, Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
RecommendedFrancesco Piemontesi (piano), Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Jonathan Nott
You have to envy the citizens of Geneva...Add a pianist in Francesco Piemontesi’s class, and here are stellar interpretations of three very different concerto-type works, ordered into a journey... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 8th July 2022
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, Concerto Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2022
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Chamayou certainly possesses the scintillating technique and broad palette of tonal colour required for Messiaen’s extraordinary music. As is clear from the thunderous explosions under the bells... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Solo Instrumental
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Piano
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