This is a score that requires a shockingly high standard of virtuosity from every player, and gets it - the French Radio players are thrilling to listen to, Chung is Messiaen's devoted disciple, and he knows just how to frame his soloists, unleash the exotic colours and pace the whole piece...Time stands still when you immerse yourself in this remarkable new recording.

Messiaen himself observed that "all of the woodwind parts are difficult" – true enough of most of his works, but particularly so here. All the more credit, then, to the French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, who give a dazzling account under Myung-Whun Chung.