Olivier Messiaen – Messiaen Edition (17xCD, Comp + Box) (Mint (M))

Media Condition: Mint (M)

Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

*****FACTORY SEALED MINT*****

Notes:

An 80th-birthday collection of Erato recordings. Discs are packaged in individual jewel cases/fatboxes containing individual booklets, all enclosed in a laminated card box. There is no overarching booklet indicating the order of the discs, so the sequence in the tracklisting follows that of the 2000 expanded reissue ([r8375394]).

Previous releases in the collection:

[r4021893] [r22367716] [r9625114] [r3990762] [r15196771] [r4090872] [r26086573] [r4091908]

New releases in the collection:

[r15196771] [r20098585] [r22934993] [r22927301] [r22385809] (not released separately)

Recording location: Église Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris, February 1964 (Liturgies), January 1966 (Couleurs, Et exspecto), January 1968 (Quatre Études), March 1970 (Catalogue), February 1973 (La Fauvette, Des canyons), October 1973 (Vingt Regards), July 1977 (Sept Hakaï), October 1987 (Petites esquisses, Préludes) ;
Hofkirche, Lucerne, April 1988 (CD 2), Studio Hoche, Paris, February 1963 (Quatuor), Studio 103 ORTF, Paris, January 1966 (L’Ascension), April 1968 (CinqRechants), March 1971 (Les Offrandes oubliées, Hymne),
Salle Adyard, Paris, December 1969 (Visions), Studio 107, Radio-France, Paris, (Harawi),
Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris, June 1972 (Méditations) .
Recorded on the organ of the Hofkirche, Lucerne (CD 2 )
This recording follows the text of the 1990 Revised Messiaen Edition (Turangalîla Symphonie) .
Recorded on the Cavaillé-Coll organ in La Trinité Church, Paris (Méditations ) .

. Petites Esquisses D’Oiseaux
. Préludes (1928-29)
. Quatre Etudes De Rythme (1949-50)
. La Nativité Du Seigneur (1935), Neuf Méditations Pour Orgue
2-10. Le Banquet Céleste (1928) 6:04
2-11. Apparition De L’Eglise Eternelle (1932) 8:14
. Poèmes Pour Mi (1936)
. Chants De Terre Et De Ciel (1938)
. Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps (1940-41)
. Cinq Rechants (1948) Pour 12 Parties Vocales Réelles
. Visions De L’Amen (1943) For Two Pianos
5-8. Les Offrandes Oubliées (1930) Méditation Symphonique 11:55
5-9. Hymne Au Saint Sacrement (1932) For Large Orchestra 14:00
. Vingt Regards Sur L’Enfant Jésus (1944)
. Harawi (1945) Chant D’Amour Et De Mort
. Catalogue D’Oiseaux (1956-58)
11-4. La Fauvette Des Jardins 34:25
12-1. Couleurs De La Cité Céleste (1963) 17:01
. Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum (1964)
. L’Ascension (1932-33) Quatre Méditations Symphoniques Pour Orchestre
. Trois Petites Liturgies De La Présence Divine (1943-44) For Piano Solo, Ondes Martenot, Celesta, Vibraphone, Percussion, Unison Women’s Voices And String Orchestrat
. Méditation Sur Le Mystère De La Sainte-Trinité (1969) For Organ
. Des Canyons Aux Étoiles… (1971-74)
. Sept Hakaï (1962) Esquisse Japonaise For Solo Piano, Xylophone, Marimba, 2 Clarinets, Trumpet And Small Orchestra
17-1. Olivier Messiaen Interviewed By Claude Samuel (In French) Recorded In The Composer’s Flat In Paris In October 1988 58:19

Barcode 3 269657 158022

Record Company Erato Disques
Record Company Radio France
Phonographic Copyright (p) Erato Disques S.A.
Recorded At Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris
Recorded At Hofkirche Luzern
Recorded At Notre-Dame du Liban
Recorded At Studio 103
Recorded At Salle Adyar
Recorded At Studio 107
Recorded At Studios Barclay-Hoche Enregistrements