Messiaen: Le Banquet Céleste

This page lists all recordings of Le Banquet Céleste, by Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (1908-92) on CD. Generally, more recent CDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Messiaen - Organ Works Volume 1

Messiaen:

Les Corps Glorieux

Le Banquet Celeste

Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle

Timothy Byram-Wigfield (The Organ of St. George’s Chapel, Windsor Castle)

“One…welcomes the chance to hear an organist from the younger generation, playing an English instrument (Harrison and Harrison) and giving full weight to the music’s uncompromising intensity. It’s clear from the outset that this will be a strongly delineated reading, with well managed contrasts of registration given added clarity by the superb quality of the recording…This is a highly successful disc.”.” Arnold Whittall (The Gramophone)

Delphian - DCD34024

(CD)

£12.99 (£11.06 ex. VAT)

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L’Orgue Europeen (The European Organ)

anon.:	Cancion
Bach, J S:	Choral 'Liebster Jesu'
Bossi:	Ave Maria
Britten:	Prelude and Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria
Buxtehude:	Praeludium en Ut Majeur
Franck, C:	Andantino in G minor for organ
Guilain:	Suite du deuxiem ton
Mendelssohn:	Andante in D major
Messiaen:	Le Banquet Céleste
Mestres:	Marche
Takács:	Variations sur un thème de Zoltan Kodaly
Vierne:	Organ Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 14: Final
Vila:	5 Versets

Philippe Delacour plays the Great Organ at Forbach (France)

Fugatto - FUG012

(CD)

£9.99 (£8.50 ex. VAT)

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Messiaen - The Organ Works Vol. 1

Messiaen:

Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle

La Nativité du Seigneur

Le Banquet Céleste

Gillian Weir (Organ of Århus Cathedral, Denmark)

One of the most impressive recording projects I have ver encountered." Independent on Sunday "This intégrale is a worthy successor to that by Messiaen himself" Le Monde (Paris) "This is a Messiaen cycle that should now enter the helves of every devotee of his music as a preferred version" BBC Music Magazine (Best CD's of 1994) "Weir's virtuosity and control are staggering. An achievement of outstanding musical integrity." The Gramophone (1995 Instrumental Award nominee)

Building a Library

First Choice - May 2008

Priory - PRCD921

(CD)

£7.99 (£6.80 ex. VAT)

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Messiaen - Garden Of Love’s Sleep

Messiaen:

O sacrum convivium

Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung

Garden of Love's Sleep from Turangalila Symphony

Yvonne Loriod (piano) & Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot)

Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung

Le baiser de L'Enfant-Jésus (XV from Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus)

John Ogdon (piano)

Abide in Love

Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung

Louange a L'Immortalité de Jésus (from Quatuor pour la fin du temps)

Luben Yordanoff (violin) & Daniel Barenboim (piano)

The Resurrected and the Song of the Star Aldebaran from Des Canyons aux Étoiles

Roger Muraro (piano) & Renaud Muzzolini (glockenspiel)

Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung

Chorale of the Holy Mountain from La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ

Chœur et Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung

Le Banquet Céleste

Olivier Latry (organ)

Herbert von Karajan isn’t alone in celebrating his 100th birthday this year. Among composers whose 100th anniversary falls in 2008, Olivier Messiaen (10 December) is definitely the most important To whet your appetites for further releases in this anniversary year, here is a 1-CD midprice compilation of Messiaen’s ecstatic slow movements: a sequence of eight movements from major works that together make an unforgettable impression: supple in rhythm, subtle in melody and incredibly rich in harmony. Almost like variations on a theme (with plenty of F sharp major too!), the 70-minute disc is uniquely relaxing and moving at the same time – by no means the usual pot-pourri compilation.