Messiaen: Chants de Terre et de Ciel (Songs of earth and heaven)

This page lists all recordings of Chants de Terre et de Ciel (Songs of earth and heaven), by Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen (1908-92) on CD & DVD. Generally, more recent CDs and DVDs are listed first, but with priority given to items that are in stock.

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Voices of our Time - Dawn Upshaw

Voices of our Time - Dawn Upshaw

A Contemporary Songs Selection


Bolcom:

Amor

Crawford Seeger:

Five Songs

Crumb:

The Sleeper

Golijov:

Lúa descolorida

Harbison:

Mirabai Songs

Ives, C:

Memories

The Circus Band

Messiaen:

Poèmes pour Mi: IX, Prière exaucée

Chants de Terre et de Ciel

Saariaho:

Lonh

Schwendinger:

In Just-spring


Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Gilbert Kalish (piano)

DVD Video

Region: 0

Format: PAL

TDK - DVVTDU-EUR

(DVD Video)

£19.99 (£17.01 ex. VAT)

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Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2 (complete), etc.

Messiaen:

Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2 (complete)

Chants de Terre et de Ciel

Harawi (Chants d'amour et de Mort)


Jane Manning, soprano, David Miller and David Mason, pianos

Regis - FRC9202

(CD - 2 discs)

£10.99 (£9.35 ex. VAT)

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Messiaen - Chants de Terre et de Ciel

Messiaen - Chants de Terre et de Ciel


Messiaen:

Trois Mélodies

La Mort Du Nombre

Chants de Terre et de Ciel

Theme and Variations for Violin and Piano


Suzie LeBlanc (soprano), Robert Kortgaard (piano), Lawrence Wiliford (tenor) & Laura Andriani (violin)

ATMA celebrates the centenary of French composer Olivier Messiaen, one of the most important composers of the mid to late-20th century. These wonderful pieces are performed by a superb line up of artists led by Suzie LeBlanc, best-known for her performances of Baroque music and ATMA’s most prolific recording artist. Her famous purity of tone and impeccable musicianship make her a superb interpreter of Messiaen’s austerely beautiful work.

Released or re-released in last 6 months

Atma - ACD22564

(CD)

£12.99 (£11.06 ex. VAT)

Scheduled for release on 13 October 2008. Order it now and we will deliver it as soon as it is available.

The Messiaen Edition - Volume 1

The Messiaen Edition - Volume 1

Song Cycles & Orchestral/Chamber Works


Messiaen:

Turangalila Symphony

Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) & Takashi Harada (ondes martenot)

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)

London Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Cinq rechants

John Alldis Choir

Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jesus-Christ

Yvonne Loriod (piano) & Janos Starker (cello)

Westminster Symphonic Choir & National Symphony Orchestra, Washington D.C., Antal Dorati

Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2 (complete)

1936, orch.1937

Felicity Palmer (soprano)

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Olli Mustonen (piano), Joshua Bell (violin), Steven Isserlis (cello) & Michael Collins (clarinet)

Chants de Terre et de Ciel

Robert Sherlaw Johnson (piano) & Noelle Barker (soprano)

Harawi (Chants d'amour et de Mort)

Noelle Barker (soprano)

Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2 (complete)

Robert Sherlaw Johnson (piano) & Noelle Barker (soprano)

Rondeau

Paul Crossley (piano)

Visions de l'Amen for 2 pianos

John Ogdon (piano) & Brenda Lucas (piano)


Released or re-released in last 6 months

Decca - 4780352

(CD - 6 discs)

£34.99 (£29.78 ex. VAT)

Scheduled for release on 10 November 2008. Order it now and we will deliver it as soon as it is available.

Olivier Messiaen - 1908–1992 (100th Anniversary Box Set)

Olivier Messiaen - 1908–1992 (100th Anniversary Box Set)


Messiaen:

Turangalila Symphony

Jeanne Loriod (ondes martenot) & Michel Béroff (piano)

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Les Offrandes oubliées (1930)

Orchestre de Paris & Ensemble de Percussion de l’Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo

Chronochromie for large orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati

Éclairs sur l'au-delà…

Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle

Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Yvonne Loriod (piano), Christoph Poppen (violin), Manuel Fischer-Dieskau (cello) & Wolfgang Meyer (clarinet)

Theme and Variations for Violin and Piano

Christoph Poppen (violin) & Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Le Merle noir for flute and piano

Emmanuel Pahud (flute)

Preludes (8)

Michel Béroff (piano)

Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus

Michel Béroff (piano)

Visions de l'Amen for 2 pianos

Alexandre Rabinovitch & Martha Argerich (pianos)

Quatre Études de rythme

Michel Béroff (piano)

Cantéyodjayâ

John Ogdon (piano)

Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

Le Banquet Céleste

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

Diptyque

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

L'Ascension (organ version)

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

La Nativité du Seigneur

Olivier Messiaen (organ) & Naji Hakim (organ)

Priere apres la Communion

Naji Hakim (organ)

Les Corps Glorieux

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

Messe de la Pentecote

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

Livre d'Orgue

Olivier Messiaen (organ)

La Mort Du Nombre

Ann Murray (soprano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Andrew Watkinson (violin) & Roger Vignoles (piano)

Trois Mélodies

Michèle Command (soprano) & Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano)

Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2 (complete)

Michèle Command (soprano) & Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano)

Chants de Terre et de Ciel

Michèle Command (soprano) & Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano)

Harawi (Chants d'amour et de Mort)

Michèle Command (soprano) & Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano)

3 Petites liturgies de la Presence Divine

Rolf Hind (piano) & Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot)

London Sinfonietta & London Sinfonietta Chorus, Terry Edwards

Cinq rechants

Rolf Hind (piano) & Cynthia Millar (ondes Martenot)

London Sinfonietta, London Sinfonietta Chorus & London Sinfonietta Voices, Terry Edwards


Olivier Messiaen was born on 10th December 1908 in Avignon. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire from 1919 to 1930 where his teachers included Paul Dukas and the great organist and improviser Marcel Dupré. He developed a very distinctive style in the music and with his deep Catholic faith and love of birds he created a highly original palette in sound which he employed in works for orchestra, small combination of or merely solo instruments or choir. EMI is celebrating his centenary with a collection of 14CDs. Messiaen himself appears as the organist in four CDs of his solo organ music, recorded in from the earliest work up to and including to his then latest work Livre d’Orgue. These four CDs have been newly remastered at Abbey Road Studios.

His wife, Yvonne Loriod, plays the piano in the CD of the Quatuor pour la fin du Temps and his sister-in-law, Jeanne Loriod, plays the ondes-martenot in the Turangalila Symphony with Michel Beroff and the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by André Previn. Although most works have been issued on CD before some are rare – e.g. 2 CDs of Melodies – and two are making their first appearance in this medium: Quatre etudes de rythme and Cantéyodjâya played by Beroff and Ogdon respectively. This is a fine set to introduce yourself to one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century.

Released or re-released in last 6 months

EMI - 2174662

(CD - 14 discs)

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Messiaen Edition

Messiaen Edition

An 18-CD set offering a comprehensive overview of Messiaen’s work in recordings made between 1963 and 2000.


Messiaen:

Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Preludes (8)

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Quatre Études de rythme

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

La Nativité du Seigneur

Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Le Banquet Céleste

Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle

Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2 (complete)

Maria Oràn (soprano), Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Chants de Terre et de Ciel

Maria Oràn (soprano), Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Huguette Fernandez (violin), Guy Deplus (clarinet), Jacques Nielz (cello), Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano)

Cinq rechants

Solistes des chœurs de l’ORTF, Marcel Couraud

Visions de l'Amen for 2 pianos

Katia and Marièlle Labèque, pianos

Les Offrandes oubliées (1930)

Orchestre philharmonique de l’ORTF, Marcel Couraud

Hymne au Saint-Sacrement

Orchestre philharmonique de l’ORTF, Marcel Couraud

Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Harawi (Chants d'amour et de Mort)

Rachel Yakar (soprano), Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Turangalila Symphony

Revised Messiaen Edition

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), Dominique Kim (ondes Martenot)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Kent Nagano

Catalogue d'oiseaux Books 1-7 (Complete)

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

La Fauvette des jardins

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Le Réveil des oiseaux

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Orchestre National de France, Kent Nagano

Couleurs de la cité céleste

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Groupe Instrumental à Percussion de Strasbourg, Orchestre du Domaine Musical, Pierre Boulez

Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Groupe Instrumental à Percussion de Strasbourg, Orchestre du Domaine Musical, Pierre Boulez

L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)

Orchestre philharmonique de l’ORTF, Marius Constant

3 Petites liturgies de la Presence Divine

Yvonne Loriod (piano), Jeanne Loriod (onde Martenot)

Maîtrise et Orchestre de Chambre de la RTF, Marcel Couraud

Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité

Olivier Messiaen, organ (Recorded on the Cavaillé-Coll organ in La Trinité Church, Paris)

Des Canyons aux Étoiles

Yvonne Loriod (piano), Georges Barboteu (horn), Alain Jacquet (xylorimba), François Dupin (glockenspiel)

Ensemble Ars Nova, Marius Constant

Sept Haïkaï

Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Ensemble Ars Nova, Marius Constant


Olivier Messiaen, Yvonne Loriod, Marie-Claire Alain, Katia and Marielle Labeque

Kent Nagano & Pierre Boulez

includes a disc of Olivier Messiaen interviewed by Claude Samuel (in French), 1988

“A bumper bargain box of some of the greatest recordings-compulsive.” BBC Music Magazine, 1st October 2005

“…her playing is nothing short of magnificent – superb range of sonority, rock-sure rhythm, unfailing attention to polyphonic strands, thrilling attack and tender caress in equal measure. … Under her touch there seems to be no such thing as a worn-out harmony or an unmusical one.” Gramophone Magazine (on Yvonne Loriod's piano performances on these CDs)

BBC Music Magazine

Special Review - October 2005

Up to 40% off Box Sets

Warner Classics - 2564621622

(CD - 18 discs)

Normally: £60.99 (£51.91 ex. VAT)

Special: £39.64 (£33.74 ex. VAT)

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Messiaen - Complete Edition

Messiaen - Complete Edition


Messiaen:

Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle

L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)

L'Ascension (organ version)

Le Banquet Céleste

Cantéyodjayâ

Catalogue d'oiseaux Books 1-7 (Complete)

Chant Dans Le Style Mozart

Chants de Terre et de Ciel

Chant Des Deportes

Chronochromie for large orchestra

Cinq rechants

Concert à quatre (1990-1991)

Les Corps Glorieux

Couleurs de la cité céleste

Des Canyons aux Étoiles

Diptyque

Éclairs sur l'au-delà…

Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum

Fantaisie burlesque

Fantaisie

pour violon et piano

La Fauvette des jardins

Fête des belles eaux

Harawi (Chants d'amour et de Mort)

Preludes (8)

Hymne au Saint-Sacrement

Livre d'Orgue

Livre du Saint-Sacrement

Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité

Le Merle noir for flute and piano

Messe de la Pentecote

Monodie

La Mort Du Nombre

La Nativité du Seigneur

O sacrum convivium

Offrande au Saint Sacrement

Les Offrandes oubliées (1930)

Oiseaux exotiques

Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux

Pièce pour Piano et Quatour a Cordes

Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas

Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2 (complete)

soprano et orchestre & soprano et piano

Prélude pour orgue

Prélude pour piano

Quatre Études de rythme

Inedits

Quatuor pour la fin du temps

Réveil des oiseaux

Rondeau

Saint François d'Assise

Sept Haïkaï

Theme and Variations for Violin and Piano

Le Tombeau resplendissant (1931)

La Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jesus-Christ

Trois Mélodies

3 Petites liturgies de la Presence Divine

Turangalila Symphony

Un Sourire (1989)

Un vitrail et des oiseaux

Verset pour la fête de la Dédicace

La ville d'en haut

Vingt Regards sur l'enfant Jésus

Visions de l'Amen for 2 pianos

Vocalise étude

THE ARTISTS:

Pierre-Laurent Aimard . John Alldis Choir . Martha Argerich . Daniel Barenboïm . Noelle Barker . Pierre Boulez / The Cleveland Orchestra . Catherine Cantin . Riccardo Chailly / Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra . Myung-Whun Chung / Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio-France . Myung-Whun Chung / Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille . Catherine Cournot . José van Dam . Sir Andrew Davis / BBC Chorus and Orchestra . Guy Deplus . Georges Guest / Saint John’s College . Jay Gottlieb . Heinz Holliger . Daniel Hope . Joela Jones . Jean-Paul Kreder / Ensemble Le Madrigal . Gidon Kremer . Hervé Lamy . Christian Lardé . Olivier Latry . Jeanne Loriod . Sextuor d'ondes Jeanne Loriod . Sylvia McNair . Maîtrise de Radio-France . Nathalie Manfrino . Olivier Messiaen . Chris Merritt . Yvonne Loriod . Roger Muraro . Kent Nagano / Hallé Orchestra . Yumi Nara . Françoise Pollet . Karl Anton Rickenbacher / Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin . Quatuor Rosemonde . Mstislav Rostropovich . Robert Sherlaw Johnson . Albert Tétard . Jean-Yves Thibaudet . Dawn Upshaw . Marie Vermeulin . Luben Yordanoff…


The Messiaen celebrations come to an overwhelming climax with this superb 32-CD set of his complete works. The only complete edition - Released on Deutsche Grammophon - Limited edition.

400-page booklet in English and French, including complete sung texts and libretto

OVERVIEW: The solo piano works with Roger Muraro (7 CDs); the organ works with Olivier Latry (6 CDs); Orchestral and Choral works with Myung Whun Chung and Pierre Boulez, with Pierre-Laurent, Yvonne Loriod as soloists (ca. 10 CDs); the opera Saint Francois directed by Kent Nagano (4 CDs); Chamber Works with Daniel Barenboim,. Gidon Kremer and Martha Argerich, Daniel Hope (new recording); vocal works with Noelle Barker

The whole is rounded off with a performance of the two-piano Visions de l'Amen by Yvonne Loriod and Messiaen himself (recorded in Paris in 1962)

Specially recorded for this edition: Trois petites liturgies de la Présence Divine, Coulers de la Cité Céleste and the rare Hymne (1932) with Myung Whun Chung; the recently discoverd Fantaisie for violin and Piano with Daniel Hope. Don't miss: Fetes des belles for six Ondes Martenot on CD 27!

Released or re-released in last 6 months

DG - 4801333

(CD - 32 discs)

Normally: £89.99 (£76.59 ex. VAT)

Special: £79.99 (£68.08 ex. VAT)

Scheduled for release on 27 October 2008. Order it now and we will deliver it as soon as it is available.

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