Messiaen: L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre) (The Ascension)

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The Organ Works of Oliver Messiaen Volume 4

The Organ Works of Oliver Messiaen Volume 4

Organ of Arhus Cathedral, Denmark


Messiaen:

L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)

Livre d'Orgue


Gillian Weir

Priory - PRCD924

(CD)

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Stokowski

Stokowski


Bizet:

Symphony in C

L'Arlesienne Suites 1 & 2

Messiaen:

L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)


New York Philharmonic Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Archipel Records - ARPCD0242

(CD)

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Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony', etc.

Messiaen:

L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)

Saint-Saëns:

Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 'Organ Symphony'


Michael Matthes (organ)

Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung

DG - E4358542

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Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony, etc.

Messiaen:

Turangalila Symphony

L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)


Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Antoni Wit

Naxos - 8554478-79

(CD - 2 discs)

£8.49 (£7.23 ex. VAT)

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The Stokowski Edition, VIII

The Stokowski Edition, VIII


Barber:

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Large S.O. of Soviet Radio & TV, Leopold Stokowski

Britten:

The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34

BBC S.O., Leopold Stokowski

Ives, C:

Orchestral Set No. 2

LSO & Chorus, Leopold Stokowski

Messiaen:

L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)

LSO & Chorus, Leopold Stokowski


" Particularly in the two Ives recordings you can hear just how important an advocate Leopold Stokowski was for music of this century. The 1970 LSO recording of Messiaen's Ascension is a finely-honed interpretation of this melancholy masterpiece, and is, I think, the best on disc anywhere." -Paul Cook in American Record Guide

Music & Arts - MACD4787

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Leopold Stokowski - Decca Recordings 1965-1972

Leopold Stokowski - Decca Recordings 1965-1972


Bach, J S:

Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV565

(transcr. Leopold Stokowski)

Prelude in E flat minor

(orch. Leopold Stokowski)

Schemellis Gesangbuch

(arr. Leopold Stokowski)

Wir glauben all an einen Gott, BWV437

(arr. Leopold Stokowski)

Easter Cantata: Chorale

(arr. Leopold Stokowski)

Passacaglia & Fugue in C minor, BWV582

(arr. Leopold Stokowski)

Berlioz:

Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14

La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 - Ballet des Sylphes

Byrd:

Pavana "The Earle of Salisbury"

Chopin:

Mazurka No. 13 in A minor, Op. 17 No. 4

(arr. Leopold Stokowski)

Clarke, Jeremiah:

Trumpet Voluntary 'Prince of Denmark's March'

Debussy:

La cathédrale engloutie

(orch. Leopold Stokowski)

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

La Mer

Duparc:

Extase

Elgar:

Enigma Variations, Op. 36

Franck, C:

Symphony in D minor

Messiaen:

L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)

Rachmaninov:

Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor

(orch. Leopold Stokowski)

Ravel:

Fanfare from 'L'Eventail de Jeanne'

Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2

Schubert:

Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor

(orch. Leopold Stokowski)

Scriabin:

Le Poème de l'extase, Op. 54

Stravinsky:

The Firebird Suite

Tchaikovsky:

Chant sans paroles, Op. 40 No. 6

(arr. Leopold Stokowski)

Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64


Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Hilversum Radio Philharmonia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

Decca Original Masters - 4751452

(CD - 5 discs)

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Sunday Evenings With Pierre Monteux

Sunday Evenings With Pierre Monteux


Alfano:

Aria from Resurrection

Beethoven:

Consecration of the House Overture, Op. 124

Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67

The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43 (Adagio)

Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Fidelio Overture Op. 72c

Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 - 1st movt (transc Alkan)

Solomon

Berlioz:

Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9

Trojans Prelude

L'Enfance du Christ, Op. 25 - excerpts

La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 (excerpts)

Romeo and Juliet (Love Scene) - excerpts

Le Corsaire Overture, Op. 21

Borodin:

Prince Igor: Polovtsian March

Brahms:

Waltzes, Op. 39

Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68 (extract)

Tragic Overture, Op. 81

Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 (1st movement)

Naoum & Boris Blinder

Chadwick:

Symphonic Sketches: Jubilee

Dukas:

The Sorcerer's Apprentice

Falla:

The Three Cornered Hat - suites Nos. 1 & 2

Franck, C:

Prélude, Choral et Fugue M21 (1884)

(arr. Pierné)

Rédemption ­ Symphonic Interlude (excerpt)

Psyche Suite (excerpt)

Symphony in D minor

Glazunov:

Scènes de Ballet in A

Gluck:

Overture: Iphigénie en Aulide

Gretry:

Céphale et Procris - Suite

Haydn:

Symphony No. 8 in G major 'Le Soir'

Liszt:

Les Préludes, symphonic poem No. 3, S97

Hungarian Rhapsody, S244 No. 2 in C sharp minor

Massenet:

Phedre

Mendelssohn:

Hebrides Overture, Op. 26

Symphony No. 4 in A major, Op. 90 'Italian'

Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95

Messiaen:

L'Ascension (Quatre meditations pour l'orchestre)

Mozart:

Don Giovanni, K527 Overture

Die Zauberflöte, K620 Overture

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384 Overture

Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'

Piano Concerto in A major (excerpt)

W. Kapell (piano)

Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

Nicolai, C O:

Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor overture

Rachmaninov:

Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27

Respighi:

Fountains of Rome

Rimsky Korsakov:

Christmas Eve Suite

Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36

Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34

Rossini:

L'italiana in Algeri Overture

Guillaume Tell Overture

Schubert:

Fantasie in C major, D760 'Wanderer'

Lili Kraus

Schumann:

Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

Sibelius:

Valse Triste, Op. 44 No. 1

Pohjola's Daughter, Op. 49

Sousa:

The Stars and Stripes Forever

Strauss, R:

Don Juan, Op. 20

Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28

Der Rosenkavalier - Suite

Tchaikovsky:

Romeo & Juliet: Fantasy Overture

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor Op. 23 : Allergo non troppo e molto maestoso - Allergo con spirito

Cherkassky

Thomas, Ambroise:

Mignon : Overture

Wagner:

Parsifal (excerpts)

Die Meistersinger excerpts

Der Fliegende Holländer (highlights)

Tristan und Isolde (excerpts)

Der Ring des Nibelungen (excerpts)

Rienzi Overture

Tannhäuser - Overture

Walton:

Façade - Ballet Suite

Weber:

Euryanthe Overture


The Standard Symphony Orchestra (San Francisco), Pierre Monteux

CDs 1-10 previously issued on Music & Arts set CD978 (deleted); CDs 11-13 previously unissued, contains nearly 4 hours of new material

Music & Arts - MACD1192

(CD - 13 discs)

£93.99 (£79.99 ex. VAT)

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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)

Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle

Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

Poèmes pour Mi, books 1 & 2 (complete)

Maria Oràn (soprano), Yvonne Loriod (piano)

Le Banquet Céleste

Marie-Claire Alain (organ)

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

On Yvonne Loriod’s piano performances on these CDs: “…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, on the piano works in this edition)

Warner Classics - 2564621622

(CD - 18 discs)

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Special: £39.99 (£34.03 ex. VAT)

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