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Myung-Whun Chung conducts Messiaen | Deutsche Grammophon 4777944

Myung-Whun Chung conducts Messiaen

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Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Cat No: 4777944

Barcode: 0028947779445

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Release Date: 6th October 2008

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Penguin Guide 4 stars

Contents

Artists

Roger Muraro (piano)
Valerie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martenot)
Helene Collerette (violon solo)
Catherine Cournot (piano)
Maitrise de Radio France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Conductor

Myung-Whun Chung

Works

Messiaen, Olivier

Couleurs de la Cite Celeste
Hymne au Saint-Sacrement
Petites Liturgies de la Presence Divine (3)

Artists

Roger Muraro (piano)
Valerie Hartmann-Claverie (ondes martenot)
Helene Collerette (violon solo)
Catherine Cournot (piano)
Maitrise de Radio France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Conductor

Myung-Whun Chung

About

DG presents this new recording of rarely heard spiritual works of the beloved French composer Olivier Messiaen. Religiosity and Catholicism have been important sources of inspiration for Messiaen throughout his artistic life and form the key aspect of the repertoire selected for this album.

The Trois Petites Liturgies for piano, ondes martenot, choir and orchestra were premiered in occupied Paris in 1943, and received highest praise by Jean Cocteau, Francis Poulenc and Arthur Honegger among others. With the aim of bringing “a kind of organized act of praise into the concert room” Messiaen achieved one of his most colourful and enduring works up to that point – he himself described the music as “nothing but an act of love”.

With Hymne au Saint-Sacrement of 1932 and Couleurs de la Cité Céleste, the album forms a triplet of rarely heard religious music by one of the predominant French composers of the 20th century.

Myung-Whun Chung is known as one of today's most accomplished conductors when it comes to the works of Olivier Messiaen; most notably in 1994 he gave the world première performance of Messiaen’s Concert à quatre, which was dedicated to Chung by the composer. Chung has produced a strong back-catalogue of Messiaen recordings on DG with almost each and every recording garnering international awards, including a Grammy in 1995.

Contents:
Trois Petites Liturgies de la présence divine
[1] I. Antienne de la conversation intérieure (Dieu présent en nous...)
"Mon Jésus, mon royaume de silence"
[2] II. Séquence du verbe, cantique divin (Dieu présent en lui-mミme...)
"Il est parti le Bien-Aimé"
[3] III. Psalmodie de l'ubiquité par amour (Dieu présent en toutes choses...)
"Tout entier en tous lieux"

Roger Muraro, piano / Valérie Hartmann-Claverie, ondes martenot / Hélène Collerette, violon solo
Maîtrise de Radio France
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Myung-Whun Chung

[4] Couleurs de la cité céleste
Catherine Cournot, piano
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Myung-Whun Chung

[5] Hymne pour grand orchestre
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Myung-Whun Chung

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