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Homage a Messiaen | Deutsche Grammophon 4777452

Homage a Messiaen

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Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Cat No: 4777452

Barcode: 0028947774525

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 13th October 2008

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Penguin Guide 4 stars Gramophone Editor's Choice

Contents

Works

Messiaen
8 Preludes

Messiaen
Catalogue d’oiseaux

Messiaen
Etudes de rythme

Artists

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

Works

Messiaen
8 Preludes

Messiaen
Catalogue d’oiseaux

Messiaen
Etudes de rythme

Artists

Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)

About

Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s tribute to Olivier Messiaen. Aimard has a strong personal connection to Messiaen: he studied piano with the composer’s wife Yvonne Loriod from the age of twelve and won the Messiaen Competition in 1973. He has been a champion of Messiaen’s music throughout his career, one of the few pianists to keep this repertoire alive in the concert hall and bring new admirers to it.

For this anniversary album, Aimard has selected the early 8 Préludes (1928–29), the tense Quatre Études de rythme (1949–50) and excerpts from the cycle Catalogue d’oiseaux (1956–58), showcasing the broad spectrum of Messiaen’s piano works. Aimard is widely acknowledged as being the pre-eminent interpreter of contemporary music with links to many of the greatest masters of our age, among them Boulez, Carter and Ligeti.

Aimard's readings have indisputable authority because of his personal association with the composer.

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