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Messiaen - Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Theme & Variations | Harmonia Mundi - HM Gold HMG501987

Messiaen - Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Theme & Variations

Label: Harmonia Mundi - HM Gold

Cat No: HMG501987

Barcode: 3149020198711

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 7th July 2017

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Inspired by the Book of Revelation, this infamous quartet for piano, violin, cello and clarinet was scored for the instruments played by musicians who were Messiaen’s fellow captives in a prisoner-of-war camp in 1941. Created in exceptionally testing conditions, it sums up the composer’s experiments and innovations and opened the gates to a new music, and earned the quartet its special place as a masterpiece.

“The Trio Wanderer, with clarinettist Pascal Moraguès, strikes a near-ideal balance between modern ‘cool’ and
espressivo inflection, well matched by crystal-clear engineering.”
- The Strad

“The spiritual dimension [in Quatuor pour la fin du temps] is well projected, especially in the long string lines of the two ‘Louange’ movements, but there could be more freedom and risk-taking in the more energetic music. Clarinettist Pascal Moraguès’s tone is rather rough, though the player shows impressive control in the solo ‘Abîme des oiseaux’. Violinist Jean-Marc Phillips-Varjabédian and pianist Vincent Coq make a convincing case for the early Theme and Variations.” - The Telegraph, 19 July 2008

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