FREE UK SHIPPING OVER £30!

Messiaen - Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Murail - Stalag VIII-A | Alpha ALPHA1048

Messiaen - Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Murail - Stalag VIII-A

£13.88

In stock - available for despatch within 1 working day

Label: Alpha

Cat No: ALPHA1048

Barcode: 3701624510483

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 8th December 2023

Contents

About

Olivier Messiaen composed his eight-movement Quartet for the End of Time in 1940 while imprisoned in Germany. He drew his inspiration from the Apocalypse written by Saint John the Evangelist, one of the few works he was allowed to keep in the camp. Het Collectief explores this work, never forgetting that it was at the heart of this harsh winter of war, in a context of misfortune, confinement and deprivation, that Messiaen had an angel speak, promising paradise and the end of time... Stalag VIII-A, composed by Tristan Murail, whose title refers to Olivier Messiaen's place of detention in Görlitz in 1940, completes this programme.

Error on this page? Let us know here

Need more information on this product? Click here