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The Messiaen celebrations come to an overwhelming climax with this superb 32-CD set of his complete works. The limited edition, from Deutsche Grammophon, is a one-of-a kind deluxe edition, including a 400-page booklet in English and French with the complete sung texts and libretto. Includes the solo piano works with Roger Muraro (7 CDs); the organ works with Olivier Latry (6 CDs); Orchestral and Choral works with Myung-Whun Chung and Pierre Boulez, with Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Yvonne Loriod as soloists (ca. 10 CDs); the opera Saint François d'Assise directed by Kent Nagano (4 CDs); chamber works with Daniel Barenboim, Gidon Kremer, Martha Argerich and Daniel Hope; vocal works with Noelle Barker. The crowning gem of this box set is a performance of the two piano Visions de l'Amen with Olivier Messiaen and Yvonne Loriod, recorded in Paris in 1962. Recorded especially for this edition: Trois petites liturgies de la Présence Divine, Couleurs de la Cité Céleste and the rare Hymne (1932) with Myung-Whun Chung; the recently discovered Fantaisie for violin and piano with Daniel Hope. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, John Alldis Choir, Martha Argerich, Daniel Barenboïm, Noelle Barker, Pierre Boulez/ The Cleveland Orchestra, Catherine Cantin, The artists: Riccardo Chailly/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung/Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio- France & Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Catherine Cournot, José van Dam, Sir Andrew Davis/BBC Chorus and Orchestra, Guy Deplus, Georges Guest/Saint John's College, Jay Gottlieb, Heinz Holliger, Daniel Hope, Joela Jones, Jean-Paul Kreder/Ensemble Le Madrigal, Gidon Kremer, Hervé Lamy, Christian Lardé, Olivier Latry, Jeanne Loriod/ Sextuor d'ondes, Sylvia McNair, Maîtrise de Radio-France, Nathalie Manfrino, Olivier Messiaen, Chris Merritt, Yvonne Loriod, Roger Muraro, Kent Nagano/Hallé Orchestra, Yumi Nara, Françoise Pollet, Karl Anton Rickenbacher/ Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin, Quatuor Rosemonde, Mstislav Rostropovich, Robert Sherlaw Johnson, Albert Tétard, Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Dawn Upshaw, Marie Vermeulin, Luben Yordanof.
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Manufacturer: | Deutsche Grammophon |
Part Number: | 028948013333 |
Publisher: | Deutsche Grammophon |
Studio: | Deutsche Grammophon |
MPN: | 028948013333 |
UPC: | 028948013333 |
EAN: | 0028948013333 |
Item Weight: | 2.17 pounds |
Item Size: | 5.67 x 3.5 x 3.5 inches |
Package Weight: | 2.07 pounds |
Package Size: | 5.35 x 3.39 x 3.39 inches |
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