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Canyons Aux Etoiles
 
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Canyons Aux Etoiles

~ O. Messiaen (Artist)
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Disc: 1
1. Le disert
2. Les Orioles
3. Ce qui est icrit sur les Etoiles
4. Le Cossyphe d'Heuglin
5. Cedar Breaks et le Don de Crainte
6. Appel insterstellaire
7. Bryce Canyon et les Rochers rouge-orange
Disc: 2
1. Les Ressuscitis et le Chant de l'Etoile Aldibaran
2. Le Moqueur polyglotte
3. La Grive des bois
4. Omao, leiothrix, elepaio, shama
5. Zion Park et la Citi cileste

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Le pianiste français a achevé l'intégrale de la musique pour piano de Messiaen, une première mondiale d'une qualité exemplaire. Il rejoint ici l'Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France sous la direction de son chef, Myung-Whun Chung, ainsi que le corniste Jean-Jaccques Justafré. Des Canyons aux étoiles est une partition monumentale, rarement donnée. Elle fut commandée à Messiaen afin de célébrer le bicentenaire des États-Unis. Achevée en 1974, l'œuvre part de l'idée que la musique s'élève des canyons jusqu'à Dieu, multipliant les couleurs les plus brillantes ainsi que les chants d'oiseaux qui n'auront cessé de traverser toute la musique du compositeur. La vision de Chung et des solistes illumine les douze tableaux de cette pièce avec une mise en place fascinante. C'est un véritable bain sonore, une radiographie de nuances dont Chung met en valeur le maximum de détails, refusant d'accélérer le mouvement dans une surenchère d'effets. --Étienne Bertoli

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5.0 out of 5 stars Just Explore, Jun 24 2003
By H. Granot (Ein Dor, Israel) - See all my reviews
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Messiaen's Des canyons aux etoiles... is wonderful piece of music but is also a challenging one. You must be patience and attentive to every whisper, although I find myself swiftly hypnotized. Written for solo piano, horn, xylorimba, glockenspiel and large chamber ensemble the work conveys a feeling of spirituality and timeless. The work has twelve movements arranged into three sections comprised of five movements, two movements and five. Each part concluding with a visit to a specific site in Utah.

Myung-Whun Chung is maybe today greatest interpretations of Messiaen. The Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra has all the virtuosity and the talent to brings to life Messiaen's sound world. Roger Muraro (Piano) and Jean-Jacques Justafre (Horn) also makes an impressive listening in their parts. This is one of the essential releases of Messiaen this year and maybe ever.

Deutsche Grammophon beautifully printed booklet includes a number of Quotations under every movement title. The first movement titled "the Desert" bring a quote by the philosopher Ernest Hello which I found all the meanings of Messiaen's music. It says "He who is to be found in vast: one must discard everything in order to take the first steps towards him... Go deep into the Desert of Deserts..."

Buy this CD and get lost in the desert...

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