Olivier Messiaen: Turangalila-Symphonie
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Composer: Olivier MessiaenConductor: Myung-Whun Chung
Orchestra: Bastille Opera Orchestra
Performer: Yvonne Loriod
Performer: Jeanne Loriod
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1992-05-12
Music Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Soundtracks:
- Turangalila-Symphonie: I. Introduction - Modere, un peu vif
- Turangalila-Symphonie: II: Chant d'amour 1 - Modere, lourd
- Turangalila-Symphonie: III. Turangalila 1 - Presque lent, reveur
- Turangalila-Symphonie: IV. Chant d'amour 2 - Bien modere
- Turangalila-Symphonie: V. Joie du sang des etoiles - Vif, passionne, avec joie
- Turangalila-Symphonie: VI. Jardin du sommeil d'amour - Tres modere, tres tendre
- Turangalila-Symphonie: VII. Turangalila 2 - Un peu vif - Bien modere
- Turangalila-Symphonie: VIII. Diveloppement de l'amour - Bien modere
- Turangalila-Symphonie: IX. Turangalila 3 - Bien modere
- Turangalila-Symphonie: X. Final - Modere, presque vif, avec une grande joie
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Free Music Review: Unique piece and well played
Hit: 5 Stars
One thing to keep in mind is that Messiaen has never really been the composer of easy listening. When listening to this piece, keep that in mind. His music is complex in its harmonies and its structures. This piece, written for piano and ondes Martenot soloists and orchestra, is a love song, as stated by the composer. You definitely get the feel for that as time progresses. The instrumentation is lush, and it is gorgeous. This recording is a great find because, not only was Messiaen present for the recording (stating that they recorded it almost exactly to his specifications), but the piano soloist is none other than the composer's wife and the one who premiered this work many years prior, Yvonne Loriod. You can feel the experience in her playing, as with the ondes soloist, Jeanne Loriod (Yvonne's sister). Though she is not the original soloist, she became such not too long after the work premiered, and is considered the leading scholar on this bizarre instrument. It adds a mystical quality to an already abstract work. A word of warning: you may fall in love with this odd instrument and want to learn to play (like I did), only to find it is not made anymore. Oh well. At least bask in the glory of this fine work, and enjoy one of Messiaen's most beloved works, sure to make your day.
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