Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time - Murail: Stalag VIIIA / Het Collectief

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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...
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 Collectif 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 VIIIa, composed by Tristan Murail, whose title refers to Olivier Messiaen's place of detention in Görlitz in 1940, completes this programme.


Product Description:


  • Release Date: December 22, 2023


  • UPC: 3701624510483


  • Catalog Number: ALPHA1048


  • Label: Alpha


  • Number of Discs: 1


  • Period: 20th Century


  • Composer: Olivier Messiaen, Tristan Murail


  • Orchestra/Ensemble: Het Collectief


  • Performer: Het Collectief