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DES CANYONS AUX ETOILES

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Artist
MESSIAEN / LONDON PHILHARMONIC ORCH / ESCHENBACH
Format
CD
Label
LPO
Released
Mar 10, 2015
Catalog #
LPO83.2
UPC
854990001833

About

• Commissioned to celebrate the bicentenary of the United States Declaration of Independence, Olivier Messiaen's Des canyons aux etoiles (From the Canyons to the Stars) was inspired by the composer's tours around Utah's magnificent landscapes. • The work's unusual instrumentation creates a texture that evokes the majesty and loneliness of the landscape, as well as it's inhabitant birds with astonishing effect. • This recording presents a rare opportunity to hear a work not available extensively on record and infrequently performed live. • Recorded in concert at Royal Festival Hall on 2 November 2013, as part of Southbank Centre's The Rest Is Noise year-long festival of 20th c. music, inspired by Alex Ross's bestselling book of the same name. • Christoph Eschenbach, a champion of 20th - 21st c. music, has gained a reputation as a key interpreter of more unusual and challenging works. • Pianist Tzimon Barto is one of America's foremost pianists, and has enjoyed a close musical collaboration with Christoph Eschenbach for 25 years. • "... it's the teeming richness of the whole that overwhelms, and Eschenbach and his players had the measure of the music's vast perspectives." (Evening Standard)

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Le desert 04:29
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Le desert
    Duration
    04:29
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    John Ryan, Andrew Barclay, Erika Öhman, Tzimon Barto
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph Eschenbach
  3. 2 II. Les orioles 06:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Les orioles
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Andrew Barclay, Erika Öhman, Tzimon Barto
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph Eschenbach
  4. 3 III. Ce qui est ecrit sur les etoiles 07:21
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Ce qui est ecrit sur les etoiles
    Duration
    07:21
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    John Ryan, Andrew Barclay, Erika Öhman, Tzimon Barto
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph Eschenbach
  5. 4 IV. Le cossyphe d'Heuglin 04:26
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Le cossyphe d'Heuglin
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Tzimon Barto
  6. 5 V. Cedar Breaks et le don de crainte 08:24
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Cedar Breaks et le don de crainte
    Duration
    08:24
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Andrew Barclay, Erika Öhman, Tzimon Barto
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph Eschenbach
  7. 6 VI. Appel interstellaire 04:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Appel interstellaire
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    John Ryan
  8. 7 VII. Bryce Canyon et les rochers rouge-orange 15:00
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Bryce Canyon et les rochers rouge-orange
    Duration
    15:00
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Andrew Barclay, Erika Öhman, Tzimon Barto
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph Eschenbach
  9. Disc 2
  10. 1 VIII. Les ressuscites et le chant de l'etoile Aldebaran 11:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    VIII. Les ressuscites et le chant de l'etoile Aldebaran
    Duration
    11:57
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Erika Öhman, Tzimon Barto
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph Eschenbach
  11. 2 IX. Le moqueur polyglotte 11:18
    Track
    2
    Title
    IX. Le moqueur polyglotte
    Duration
    11:18
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Tzimon Barto
  12. 3 X. La grive des bois 04:33
    Track
    3
    Title
    X. La grive des bois
    Duration
    04:33
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Andrew Barclay, Erika Öhman, Tzimon Barto
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph Eschenbach
  13. 4 XI. Omao, Leiothrix, Elepaio, Shama 09:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    XI. Omao, Leiothrix, Elepaio, Shama
    Duration
    09:52
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Andrew Barclay, Erika Öhman, Tzimon Barto
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph Eschenbach
  14. 5 XII. Zion Park et la Cite Celeste 11:37
    Track
    5
    Title
    XII. Zion Park et la Cite Celeste
    Duration
    11:37
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Andrew Barclay, Erika Öhman, Tzimon Barto
    Ensemble
    London Philharmonic Orchestra
    Conductor
    Christoph Eschenbach