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Les yeux clos

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Details

Composer
Olivier Messiaen, Toru Takemitsu
Artist
Sanna Vaarni
Format
CD
Label
Stradivarius
Released
Feb 07, 2025
Catalog #
STR37304
UPC
8011570373045

About

The pieces in this recording belong to Messiaen's first compositional period, from the 1940s to the early 1950s. The music of O. Messiaen had a major influence on the Japanese composer Toru Takemitsu (Tokyo, 1930 ibid., 1996). Raised in militaristic Japan during the Second World War (at just 14 years old, in anticipation of an American invasion, he was drafted into the Japanese army), Takemitsu initially had a sort of rejection of the culture and philosophy of his own country and instead showed great interest in the various musical trends of the Western avant-gardes, especially French. The pieces in this recording cover a compositional span of about fifty years.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 Les yeux clos 06:46
    Track
    1
    Title
    Les yeux clos
    Duration
    06:46
    Composer
    Tōru Takemitsu
    Performer
    Sanna Vaarni
  2. 2 No. 1. Île de feu I 02:13
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 1. Île de feu I
    Duration
    02:13
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Sanna Vaarni
  3. 3 No. 4. Île de feu II 04:41
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 4. Île de feu II
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Sanna Vaarni
  4. 4 Ame no ki sobyo (Rain Tree Sketch) 03:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    Ame no ki sobyo (Rain Tree Sketch)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Tōru Takemitsu
    Performer
    Sanna Vaarni
  5. 5 Rondeau 02:38
    Track
    5
    Title
    Rondeau
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Sanna Vaarni
  6. 6 For away 06:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    For away
    Duration
    06:00
    Composer
    Tōru Takemitsu
    Performer
    Sanna Vaarni
  7. 7 No. 13. Noël 04:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 13. Noël
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Sanna Vaarni
  8. 8 No. 15. Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus 12:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 15. Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus
    Duration
    12:18
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Sanna Vaarni
  9. 9 I. Adagio (con rubato) 04:32
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Adagio (con rubato)
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Tōru Takemitsu
    Performer
    Sanna Vaarni
  10. 10 II. Lento misterioso 05:12
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Lento misterioso
    Duration
    05:12
    Composer
    Tōru Takemitsu
    Performer
    Sanna Vaarni
  11. 11 No. 12. La Parole Toute-Puissante 02:33
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 12. La Parole Toute-Puissante
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Sanna Vaarni
  12. 12 No. 11. Première Communion de la Vierge 08:06
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 11. Première Communion de la Vierge
    Duration
    08:06
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Sanna Vaarni
  13. 13 Ame no ki sobyo II (Rain Tree Sketch II), "In memoriam Olivier Messiaen" 04:00
    Track
    13
    Title
    Ame no ki sobyo II (Rain Tree Sketch II), "In memoriam Olivier Messiaen"
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Tōru Takemitsu
    Performer
    Sanna Vaarni