Messiaen: La Nativite Du Seigneur / Tom Winpenny

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
December 9, 2014
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MESSIAEN, OLIVIER
    • PERFORMER
      Tom Winpenny
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      December 09, 2014
    • UPC
      747313333271
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573332
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Instrumental
    Works ⌄

    1. I. La Vierge et l'Enfant (The Virgin and Child)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    2. II. Les bergers (The Shepherds)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    3. III. Desseins eternels (Eternal Purposes)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    4. IV. Le Verbe (The Word)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    5. V. Les enfants de Dieu (The Children of God)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    6. VI. Les anges (The Angels)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    7. VII. Jesus accepte la souffrance (Jesus accepts Suffering)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    8. VIII. Les mages (The Magi)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    9. IX. Dieu parmi nous (God among us)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny


Before he was thirty, Olivier Messiaen had written the work that established his worldwide reputation asa visionary composer for the organ, La Nativité du Seigneur (The Birth of the Saviour). A synthesis of hisinnovatory compositional style, it is rich in colourful harmonies and precisely noted but flexible rhythms,many derived from Hindu tâlas and from the metre of Gregorian chant. This musical commentary on theChristmas story is divided into nine movements evoking timeless grace, beauty, radiance, exhilaration,and majesty. Tom Winpenny is Assistant Master of the Music at St Albans Cathedral, the oldest site ofcontinuous Christian worship in Britain.