Messiaen: Les corps glorieux & Messe de la Pentecote / Winpenny

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Label
Naxos
Release Date
June 9, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MESSIAEN, OLIVIER
    • PERFORMER
      Tom Winpenny
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 09, 2017
    • UPC
      747313368273
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573682
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Subtilité des Corps glorieux (Subtlety of the Glorified Bodies)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    2. II. Les Eaux de la Grâce (The Waters of Grace)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    3. III. L'Ange aux parfums (The Angel of Incense)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    4. IV. Combat de la Mort et de la Vie (Battle between Death and Life)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    5. V. Force et Agilité des Corps glorieux (Strength and Agility of the Glorified Bodies)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    6. VI. Joie et Clarté des Corps glorieux (Joy and Brightness of the Glorified Bodies)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    7. VII. Le Mystère de la Sainte-Trinité (The Mystery of the Holy Trinity)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    8. Entrée: Les langues de feu (Introit: The Tongues of Fire)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    9. Offertoire: Les choses visibles et invisibles (Offertory: The Things Visible and Invisible)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    10. Consécration: Le don de Sagesse (Consecration: The Gift of Wisdom)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    11. Communion: Les oiseaux et les sources (Communion: The Birds and the Springs of Water)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny

    12. Sortie: Le vent de l'Esprit (Recessional: The Wind of the Spirit)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Tom Winpenny


Olivier Messiaen was a towering figure in twentieth-century music, and for many years he considered Les Corps glorieux the favorite of his own works. It is recognized as the pinnacle of his pre-war organ compositions, vividly depicting the themes of resurrection through deeply expressive symbolism, life and death struggles and ecstatic joy. Ten years later the Messe de la Pentecote marked a departure in style, drawing on Messiaen’s liturgical improvisations and crystallizing his latest rhythmic and serial techniques and use of birdsong into a ground-breaking masterpiece. Organist Tom Winpenny is Assistant Master of the Music at St. Albans Cathedral, where he accompanies the daily choral services and directs the Abbey Girls Choir. Previously, he served as sub-organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral, London. He is also musical director of the London Pro Arte Choir. He has broadcast frequently on BBC Radio and featured on American Public Media’s Pipedreams. He was organ scholar at King’s College, Cambridge, graduating with a music degree, and twice accompanying the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, broadcast worldwide. As a soloist, he has performed in the USA, Europe, and throughout Britain. His wide-ranging discography includes music by Mozart, Liszt, John McCabe, and John Joubert.