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Messiaen: Livre du Saint Sacrement

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Composer
MESSIAEN, OLIVIER
Artist
Colin Andrews
Format
CD
Label
Loft
Released
Nov 11, 2016
Catalog #
LRCD-1152-53
UPC
617145115225

About

The “Livre du Saint Sacrement” is a summation of Messiaen’s musical and theological persona, a statement of faith and a profound summary of his entire organ “oeuvres.” In this work he employs the significant compositional techniques of his life’s work as an organ composer: modes of limited transposition as the basis for his harmonies, Hindu rhythms, Greek rhythms, plainsong, birdsong, “communicable language,” and serialism. As always these compositional elements are used to explore the mysteries of Christian faith, in this, his most massive work. Born in Avignon to Pierre Messiaen, a Shakespeare scholar, and the poet Cecile Sauvage, Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) exhibited a rare musical talent from an early age. He was admitted to the Paris Conservatory at age eleven, where he won five First Prizes- notably in classes with Marcel Dupre, Maurice Emmanuel, and Paul Dukas. In 1930, he was appointed Organiste Titulaire of Sainte Trinite Church in Paris, a position he held until the early 1970s. At the outbreak of WWII, he became a French army hospital attendance, and in 1941 was taken prisoner and held in a POW camp in Silesia (where he composed Quartet for the End of Time). Upon his repatriation in 1942, he was appointed professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatory. During his lifetime, Messiaen was famed as an organist and pianist and frequently performed his own difficult compositions in concerts around the world. Colin Andrews is an internationally famous concert artist, with extensive experience in the music of Messiaen. One of only four organists to have recorded Messiaen’s complete organ works, Andrews was recently named “Membre d’Honneur” of the Association Grand Orgue Trinite Messiaen, based at Messiaen’s church in Paris.

Tracklist 18 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Adoro te (I Adore Thee) 03:44
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Adoro te (I Adore Thee)
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  3. 2 II. La Source de Vie (The Source of Life) 03:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. La Source de Vie (The Source of Life)
    Duration
    03:39
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  4. 3 III. Le Dieu cache (The Hidden God) 06:58
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Le Dieu cache (The Hidden God)
    Duration
    06:58
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  5. 4 IV. Acte de Foi (Act of Faith) 03:05
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Acte de Foi (Act of Faith)
    Duration
    03:05
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  6. 5 V. Puer natus est nobis (Unto Us a Child is Born) 06:05
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Puer natus est nobis (Unto Us a Child is Born)
    Duration
    06:05
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  7. 6 VI. La manne et le pain de Vie (Manna and the Bread of Life) 10:55
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. La manne et le pain de Vie (Manna and the Bread of Life)
    Duration
    10:55
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  8. 7 VII. Les ressuscites et la lumiere de Vie (The Risen and the Light of Life) 04:32
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Les ressuscites et la lumiere de Vie (The Risen and the Light of Life)
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  9. 8 VIII. Institution de l'Eucharistie (Institution of the Eucharist) 05:26
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Institution de l'Eucharistie (Institution of the Eucharist)
    Duration
    05:26
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  10. 9 IX. Les ténèbres (The Darkness) 03:57
    Track
    9
    Title
    IX. Les ténèbres (The Darkness)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  11. 10 X. La Réssurection du Christ (The Resurrection of Christ) 04:00
    Track
    10
    Title
    X. La Réssurection du Christ (The Resurrection of Christ)
    Duration
    04:00
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  12. 11 XI. L'apparition du Christ ressuscite a Marie-Madeleine (The Risen Christ Appears to Mary Magdalene) 14:54
    Track
    11
    Title
    XI. L'apparition du Christ ressuscite a Marie-Madeleine (The Risen Christ Appears to Mary Magdalene)
    Duration
    14:54
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  13. Disc 2
  14. 1 XII. La Transsubstantiation (The Transubstantiation) 07:05
    Track
    1
    Title
    XII. La Transsubstantiation (The Transubstantiation)
    Duration
    07:05
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  15. 2 XIII. Les deux murailles d'eau (The Two Walls of Water) 07:27
    Track
    2
    Title
    XIII. Les deux murailles d'eau (The Two Walls of Water)
    Duration
    07:27
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  16. 3 XIV. Prière avant la communion (Prayer Before Communion) 05:49
    Track
    3
    Title
    XIV. Prière avant la communion (Prayer Before Communion)
    Duration
    05:49
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  17. 4 XV. La joie de la grâce (The Joy of Grace) 05:54
    Track
    4
    Title
    XV. La joie de la grâce (The Joy of Grace)
    Duration
    05:54
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  18. 5 XVI. Prière après la communion (Prayer After Communion) 07:19
    Track
    5
    Title
    XVI. Prière après la communion (Prayer After Communion)
    Duration
    07:19
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  19. 6 XVII. La Présence multiplée (The Multiple Presence) 03:14
    Track
    6
    Title
    XVII. La Présence multiplée (The Multiple Presence)
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews
  20. 7 XVIII. Offrande et alleluia final (Offering and Final Alleluia) 08:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    XVIII. Offrande et alleluia final (Offering and Final Alleluia)
    Duration
    08:06
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Colin Andrews