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Messiaen: Meditations sur le Mystere de la Sainte Trinite / Winpenny
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Messiaen: Meditations sur le Mystere de la Sainte Trinite / Winpenny

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Details

Composer
MESSIAEN, OLIVIER
Artist
Tom Winpenny
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Aug 09, 2019
Catalog #
8573979
UPC
747313397976

About

Olivier Messiaen’s Meditations sur le Mystere de la Sainte Trinite grew out of improvisations that he performed at the inauguration of the rebuilt organ of La Trinite in 1967. It became his largest cycle to date and marks Messiaen’s first use of ‘communicable language,’ in which each letter of the alphabet is assigned a unique pitch and note value, thereby translating text into music. Haunting harmonies, awe-inspiring monumental grandeur and the deepest profundity of expression are contrasted by the innocence of birdsong with the recurrent call of the yellowhammer, a tranquil voice from nature amid kaleidoscopic Biblical themes.

Tracklist 9 tracks

  1. 1 I. Le Père inengendré (The Father unbegotten) 08:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Le Père inengendré (The Father unbegotten)
    Duration
    08:57
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Tom Winpenny
  2. 2 II. La Sainteté de Jésus-Christ (The holiness of Jesus Christ) 10:52
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. La Sainteté de Jésus-Christ (The holiness of Jesus Christ)
    Duration
    10:52
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Tom Winpenny
  3. 3 III. La Relation réelle en Dieu est réellement identique à l'Essence (The genuine relation in God is truly identical to his essence) 02:54
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. La Relation réelle en Dieu est réellement identique à l'Essence (The genuine relation in God is truly identical to his essence)
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Tom Winpenny
  4. 4 IV. Je suis, je suis! (I am, I am!) 06:31
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Je suis, je suis! (I am, I am!)
    Duration
    06:31
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Tom Winpenny
  5. 5 V. Dieu est immense, éternel, immuable - Le souffle de l'Esprit - Dieu est Amour (God is immense, eternal, unchanging - The Breath of the Spirit - God is Love) 10:41
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Dieu est immense, éternel, immuable - Le souffle de l'Esprit - Dieu est Amour (God is immense, eternal, unchanging - The Breath of the Spirit - God is Love)
    Duration
    10:41
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Tom Winpenny
  6. 6 VI. Le Fils, Verbe et Lumière (The Son, Word and Light) 08:00
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Le Fils, Verbe et Lumière (The Son, Word and Light)
    Duration
    08:00
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Tom Winpenny
  7. 7 VII. Le Père et le Fils aiment, par le Saint-Esprit, eux-mêmes et nous (The Father and the Son love themselves and us through the Holy Spirit) 06:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Le Père et le Fils aiment, par le Saint-Esprit, eux-mêmes et nous (The Father and the Son love themselves and us through the Holy Spirit)
    Duration
    06:19
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Tom Winpenny
  8. 8 VIII. Dieu est simple (God is unique) 08:49
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Dieu est simple (God is unique)
    Duration
    08:49
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Tom Winpenny
  9. 9 IX. Je suis Celui qui suis (I am that I am) 10:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    IX. Je suis Celui qui suis (I am that I am)
    Duration
    10:44
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Tom Winpenny