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Cantaloupe Music

Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps

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Details

Composer
Olivier Messiaen
Artist
Anzu Quartet
Format
CD
Label
Cantaloupe Music
Released
Feb 20, 2026
Catalog #
CA21213
UPC
713746321321

About

Widely regarded among the most important chamber works of the 20th century, Olivier Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du temps is a world within itself, a profound rumination on the concept of eternity - and, owing to it's legendary and mythical stature as a work of resistance, an integral part of the European classical standard repertoire for several generations. As such, the Quatuor is still the oldest piece in the repertoire of New York's Anzû Quartet, whose members - Olivia de Prato (violin), Ashley Bathgate (cello), Ken Thomson (clarinet), and Karl Larson (piano) - view the work as a catalyst for much of the contemporary music they perform today. Inspired by the lauded 1976 recording by the TASHI quartet, the group follows in some giant footsteps while digging deep into the original score with a renewed sense of rhythmic vitality, seeking to render Messiaen's pivotal work as powerful today as it was when he first composed it as a prisoner of war in 1940-41.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Liturgie de cristal (Crystal Liturgy) 02:41
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Liturgie de cristal (Crystal Liturgy)
    Duration
    02:41
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Ensemble
    Anzû Quartet
  2. 2 II. Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps (Vocalise, for the Angel Announcing the End of Time) 05:21
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps (Vocalise, for the Angel Announcing the End of Time)
    Duration
    05:21
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Ensemble
    Anzû Quartet
  3. 3 III. Abîme des oiseaux (The Abyss of the Birds) 07:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Abîme des oiseaux (The Abyss of the Birds)
    Duration
    07:03
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Ensemble
    Anzû Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Intermède (Interlude) 01:38
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Intermède (Interlude)
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Ensemble
    Anzû Quartet
  5. 5 V. Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus (Praise to the Eternity of Jesus) 10:13
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus (Praise to the Eternity of Jesus)
    Duration
    10:13
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Ensemble
    Anzû Quartet
  6. 6 VI. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes (Dance of Wrath, for the Seven Trumpets) 05:55
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes (Dance of Wrath, for the Seven Trumpets)
    Duration
    05:55
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Ensemble
    Anzû Quartet
  7. 7 VII. Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps (Tangle of Rainbows, for the Angel Announcing the End of Time) 07:30
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps (Tangle of Rainbows, for the Angel Announcing the End of Time)
    Duration
    07:30
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Ensemble
    Anzû Quartet
  8. 8 VIII. Louange à l'immortalité de Jésus (In Praise of the Immortality of Jesus) 06:50
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Louange à l'immortalité de Jésus (In Praise of the Immortality of Jesus)
    Duration
    06:50
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Ensemble
    Anzû Quartet