Messiaen: Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps / Widmann, Altstaedt, Lonquich

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Orfeo
Release Date
January 29, 2013
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MESSIAEN, OLIVIER
    • PERFORMER
      J., Altstaedt, Lonquich, C., Widmann, Widmann
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      January 29, 2013
    • UPC
      4011790840123
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      ORF-C840121B
    • LABEL
      Orfeo
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Liturgie de cristal (Crystal Liturgy)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Jörg Widmann, Carolin Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    2. II. Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps (Vocalise, for the Angel Announcing the End of Time)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Jörg Widmann, Carolin Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    3. III. Abîme des oiseaux (The Abyss of the Birds)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Jörg Widmann, Carolin Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    4. IV. Intermède (Interlude)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Jörg Widmann, Carolin Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    5. V. Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus (Praise to the Eternity of Jesus)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Jörg Widmann, Carolin Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    6. VI. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes (Dance of Wrath, for the Seven Trumpets)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Jörg Widmann, Carolin Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    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)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Jörg Widmann, Carolin Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich

    8. VIII. Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus (In Praise of the Immortality of Jesus)

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Jörg Widmann, Carolin Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt, Alexander Lonquich


In 2008, Carolin Widmann, Jörg Widmann, Nicolas Altstaedt and Alexander Lonquich performed Olivier Messiaen's Quartet for the end of time for violin, clarinet, cello and piano with the seriousness of spirit and subtle understatement that the work requires. Composed in 1940 in a German prisoner-of-war camp, Messiaen here reached a pinnacle of his composing career at the age of just 31. In this work he conveys to his listeners his spiritual interpretation of (musical) time and plays of colour. With these four exceptional chamber musicians, all masters of their art, the Salzburg Festival was treated to an exemplary performance of this work.