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Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus
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Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus

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Composer
MESSIAEN, OLIVIER
Artist
Martin Helmchen
Format
CD
Label
Alpha
Released
Mar 15, 2019
Catalog #
ALPHA423
UPC
3760014194238

About

Composed in 1944 and first performed at the Salle Gaveau in Paris on 26 March 1945 by Yvonne Loriod, this is the second great pianistic cycle by Olivier Messiaen: a major work indeed, not only in the composer's oeuvre but in the entire repertoire for solo piano. As we know, it's origin is in the faith and spirituality of Olivier Messiaen, who described it as: 'The Contemplation of the Child-God in the cradle, and the gazes fixed upon Him: from the inexpressible Gaze of God the Father to the multiple Gaze of the Church of love, also taking in the unheard Gaze of the Spirit of joy, the tender Gaze of the Virgin, of the Angels, of the Magi, and of those creatures that are immaterial or symbolic (Time, Extreme Height, Silence, the Star, the Cross).' He continues: 'It is a complex of sounds destined for perpetual variations, pre-existing in the abstract as a series, but very concrete and easy to recognize by their colours: a steely grey-blue traversed by bright red and orange, a mauve-tinted violet spotted with leather-brown and encircled in deep purple.' The vision of this work transmitted by Martin Helmchen - a great piano virtuoso who is himself marked by a strong sense of spirituality - is another substantial contribution to the Messiaenic monument.

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 I. Regard du Père 08:02
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Regard du Père
    Duration
    08:02
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  2. 2 II. Regard de l'étoile 03:15
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Regard de l'étoile
    Duration
    03:15
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  3. 3 III. L'échange 03:45
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. L'échange
    Duration
    03:45
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  4. 4 IV. Regard de la Vierge 05:29
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Regard de la Vierge
    Duration
    05:29
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  5. 5 V. Regard du Fils sur le Fils 08:31
    Track
    5
    Title
    V. Regard du Fils sur le Fils
    Duration
    08:31
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  6. 6 VI. Par Lui tout a été fait 11:05
    Track
    6
    Title
    VI. Par Lui tout a été fait
    Duration
    11:05
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  7. 7 VII. Regard de la Croix 04:21
    Track
    7
    Title
    VII. Regard de la Croix
    Duration
    04:21
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  8. 8 VIII. Regard des hauteurs 02:39
    Track
    8
    Title
    VIII. Regard des hauteurs
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  9. 9 IX. Regard du temps 02:29
    Track
    9
    Title
    IX. Regard du temps
    Duration
    02:29
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  10. 10 X. Regard de l'Esprit de joie 08:56
    Track
    10
    Title
    X. Regard de l'Esprit de joie
    Duration
    08:56
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  11. 11 XI. Première communion de la Vierge 07:58
    Track
    11
    Title
    XI. Première communion de la Vierge
    Duration
    07:58
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  12. 12 XII. La parole toute puissante 02:39
    Track
    12
    Title
    XII. La parole toute puissante
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  13. 13 XIII. Noël 04:31
    Track
    13
    Title
    XIII. Noël
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  14. 14 XIV. Regard des Anges 05:19
    Track
    14
    Title
    XIV. Regard des Anges
    Duration
    05:19
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  15. 15 XV. Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus 11:37
    Track
    15
    Title
    XV. Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus
    Duration
    11:37
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  16. 16 XVI. Regard des prophètes, des bergers et des Mages 03:30
    Track
    16
    Title
    XVI. Regard des prophètes, des bergers et des Mages
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  17. 17 XVII. Regard du silence 05:36
    Track
    17
    Title
    XVII. Regard du silence
    Duration
    05:36
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  18. 18 XVIII. Regard de l'Onction terrible 06:59
    Track
    18
    Title
    XVIII. Regard de l'Onction terrible
    Duration
    06:59
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  19. 19 XIX. Je dors, mais mon cœur veille 09:57
    Track
    19
    Title
    XIX. Je dors, mais mon cœur veille
    Duration
    09:57
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen
  20. 20 XX. Regard de l'Église d'amour 13:35
    Track
    20
    Title
    XX. Regard de l'Église d'amour
    Duration
    13:35
    Composer
    Olivier Messiaen
    Performer
    Martin Helmchen