Messiaen: Vingt Regards Sur L´enfant-jesus / Pi-hsien Chen

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Label
Gramola Records
Release Date
February 12, 2021
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MESSIAEN, OLIVIER
    • PERFORMER
      Pi-Hsien Chen
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 12, 2021
    • UPC
      9003643980150
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GRAM98015
    • LABEL
      Gramola Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      2
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. Regard du Père

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    2. No. 2. Regard de l'étoile

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    3. No. 3. L'échange

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    4. No. 4. Regard de la Vierge

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    5. No. 5. Regard du Fils sur le Fils

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    6. No. 6. Par Lui tout à été fait

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    7. No. 7. Regard de la Croix

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    8. No. 8. Regard des hauteurs

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    9. No. 9. Regard du temps

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    10. No. 10. Regard de l'esprit de joie

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    11. No. 11. Première Communion de la Vierge

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    12. No. 12. La Parole Toute-Puissante

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    13. No. 13. Noël

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    14. No. 14. Regard des anges

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    15. No. 15. Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    16. No. 16. Regard des prophètes, des bergers et des mages

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    17. No. 17. Regard du silence

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    18. No. 18. Regard de l'onction terrible

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    19. No. 19. Je dors, mais mon coeur veille

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen

    20. No. 20. Regard de l'église d'Amour

      Composer: Olivier Messiaen

      Performer: Pi-hsien Chen


Olivier Messiaen's two-hour, 20-movement piano solo cycle on the Observations of the Child Jesus was written in 1944 after the 'Quatuor pour la fin tu temps' and the 'Visions de l'Amen‘ for 2 pianos and has established itself as one of the most significant piano works of the 20th century. Great pianists such as Anton Batagov and Martin Helmchen have documented outstanding performances of this extremely versatile cycle of musical offerings on recordings. Pi-hsien Chen recorded Messiaen's magnum opus for piano live for the West German Radio (WDR) in Cologne in 2005, which impressively testifies to her exceptional status in the contemporary repertoire. Her Schonberg, Boulez, Barraque, Stockhausen and Cage recordings are of almost intimidating sovereignty, flawless pianistic brilliance and sublime structural clarity, and thus at least as legendary as her playing of Bach, Scarlatti, Mozart, Beethoven or Schubert. Born in Taiwan, the pianist has lived in Cologne since the age of nine and is praised by colleagues and the press for the sensual objectivity of her performances. After the 3-album-release with Schubert's 'Grandes Sonates', Aldila Records now presents her live cycle 'Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus', which is performed here with compelling authenticity and mastery. A living icon of modernity performs an immortal icon of modernity.