Today’s Music by Today’s Composers. Organ works of Olivier Messiaen.
Olivier Messiaen worked almost his whole life as an organ player and wrote many compositions for his instrument. Grand and energetic, slow and compelling, the variations and colours Messiaen manages to conjure up are unparalleled.
1. Olivier Messiaen – Le Banquet Céleste
2. Olivier Messiaen – Diptyque
3. Olivier Messiaen – L’Ascension: Majesté du Christ demandant […]
4. Olivier Messiaen – L’Ascension: Alléluias sereins d’une âme qui desire le ciel
5. Olivier Messiaen – L’Ascension: Transports de joie d’une âme devant […]
6. Olivier Messiaen – L’Ascension: Prière du Christ montant vers son Père
7. Olivier Messiaen – Apparation de l’Eglise éternelle