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Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Les offrandes oubliées; Un sourire

Schwanewilms; Orchestre National de Lyon; Markl

Love and faith, mortality and eternity are the abiding themes of these three important and beautifully shimmering works by one of the 20th century’s most innovative composers. Les offrandes oubliées, Messiaen’s first published orchestral work, is a symphonic meditation on Christ’s loving sacrifice to redeem the sin of humanity. Poèmes pour Mi sets nine mystical texts which were written as highly personal love songs to his first wife, Claire Delbos, while Un sourire pays homage to what he saw as Mozart’s ever-smiling attitude to life’s many hardships.

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Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Les offrandes oubliées; Un sourire

00:52:48

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Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, song cycle for soprano & piano (or orchestra), I/17b

Schwanewilms; Lyon National Orchestra; Markl

00:30:58

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Messiaen: Les Offrandes oubliées, méditations symphoniques, for orchestra (also a piano reduction), I/5a,b

Lyon National Orchestra; Markl

00:11:58

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Messiaen: Un Sourire, for orchestra, I/57

Lyon National Orchestra; Markl

00:09:52

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Press Reviews

Collectors Reviews

"This is a delicious programme...Schwanewilms has a lovely voice, yet also has the requisite power when needed...Jun Markl and his Lyon forces provide sterling support."

BBC Music Magazine

"...this is the best recording around of a mesmerizing masterwork, well worth acquiring by Messiaen fans and lovers of great singing alike. Want List material, in fact. "

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Label:
Naxos

Range:
Naxos

Catalogue Number:
8572174

Barcode:
747313217472

Release Date:
27th Oct 2009

Recording Date:
19th Jul 2008

Recording Location:
Auditorium De Lyon, Lyon, France

Producer:
Tim Handley

Engineer:
Tim Handley

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