More music by Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen
Noël, from Vingt Regard sur l'Enfant Jésus
Noël, from Vingt Regard sur l'Enfant Jésus
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Regard de l'Esprit de Joie, from Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus
Regard de l'Esprit de Joie, from Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus
Olivier Messiaen
Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano
Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano
Olivier Messiaen
Prelude No. 1 Le Colombe
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Olivier Messiaen
Regard de l'Esprit de Joie, from Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus
Regard de l'Esprit de Joie, from Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus
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Olivier Messiaen
Noël, from Vingt Regard sur l'Enfant Jésus
Noël, from Vingt Regard sur l'Enfant Jésus
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Song without Words No. 1 in E-flat Major, Opus 67
Song without Words No. 1 in E-flat Major, Opus 67
Felix Mendelssohn
Song without Words No. 2 in f-sharp minor, Opus 67
Song without Words No. 2 in f-sharp minor, Opus 67
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Song without Words No. 6 in E Major, Opus 67
Song without Words No. 6 in E Major, Opus 67
Franz Liszt
Totentanz (Dance of Death)
Totentanz (Dance of Death)
Classical Music | Piano Music
Olivier Messiaen
Regard de la parole toute puissante, from Vingt Regard sur l'Enfant Jésus Play
Recorded on 08/24/2004, uploaded on 01/23/2009
Musician's or Publisher's Notes
Vingt Regard sur l'Enfant Jésus Olivier Messiaen
La Parole Toute-Puissante
The vast cycle Vingt regards sur l'Enfant Jésus from which these three movements are taken was written in Paris in 1944. As much as birdsong is a central component of much of Messiaen's work, so is an intense spirituality, lending inspiration to the cycle. The premiere was received with strongly mixed reviews, sparking a war of words between critics that would continue for years. Since then, it has become one of the most monumental and influential works of the 20th century.
Messiaen provided these notes on the <...> movements heard today:
La Parole Toute-Puissante (The All-Powerful Word): The Child is the Word that sustains all things through the power of His voice...
Minju Choi
Courtesy of International Music Foundation.