Thursday, December 10, 2009

Top 10 MESSIAEN

To celebrate Olivier Messiaen's 101st birthday today, here are 10 of my favorite Messiaen works, generously supplied by Youtube:

1. Quartet for the End of Time (1941)



2. Catalogue d'Oiseaux (1958)



3. Des Canyons aux Etoiles... (1974)



4. Saint Francois d'Assisse (1984)



5. Turangalila Symphony (1948)



6. Vingt Regards: 20 Contemplations of the Christ Child (1944)



7. Chronochromie (1960)



8. Livre d'Orgue (1952)



9. Eclairs sur l'au dela (1992)



10. Harawi: Song of Love and Death (1945)

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