Koechlin: Les Heures Persanes
Kathryn Stott
Classical - Released April 1, 2003 | Chandos
Scandale mélancolique
Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine
French Music - Released September 12, 2005 | RCA Records Label
Les heures persanes
Ralph Van Raat
Classical - Released April 5, 2011 | Naxos
Charles Koechlin may not be a well-known composer, but anyone who enjoys the music of Olivier Messiaen should get to know Koechlin. Les heures persanes, one of his better known works, is a suite of character pieces written between 1916 and 1919. Throughout the pieces are hints of what Messiaen would write later in his piano works, such as the Visions de l'Amen and the Vingt Régards sur l'Enfant-Jésus. Les heures depicts scenes of Persia -- although more landscapes than life studies -- with titles similar to those of Debussy's preludes, (e.g., "Clair de lune sur les terrasses" and "Les collines au choucher du soleil"). The harmonies are more advanced than Debussy, and in places, for example in No. 4 "Matin frais, dans la haute vallée," sound exactly like Messiaen. Nos. 14 and 16 have a brilliant intensity similar to Messiaen. No. 6, "A travers les rues" is more backward looking with lush, flowing lines evocative of Fauré's (one of Koechlin's teachers) writing, but with freer harmonies. Here, van Raat allows it to breathe almost like a jazz improvisation. Van Raat treats all the music very organically, adding nuanced color without it seeming at all like work. It streams very easily through his fingers, letting the slower movements become meditative to an extent, again creating a link to Messiaen, specifically his spirituality. Van Raat naturally tempers the music; the more active sections are never painfully intense, nor do the slower ones tend to inertia. This performance of Les heures would definitely suit as an introduction to Koechlin or as a bridge between Debussy or Fauré and Messiaen for anyone looking to expand the scenery of their musical countryside. © TiVo
KOECHLIN: Les Heures persanes, Op. 65bis
Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
Classical - Released February 6, 2006 | SWR Classic
L’Armée de Marbre (La Carpe Miroir Vol. 4)
Nouvelles Lectures Cosmopolites
Rock - Released December 31, 2022 | Atypeek Music
Feu de veines
De Marbre
Rock - Released March 31, 2023 | 4727719 Records DK2
Likeness of the Offender
Dague de Marbre
Alternative & Indie - Released July 7, 2023 | Trigger Warming Records
De marbre et de pierre
Gut
Punk / New Wave - Released April 7, 2022 | 2586481 Records DK
New moment
De Marbre
Rock - Released January 15, 2023 | 4727719 Records DK2
De Marbre & De Bronze (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Franck Le Ray
Soundtracks - Released April 26, 2021 | Klaus_Records
Feuillle de marbre
Gwad Daniel's
Hip-Hop/Rap - Released January 1, 2019 | Gwad Daniel's
Ugly, Dirty and Rough
Demarbre
Dance - Released October 11, 2018 | Demarbre
Vocoder, Noises and Harmony
Demarbre
Dance - Released March 23, 2020 | Demarbre
Abnormal, Irregular and Melodious
Demarbre
House - Released August 10, 2020 | Demarbre
Covid, Acid and Freedom
Demarbre
Electronic - Released November 8, 2021 | Demarbre
One Night In Australia
Sacha DMB
Miscellaneous - Released July 8, 2014 | Wolfrage Recordings