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5th instalment of the Michael Gielen / ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna series on Orfeo. What makes Olivier Messiaen’s œuvre so special is, to a great extent, his ability to coalesce various influences, inspirations, and convictions into a wholly individual and perfectly coherent musical language. This includes the development of the modal harmonies of earlier centuries as much as it does an engagement with rhythms from non-European traditions. The wealth of colors in his works stems, in part, from Messiaen’s synaesthetic ability to perceive chords as various shapes and colors. As an enthusiastic ornithologist, he spent much time in nature, notating birdsong and then working those, in stylized form, into his compositions. But most importantly, Messiaen’s work is governed by his profound faith. Messiaen once said of himself that he didn’t primarily see himself as a composer but as an “ornithologist and rhythmist”. Captured in 1991 and 1996, remastered from original ORF archive tapes. © Orfeo
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Olivier Messiaen, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Orfeo (P) 2022 Orfeo
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Olivier Messiaen, Composer, Lyricist - Sarah Leonard, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
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Olivier Messiaen, Composer, Lyricist - Sarah Leonard, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
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Olivier Messiaen, Composer, Lyricist - Sarah Leonard, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
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Olivier Messiaen, Composer, Lyricist - Sarah Leonard, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
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Olivier Messiaen, Composer, Lyricist - Sarah Leonard, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
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Olivier Messiaen, Composer, Lyricist - Sarah Leonard, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
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Olivier Messiaen, Composer, Lyricist - Sarah Leonard, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Orfeo (P) 2022 Orfeo
Olivier Messiaen, Composer, Lyricist - Sarah Leonard, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Orfeo (P) 2022 Orfeo
Olivier Messiaen, Composer, Lyricist - Sarah Leonard, Artist, MainArtist - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Orfeo (P) 2022 Orfeo
Chronochromie, I/43 (Olivier Messiaen)
Olivier Messiaen, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Orfeo (P) 2022 Orfeo
Olivier Messiaen, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
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Olivier Messiaen, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
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Olivier Messiaen, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Orfeo (P) 2022 Orfeo
Olivier Messiaen, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Orfeo (P) 2022 Orfeo
Olivier Messiaen, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
(C) 2022 Orfeo (P) 2022 Orfeo
Olivier Messiaen, Composer - Michael Gielen, Conductor, MainArtist - ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist
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5th instalment of the Michael Gielen / ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna series on Orfeo. What makes Olivier Messiaen’s œuvre so special is, to a great extent, his ability to coalesce various influences, inspirations, and convictions into a wholly individual and perfectly coherent musical language. This includes the development of the modal harmonies of earlier centuries as much as it does an engagement with rhythms from non-European traditions. The wealth of colors in his works stems, in part, from Messiaen’s synaesthetic ability to perceive chords as various shapes and colors. As an enthusiastic ornithologist, he spent much time in nature, notating birdsong and then working those, in stylized form, into his compositions. But most importantly, Messiaen’s work is governed by his profound faith. Messiaen once said of himself that he didn’t primarily see himself as a composer but as an “ornithologist and rhythmist”. Captured in 1991 and 1996, remastered from original ORF archive tapes. © Orfeo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:58:25
- Main artists: ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra Michael Gielen Sarah Leonard
- Composer: Olivier Messiaen
- Label: Orfeo
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2022 Orfeo (P) 2022 Orfeo
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