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On sale -40%Few performers are more familiar with the musical language of the French composer Olivier Messiaen than the American conductor Kent Nagano. Nagano has had Messiaen's orchestral works and oratorios in his program for several decades now, and he also participated in the world premiere of Saint François d'Assise, Messiaen's only opera. During the year 1982 Nagano spent his time with Messiaen in Paris, where not only an artistic relationship but also a close personal one developed between the two musicians.
BR-Klassik has now released three masterpieces by the French composer with the magical sound, presented by Kent Nagano to the Munich concert audience in recent years as conductor of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks: the oratorio La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ for chorus, seven solo instruments and orchestra, the song cycle Poèmes pour Mi for soprano and orchestra, as well as Chronochromie for large orchestra. These three live recordings document outstanding artistic events from the Munich concert program of June 2017, July 2018 and February 2019. © BR-Klassik
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La transfiguration de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, I/48, Premier septénaire
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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DISC 2
La transfiguration de notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ, I/48, Deuxième septénaire
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Choir - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Howard Arman, Chorus master - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
DISC 3
Poemes pour Mi, I/17b, Livre 1
Jenny Daviet, Soprano - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Jenny Daviet, Soprano - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Jenny Daviet, Soprano - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Jenny Daviet, Soprano - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Poemes pour Mi, I/17b, Livre 2
Jenny Daviet, Soprano - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Jenny Daviet, Soprano - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Jenny Daviet, Soprano - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Jenny Daviet, Soprano - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Jenny Daviet, Soprano - Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Chronochromie, I/43
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
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Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra - Kent Nagano, Conductor - Olivier Messiaen, Composer
(C) 2021 BR-Klassik (P) 2021 BR-Klassik
Album review
Few performers are more familiar with the musical language of the French composer Olivier Messiaen than the American conductor Kent Nagano. Nagano has had Messiaen's orchestral works and oratorios in his program for several decades now, and he also participated in the world premiere of Saint François d'Assise, Messiaen's only opera. During the year 1982 Nagano spent his time with Messiaen in Paris, where not only an artistic relationship but also a close personal one developed between the two musicians.
BR-Klassik has now released three masterpieces by the French composer with the magical sound, presented by Kent Nagano to the Munich concert audience in recent years as conductor of the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks: the oratorio La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ for chorus, seven solo instruments and orchestra, the song cycle Poèmes pour Mi for soprano and orchestra, as well as Chronochromie for large orchestra. These three live recordings document outstanding artistic events from the Munich concert program of June 2017, July 2018 and February 2019. © BR-Klassik
About the album
- 3 disc(s) - 30 track(s)
- Total length: 02:24:41
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Composer: Olivier Messiaen
- Label: BR-Klassik
- Area: France
- Genre: Classical
- Period: Contemporary music
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