Quatuor pour la fin du temps
by Olivier Messiaen
- Type: Album
- Released: 2001
- Label: Deutsche Grammophon
- Country: France
- Length: 52:13
- Community rating: 4.07/5 from 3 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Originally composed and premiered while the composer was held in a German prisoner-of-war camp, this quartet is a staggering masterwork of 20th-century classical music. The piece utilizes highly complex, dissonant rhythms and deeply spiritual inspiration to convey an apocalyptic yet profoundly resilient atmosphere.
Genres
Descriptors: Modern, instrumental, avant-garde, christian, complex, minimalistic, dissonant, chamber, strings, piano, long-form
Tracklist
- Quatuor pour la fin du temps: I. Liturgie de cristal (2:51)
- Quatuor pour la fin du temps: II. Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du temps (5:41)
- Quatuor pour la fin du temps: III. Ab卯me des oiseaux (9:16)
- Quatuor pour la fin du temps: IV. Interm猫de (1:46)
- Quatuor pour la fin du temps: V. Louange 脿 l'Eternit茅 de J茅sus (10:13)
- Quatuor pour la fin du temps: VI. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes (7:06)
- Quatuor pour la fin du temps: VII. Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du temps (8:10)
- Quatuor pour la fin du temps: VIII. Louange 脿 l'Immortalit茅 de J茅sus (7:09)
Credits
- Olivier Messiaen - primary artist, composed by
- Claude Debussy - primary artist, composed by
- B茅la Bart贸k - primary artist, composed by
- Bjarne Hansen - primary artist, violin
- John Kruse - primary artist, clarinet
- Svend Winsl酶v - primary artist, violoncello
- Rosalind Bevan - primary artist, piano
- D&H Hommage GmbH - artwork