Turangal卯la Symphony; L'ascension
by Olivier Messiaen
- Type: Album
- Released: 17 October 2000
- Label: Naxos
- Country: France
- Length: 1:47:21
- Community rating: 4.16/5 from 4 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
This phenomenal Naxos recording captures the overwhelming, ecstatic intensity of Messiaen's colossal 1948 symphony, performed by the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. The composition is famous for its hyper-complex rhythmic structures and the prominent use of the ondes Martenot, creating a dizzying, joyously avant-garde exploration of divine love.
Genres
Descriptors: complex, orchestral, scary, avant-garde, christian, symphonic, virtuosic, long-form
Tracklist
- Turangalila-symphonie: I. Introduction (6:40)
- Turangalila-symphonie: II. Chant d' amour 1 (8:30)
- Turangalila-symphonie: III Turangalila 1 (5:21)
- Turangalila-symphonie: IV. Chant d' amour 2 (11:32)
- Turangalila-symphonie: V. Joie du sang des etoiles (6:18)
- Turangalila-symphonie: VI. Jardin du sommeil (12:29)
- Turangalila-symphonie: VII. Turangalila 2 (4:00)
- Turangalila-symphonie: VIII. Developpement de l'Amour (12:02)
- Turangalila-symphonie: IX. Turangalila 3 (5:22)
- Turangalila-symphonie: X. Final (8:31)
- L'Ascension: I. Majeste du Christ demandant sa gloire a son Pere (5:37)
- L'Ascension: II. Alleluias sereins d'une ame qui desire le ciel (6:09)
- L'Ascension: III. Alleluia sur la trompette, Alleluia sur la cymbale (5:47)
- L'Ascension: IV. Priere du Christ montant vers son Pere (8:58)
Credits
- Olivier Messiaen - primary artist, composed by
- Fran莽ois Weigel - primary artist, piano
- Thomas Bloch - primary artist, ondes martenot
- Antoni Wit - primary artist, conductor
- Tim Smith - illustration [cover illustration: turner's triangle]