Olivier Messiaen
12/10/12 9:00AM By Walter Parker
French composer Olivier Messiaen was born December 10, 1908. He's probably best known for his Quartet for the End of Time, written while he was in a German prison camp during World War II. He was devoutly religious and many of his works have a powerfully mystical quality. We'll listen today to such a work: Trois petites liturgies de la Presence Divine (Three little liturgies of the Divine Presence).
Playlist
9:02am
Serenade for Strings in e, Op. 20
| Composer | Edward Elgar |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Rotterdam Chamber Orchestra |
| Conductor | Conrad van Alphen |
| CD/Album | Grieg: Holberg Suite; Dvorak & Elgar, Serenades for Strings |
| Record co./Cat # | Telarc 80623 |
9:15am
Wind Quintet
| Composer | Paul Taffanel |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Borealis Wind Quintet |
| CD/Album | Borealis en Salon |
| Record co./Cat # | MSR Classics 1250 |
9:40am
Brass Quintet #3 in Db, Op. 7
| Composer | Victor Ewald |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | (Members of the Philadelphia Orchestra) |
| Soloists | David Bilger, trumpet ; Jeffery Curnow, trumpet ; Jennifer Montone, French horn ; Nitzan Haroz, trombone ; Carol Jantsch, tuba |
| CD/Album | Tchaikovsky & Ewald: The Philadelphia Orchestra |
| Record co./Cat # | Ondine 1150 |
10:01am
Symphony #8 "Unfinished" in b, D 759
| Composer | Franz Schubert |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Zurich Tonhalle Orchestra |
| Conductor | David Zinman |
| CD/Album | Schubert: Symphony No. 7 'Unfinished' |
| Record co./Cat # | RCA 95335 |
10:24am
Trois petites liturgies de la Presence Divine (3 little liturgies of the Divine Presence)
| Composer | Olivier Messiaen |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France |
| Conductor | Myung-Whun Chung |
| Soloists | Roger Muraro, piano ; Valerie Hartman-Claverie, ondes Martenot ; Helene Collerette, violin |
| CD/Album | Messiaen: Trois petit liturgies |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon 4777944 |
11:01am
Le Temple de la Gloire Suite
| Composer | Jean-Philippe Rameau |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Tafelmusik |
| Conductor | Jeanne Lamon |
| CD/Album | Jean-Philippe Rameau - Dardanus - Le Temple de la Gloire |
| Record co./Cat # | CBC (RCI) 5229 |
11:33am
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
| Composer | Sergei Rachmaninoff |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra |
| Conductor | Valery Gergiev |
| Soloists | Lang Lang, piano |
| CD/Album | Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 - Paganini Rhapsody |
| Record co./Cat # | Deutsche Grammophon B0003902 |
12:05pm
Hodie Christus Natus Est ("Hallelujah, Christ is born")
| Composer | Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Monteverdi Choir |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| CD/Album | Once, as I Remember |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 462050 |
12:08pm
Past Three O'Clock
| Composer | Lowell Mason/Traditional (English) |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Monteverdi Choir |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| CD/Album | Once, as I Remember |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 462050 |
12:10pm
Psallite
| Composer | Michael Praetorius |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Monteverdi Choir |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| CD/Album | Once, as I Remember |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 462050 |
12:12pm
Symphony #28 in C, K 200
| Composer | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Orchestra of the 18th Century |
| Conductor | Frans Bruggen |
| CD/Album | Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 28 & 36 Linz |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 432177 |
12:32pm
Concierto de Aranjuez
| Composer | Joaquin Rodrigo |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Conductor | Placido Domingo |
| Soloists | Manuel Barrueco, guitar |
| CD/Album | Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez, Songs, etc. |
| Record co./Cat # | EMI 56175 |
12:56pm
The Lamb
| Composer | John Tavener |
|---|---|
| Ensemble | Monteverdi Choir |
| Conductor | John Eliot Gardiner |
| CD/Album | Once, As I Remeber |
| Record co./Cat # | Philips 462050 |