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Olivier Messiaen
Visions De L'Amen
Genres: Jazz, Classical

Track Listings (7) - Disc #1
1. Visions de L'Amen: Amen Of The Creation.
2. Visions de L'Amen: Amen Of The Stars, Of The Ringed Planet.
3. Visions de L'Amen: Amen Of The Agony Of Jesus.
4. Visions de L'Amen: Amen Of Desire.
5. Visions de L'Amen: Amen Of The Angels, Saints And Birdsong.
6. Visions de L'Amen: Amen Of The Judgement.
7. Visions de L'Amen: Amen Of The Consummation.

Visions De L'Amen by Olivier Messiaen

CD Details

All Artists: Olivier Messiaen
Title: Visions De L'Amen
Members Wishing: 3
Total Copies: 0
Label: New Albion Records
Release Date: 11/18/2009
Genres: Jazz, Classical
Styles: Avant Garde & Free Jazz, Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830), Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Keyboard
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 022551004528

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Visions De L'Amen by Olivier Messiaen

CD Reviews

The Frontier between Piano and Orchestra

01/18/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This recording of Visions de l'Amen with Edmund Niemann and Nurit Tilles (Double Edge) reveals all the power of Olivier Messiaen's piano writing. One can perfectly hear an entire orchestra with a huge variety of instruments just as it happens in Messiaen's music for orchestra. The broad chords of the main theme start softly and go on in an continuous crescendo while the second piano creates those fantastic sounds of bells, birds and percussion also typical for Messiaen. In the central piece, L'Amen du Désir, the influence of Debussy is clearly demonstrated by these two pianists. Undoubtly this is a superb and unique recording of this extremly difficult piece."