Olivier Messiaen
Livre d’orgue V (LP)
FormatLPLabelDucretet ThomsonGenreComposition
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The Livre d'orgue (1951) is Olivier Messiaen at his most radical: written in the same period as the Mode de valeurs et d'intensités that set off the Darmstadt generation, it applies Hindu rhythms, permutations and non-retrogradable durations to the organ with very little concern for comfort. Les mains de l'abîme and Soixante-quatre durées are as close to integral serialism as the organ repertoire ever got.
Here the composer plays the work himself on the Cavaillé-Coll at La Trinité, from the complete organ recordings he made for Ducretet-Thomson in 1956. This is disc V of the series in the French 2C reissue, with Chants d'oiseaux giving a brief taste of the ornithology to come.
Release notes
Composed in 1951.and performed at the Grand Orgue of the Church of Trinity (Eglise de la Trinité)
| A1 | I - Reprise Par Interversion | ||
| A2 | II - Première Pièce En Trio | ||
| A3 | III - Les Mains De L'Abime | ||
| A4 | IV - Chants D'Oiseaux | ||
| B1 | V -Deuxième Pièce En Trio | ||
| B2 | VI -Les Yeux Dans Les Roues | ||
| B3 | VII - Soixante-quatre Durées |
