Olivier Messiaen
Quatre oeuvres pour piano et orchestre sur les chants d’oiseaux (2LP box)
Format2LP boxLabelDeccaGenreComposition
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Four works in which Olivier Messiaen handed the birds to the piano: Réveil des oiseaux (1953), the dawn chorus transcribed from his field notebooks; Oiseaux exotiques (1956), a riot of Indian, Chinese and American species against Greek and Hindu rhythms; Sept haïkaï (1962), his Japanese postcards with gagaku textures and the temples of Nara; and Couleurs de la Cité céleste (1963), built on the Book of Revelation and dense with brass and gongs.
The performers are Japanese, which suits Sept haïkaï well: pianist Kaori Kimura, the Orchestre "Tokyo Concerts" and conductor Hiroyuki Iwaki. Issued in France by Decca in 1973 as a two-record set, with French notes.
Release notes
Liner notes in French Made in France
| A | Oiseaux Exotiques | 14:10 | |
| B | Reveil Des Oiseaux | 19:14 | |
| C | Sept Haikai | 19:40 | |
| D | Couleurs De La Cite Celeste | 16:01 |
- Olivier Messiaen
- Composed By
- Hiroyuki Iwaki
- Conductor
- Orchestre "Tokyo Concerts"
- Orchestra
- Kaori Kimura
- Piano
