Messiaen Preludes

Prelude : Pour Orgue.

This Prelude was discovered by Yvonne Messiaen in 1997. There is no information with the manuscript, but it appears to have been composed when Messiaen was studying organ at the Paris Conservatory. With a note by Olivier Latry and biographical note. Duration ca. 9 minutes.

Messiaen; Piano Music - Preludes; Quatre Etudes De Rythme; Vingt Regards Sur l'Enfant-Jesus, A.Hewit [CD]

Olivier Messiaen En Treize Morceaux : Pour Piano.

A collection of thirteen piano pieces by Messiaen, including three Preludes; Piece pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas; selections from Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus; and Prelude (1964). Reprinted from earlier editions.

Préludes : For Piano.

Contents: La Colombe -- Chant d'Extase dans un Paysage Triste -- Le Nombre léger -- Instants Défunts -- Les Sons Impalpables de Rêve -- Cloches d'Angoisse et Larmes d'Adieu -- Plainte Calme -- En Reflet dans le Vent.

Preludes and Etudes / Martin Zehn, Piano. [CD]

Zehn performs Messiaen's early Eight Preludes (1928-29), as well as two works written after World War II: Quatre Etudes de Rythme, and Canteyodjaya.

The Edge Of Light : Messian/Saariaho / Gloria Cheng, Piano.

Messiaen: 8 Preludes -- Piece pour piano et quatuor a cordes. Saariaho: Prelude -- Ballade -- Je sens un deuxieme coeur. With the Calder Quartet.

Hommage A Messiaen. [CD]

Contents: Preludes (8) for piano, I/2 / Olivier Messiaen (2:20) Performers: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Piano) -- Catalogue d'oiseaux (in 7 books), for piano, I/42 / Olivier Messiaen (10:22) -- Études de rhythme (4), for piano solo, I/32-35 / Olivier Messiaen (1:53).

Prelude : For Piano (1964) - Oeuvre Inedite Posthume.

Edited by Yvonne Loriod-Messiaen. A short piece which begins quietly and works to a triumphant climax. With program notes. Special import - allow 4-5 months. Additional charges for 3-4 week delivery.

Sacred Expressions / Kola Owolabi, Organ. [CD]

Calvin Hampton: Prelude & Variations On Old Hundredth -- Olivier Messiaen: L’Accension -- Petr Eben: Four Biblical Dances.

Preludes, Regards and Esquisses / Marie Vermeulin, Piano. [CD]

Contents: Eight Preludes -- Vingt Regards -- Esquisses d'oiseaux.

Piano Music, Vol. 3; Preludes; Four Rhythmic Studies; Canteyodjaya / Hakon Austbo. [CD]

Ins Offene : Klaviermusik der Moderne/Piano Music of Modern Age / Andreas Skouras, Piano. [CD]

Claude Debussy / Prélude No 1 (Brouillards) From Préludes, Deuxième Livre (1913) -- Olivier Messiaen / Mode De Valeurs Et d'Intensités From Quatre Études De Rythme (1949) -- Karlheinz Stockhausen / Klavierstück V (1954) -- Pascal Dusapin / Étude No 6 (1999) From 7 Études Pour Piano (1999-2001) --…

Prelude; Messe De la Pentecote; l'Ascension / Jon Gillock, Organ. [CD]

A program of wonderful organ works by Messiaen.

Vignt Regards Sur L'enfant Jésus; Vine: Sonata; Respighi: Notturno & Prelude. [CD]

Contents: Regards (20) sur l'enfant Jésus, for piano, I/27 / Olivier Messiaen Performers: Sergei Babayan (Piano). -- Piano Sonata No. 1 / Carl Vine -- Preludes (3) on Gregorian melodies, for piano, P. 131 / Ottorino Respighi -- Pezzi (6), for piano, P, 44 / Ottorino Respighi -- Musica ricercata,…

Traite De Rhythme, De Couleur, Et d'Ornithologie (1949-1992) : Tome 6.

This volume is devoted to the study of the music of Debussy, including analysis of Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un Faune, some of the Preludes and Images, and important passages in La Mer and Pelleas et Melisande. Preface by Boulez, foreword by Alain Louvier, indices.

La Fauvette Des Jardins / Louise Bessette, Piano.

Bessette performs: La Fauvette des Jardins -- Prelude -- Petites Esquisses d'Ouiseaux -- and Canteyodjaya.

' Ascension / Tom Winpenny, Organ.

Also: Diptyque -- Ofrrande au Saint-Sacrement -- Prélude -- Le Banquet céleste -- Apparition de l'Église éternelle.

Piano Music, Vol. 4. [CD]

Hakon Austbo performs Les offrandes oubliees, Fantaisie Burlesque, Piece pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas; Rondeau; Prelude (1964) (world premiere recording); and La fauvette des jardins.

Complete Organ Works, Vol. IV / Timothy Byram-Wigfield, Organ. [CD]

Contents: La Nativite du Seigneur -- Offrande au Saint Sacrement -- Prelude -- L'Ascension -- Diptyque -- Messe de la Pentecote -- Verset pour la Fete de la Dedicace. Byram-Wigfield performs on the organ of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. On two CDs.

Contemplations / Matthew Mccright, Piano. [CD]

This disc contains music from Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus, and Préludes.

Les Corps Glorieux and Other Works For Organ / Kevin Bowyer, Organ.

Contents: Offrande Au Saint Sacrement -- Prelude -- Monodie -- Verset Pour La Fete De La Dedicace -- Les Corps Glorieux I–VII. Bowyer plays the organ of Glasgow University Memorial Chapel.

Water. [CD]

Contents: Wasserklavier per Antonio Ballista No. 3 From 6 Encores / Luciano Berio -- Water Transition 1 -- Rain Tree Sketch II, In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen / Toru Takemitsu -- Water Transition 2 -- Barcarolle No.5, Op. 66 Allegretto Moderato / Gabriel Fauré -- Water Transition 3 -- Jeux d'Eaux Trés…

Organ Works, Vols. 5 and 6 / Gillian Weir, Organ. [CD]

Includes: Livre Du Saint Sacrement; Prelude; Monodie; Verset Pour la Fete de la Dedicace; Offrande au Saint Sacrement; and Diptyque. Weir plays the organ of Arhus Cathedral, Denmark.

Piping Hot : Lichfield Cathedral Organ / Philip Scriven, Organ. [CD]

…FRANCK: Prélude, Fugue et Variation -- VIERNE: Scherzo from Symphonie 2 -- PRESTON: Alleluyas -- LINDBERG: Gammal fäbodpsalm -- MESSIAEN: Transports de joie -- LANGLAIS: Cantilène -- GOWERS: An Occasional Trumpet Voluntary -- BARBER: Adagio for Strings -- ALAIN: Litanies -- DURUFLÉ: Prélude et Fugue…