Composer: Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen
Performer: Jean-Frédéric Neuburger, Adélaïde Ferrière, Florent Jodelet, Takénori Némoto
Orchestra: Orchestre de Chambre Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Conductor: Jean-François Heisser
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Mirare
Catalogue: MIR622
Release: 2022
Size: 1.6 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
Des canyons aux étoiles
Part 1
01. I. Le désert
02. II. Les Orioles
03. III. Ce qui est écrit sur les étoiles…
04. IV. Le Cossyphe d’Heuglin
05. V. Cedar Breaks et le Don de Crainte
Part 2
06. VI. Appel interstellaire
07. VII. Bryce Canyon et les rochers rouge-orange
CD 02
Des canyons aux étoiles
Part 3
01. VIII. Les réssuscités et le chant de l’étoile Aldébaran
02. IX. Le moqueur polyglotte
03. X. La grive des bois
04. XI. Omao, Leiothrix, Elepaio, Shama
05. XII. Zion Park et la Cité Céleste
Without a doubt, it is urgent to get back to essentials, to retrace the path from the canyons to the stars, to celebrate “the beauties of the earth (it’s rocks, it’s birdsongs), the beauties of the material sky, the beauties of the spiritual sky” as Messiaen writes at the head of his score. According to Jean-François Heisser, “there is a grandeur in this work that sweeps aside reservations about the composer; something in the music escapes us and instantly grips the audience”. One cannot deny this work exemplifies the “too big for me” of which Gilles Deleuze spoke.