Angela Hewitt Plays Messiaen: Vingt regards; Préludes etc.
1/12/2024, 13 Tracks, 1:15:47
Featuring
Angela Hewitt
Olivier Messiaen
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Composition History
Messiaen composed his monumental cycle Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus in just under six months in 1944, while he was a professor at the Paris Conservatoire.
Performer Biography
Angela Hewitt, the pianist on this recording, is widely recognized as a pre-eminent Bach pianist and has recorded all of Bach's major keyboard works.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Messiaen was attracted to the Catholic faith from an early age, and the expression of his faith became his sole reason to compose.
Composer Biography
Olivier Messiaen's mother, Cécile Sauvage, was a poetess who predicted his artistic future, love of birds, and the Orient even before his birth.
Compositional Technique
Messiaen perceived certain colors shifting with music, using different sonorities based on 'modes of limited transposition' to depict these colors.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Messiaen considered birdsong the greatest music on earth and incorporated it into his compositions.
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