Messiaen: Catalogue d'Oiseaux

Featuring

Ciro Longobardi
Olivier Messiaen

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Performer Biography

Ciro Longobardi, the pianist on this recording, was a finalist and best pianist at the International Gaudeamus Interpreters Competition in 1994.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Messiaen's Catalogue d'Oiseaux presents each bird soloist within its specific habitat, surrounded by its landscape and the songs of other regional birds.

Composition History

Messiaen's extensive travels to notate birdsongs for Catalogue d'Oiseaux began many years before he decided to dedicate himself to this research in 1952.

Compositional Technique

Each of the thirteen pieces in Catalogue d'Oiseaux creates a 'poetical ecosystem' that is outlined by a preface.

Performer Biography

Ciro Longobardi's recording of Salvatore Sciarrino's complete Nocturnes was recognized by Gramophone as one of three landmark CDs for the Italian composer's works.