Liv Elise Nordskog & Signe Bakke - Messiaen: Pour Mi (2013) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Poemes pour Mi, I. Action de graces
02. Poemes pour Mi, II. Paysage
03. Poemes pour Mi, III. La maison
04. Poemes pour Mi, IV. Epouvante
05. Poemes pour Mi, V. L'Epouse
06. Poemes pour Mi, VI. Ta voix
07. Poemes pour Mi, VII. Les deux guerriers
08. Poemes pour Mi, VIII. Le collier
09. Poemes pour Mi, IX. Priere exaucee
10. Trois Melodies, I. Pourquoi
11. Trois Melodies, II. Le sourire
12. Trois Melodies, III. La fiancee perdue
13. L'Ame en Bourgeon, I. Dors
14. L'Ame en Bourgeon, II. Mon coeur revient a son printemps...
15. L'Ame en Bourgeon, III. Je suis la...
16. L'Ame en Bourgeon, IV. Te voila hors de l'alveole...
17. L'Ame en Bourgeon, V. Je savais que ce serait toi...
18. L'Ame en Bourgeon, VI. Maintenant, il est ne...
19. L'Ame en Bourgeon, VII. Te voila, mon petit amant...
20. L'Ame en Bourgeon, VIII. Ai-je pu t'appeler de l'ombre vers le jour


Who was "Mi", the woman who inspired Messiaen to write the beautiful and complex work Poèmes pour Mi? This was one of the questions Liv Elise Nordskog and Signe Bakke stood when they started work on this disc, having immersed himself in Messiaen's diverse and rich world of sound for many years.

Poet Cécile Sauvage was Messiaen's mother. Her poem cycle L'Ame one Bourgeon (Soul in the bud) from 1908, was written while she was pregnant with her ​​son. Nearly thirty years later Olivier Messiaen and his wife, violinist and composer Claire Delbos, had a son. While Delbos was pregnant, she put music to his deceased sailors poem cycle.

Messiaen also composed the song cycle Poèmes pour Mi. Mi was his nickname for his spouse Claire.

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