Tom Winpenny - Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur (2014) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. La Nativité du Seigneur: I. La Vierge et l’Enfant
02. La Nativité du Seigneur: II. Les bergers
03. La Nativité du Seigneur: III. Desseins éternels
04. La Nativité du Seigneur: IV. Le Verbe
05. La Nativité du Seigneur: V. Les enfants de Dieu
06. La Nativité du Seigneur: VI. Les anges
07. La Nativité du Seigneur: VII. Jésus accepte la souffrance
08. La Nativité du Seigneur: VIII. Les mages
09. La Nativité du Seigneur: IX. Dieu parmi nous

Before he was thirty, Olivier Messiaen had written the work that established his worldwide reputation as a visionary composer for the organ, La Nativité du Seigneur (The Birth of the Saviour). A synthesis of his innovatory compositional style, it is rich in colourful harmonies and precisely noted but flexible rhythms, many derived from Hindu tâlas and from the metre of Gregorian chant. This musical commentary on the Christmas story is divided into nine movements evoking timeless grace, beauty, radiance, exhilaration, and majesty. Tom Winpenny is Assistant Master of the Music at St Albans Cathedral, the oldest site of continuous Christian worship in Britain.

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