Katalógové číslo:
ALPHA1048
Autori:
Olivier Messiaen, Tristan Murail
Interpreti:
Het Collectief
01. Tristan Murail: Stalag VIIIa
Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps
02. I. Liturgie de cristal
03. II. Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du temps
04. III. Abîme des oiseaux
05. IV. Intermède
06. V. Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus
07. VI. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
08. VII. Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du temps
09. VIII. Louange à l'Immortalité de Jésus
Olivier Messiaen composed his eight-movement Quartet for the End of Time in 1940 while imprisoned in Germany. He drew his inspiration from the Apocalypse written by Saint John the Evangelist, one of the few works he was allowed to keep in the camp. Het Collectief explores this work, never forgetting that it was at the heart of this harsh winter of war, in a context of misfortune, confinement and deprivation, that Messiaen had an angel speak, promising paradise and the end of time... Stalag VIIIa , composed by Tristan Murail, whose title refers to Olivier Messiaen's place of detention in Görlitz in 1940, completes this programme.