Olivier Messiaen’s two-and-a-half-hour piano cycle Vingt Regards sur l’enfant-Jésus is one of the most extraordinary and ground-breaking works in twentieth-century piano repertoire, joining such musical Mount Everests as Bach’s Goldberg Variations and the late Sonatas of Beethoven. That such a work was created in 1944 during the German occupation of France, and yet expresses such joy, conviction, love, and hope makes it all the more remarkable.
At more than two hours in length, the work is rarely performed in full. It takes a special kind of performer who has the physical and emotional
Tracklist
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l. Regard du Père
08:37
2.
II. Regard de l’étoile
03:24
3.
III. L’échange
03:55
4.
IV. Regard de la Vierge
06:02
5.
V. Regard du Fils sur le Fils
07:52
6.
VI. Par Lui tout a été fait
11:42
7.
VII. Regard de la Croix
04:54
8.
VIII. Regard des hauteurs
02:37
9.
IX. Regard du temps
02:54
10.
X. Regard de l’Esprit de joie
09:25
11.
XI. Première communion de la Vierge
08:26
12.
XII. La parole toute puissante
02:29
13.
XIII. Noël
04:25
14.
XIV. Regard des Anges
05:02
15.
XV. Le baiser de l’Enfant-Jésus
12:24
16.
XVI. Regard des prophètes, des bergers et des Mages
03:25
17.
XVII. Regard du silence
06:28
18.
XVIII. Regard de l’Onction terrible
07:01
19.
XIX. Je dors, mais mon coeur veille
11:31
20.
XX. Regard de l’Eglise d’amour
15:24
Total time: 02:17:57
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