℗ 2018 King's College, Cambridge
| Released | September 21, 2018 |
| Duration | 1h 07m 36s |
| Record Label | Kings College Cambridge |
| Catalogue No. | KGS0025D |
| Genre | Classical (Keyboard (Specific Genres)) |
Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur
Richard Gowers
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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La Nativité du Seigneur
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1.1
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I. La Vierge et l'enfant
Olivier Messiaen; Richard Gowers |
6:54 | |||
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1.2
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II. Les bergers
Olivier Messiaen; Richard Gowers |
7:10 | |||
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1.3
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III. Desseins éternels
Olivier Messiaen; Richard Gowers |
6:51 | |||
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1.4
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IV. Le Verbe
Olivier Messiaen; Richard Gowers |
16:19 | |||
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1.5
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V. Les enfants de Dieu
Olivier Messiaen; Richard Gowers |
3:59 | |||
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1.6
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VI. Les anges
Olivier Messiaen; Richard Gowers |
3:42 | |||
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1.7
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VII. Jésus accepte la souffrance
Olivier Messiaen; Richard Gowers |
5:13 | |||
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1.8
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VIII. Les mages
Olivier Messiaen; Richard Gowers |
7:56 | |||
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1.9
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IX. Dieu parmi nous
Olivier Messiaen; Richard Gowers |
9:32 | |||
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Digital Booklet
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Nine extraordinary meditations by one of the twentieth century's musical titans, performed on the magnificent King's College Chapel organ by former organ scholar Richard Gowers.
Written in 1935, La Nativité du Seigneur is one of Messiaen's most popular organ works, and a piece that helped to establish the then 27 year-old as an important figure in contemporary music. A testament to Messiaen's devout Catholicism, each movement follows a portion of the Christmas story, from the Virgin Birth to Epiphany, with the number of movements symbolic of the nine months of Mary's pregnancy.
Significantly, the work contains early examples of Messiaen's signature compositional elements, such as birdsong, rhythmic inspiration from Hindustani and Carnatic musical traditions, and the 'modes of limited transportation', which he would later publish in La technique de mon langage musical.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Kings College Cambridge Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -12.05 -23.35 to -0.22 | -31.03 -40.14 to -21.27 | -28.16 -37.30 to -17.20 | 11 6 to 13 | |
| 1 | I. La Vierge et l'enfant | -23.35 | -40.14 | -37.3 | 10 |
| 2 | II. Les bergers | -19.40 | -36.12 | -33.2 | 9 |
| 3 | III. Desseins éternels | -16.35 | -30.61 | -32.1 | 6 |
| 4 | IV. Le Verbe | -8.80 | -32.18 | -30.4 | 13 |
| 5 | V. Les enfants de Dieu | -0.22 | -23.43 | -17.2 | 13 |
| 6 | VI. Les anges | -16.10 | -33.45 | -29.9 | 10 |
| 7 | VII. Jésus accepte la souffrance | -0.96 | -24.22 | -20.2 | 13 |
| 8 | VIII. Les mages | -22.73 | -37.90 | -35.5 | 9 |
| 9 | IX. Dieu parmi nous | -0.57 | -21.27 | -17.6 | 12 |