℗ 2004 Warner Classics, Warner Music UK Ltd
Released | February 25, 2014 |
Duration | 1h 00m 20s |
Record Label | Warner Classics International |
Genre | Classical |
Messiaen: Éclairs sur l'Au-delà
Sir Simon Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker
Available in MQA and 44.1 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC audio formats
Éclairs sur l'Au-delà
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1.1
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1. Apparition du Christ glorieux
Olivier Messiaen; Sir Simon Rattle; Berliner Philharmoniker |
5:45 | |||
1.2
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2. la constellation du Sagittaire
Olivier Messiaen; Sir Simon Rattle; Berliner Philharmoniker |
5:53 | |||
1.3
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3. l'Oiseau-Lyre et la Ville-Fiancée
Olivier Messiaen; Sir Simon Rattle; Berliner Philharmoniker |
4:03 | |||
1.4
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4. les élus marqués du sceau
Olivier Messiaen; Sir Simon Rattle; Berliner Philharmoniker |
1:52 | |||
1.5
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5. Demeurer dans l'Amour
Olivier Messiaen; Sir Simon Rattle; Berliner Philharmoniker |
10:11 | |||
1.6
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6. les sept Anges aux sept trompettes
Olivier Messiaen; Sir Simon Rattle; Berliner Philharmoniker |
4:02 | |||
1.7
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7. et Dieu essuiera toute larme de leurs yeax
Olivier Messiaen; Sir Simon Rattle; Berliner Philharmoniker |
3:31 | |||
1.8
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8. les étoiles et la Gloire
Olivier Messiaen; Sir Simon Rattle; Berliner Philharmoniker |
11:13 | |||
1.9
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9. plusiers oiseaux des arbres de Vie
Olivier Messiaen; Sir Simon Rattle; Berliner Philharmoniker; Stephen Johns |
2:27 | |||
1.10
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10. le Chemin de l'Invisible
Olivier Messiaen; Sir Simon Rattle; Berliner Philharmoniker |
3:43 | |||
1.11
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11. le Christ, lumière du Paradis
Olivier Messiaen; Sir Simon Rattle; Berliner Philharmoniker |
7:40 | |||
Digital Booklet
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After the monolithic grandeur of the first movement and the widely contrasted sections of the second, the third movement is dominated by the song of the Lyrebird which he saw ‘in a sunlit forest of giant eucalyptus ... majestically raising its plumes to form a lyre twice its height. Moved by the ritual, he thought of the Betrothed of the Apocalypse, “adorned for her husband”.’ The two following movements are again monolithic: the fourth featuring dense chords on strings and percussion and birdsongs on piccolo, four flutes and three clarinets, while the fifth is for strings alone – on his sketches, the composer noted: ‘As the hart longs for the waterbrooks, so longs my soul after Thee, O God.’
The central sixth movement is brutal and primitive, with bassoons, horns and trombones playing in unison against rhythmic games in the percussion. The short seventh movement makes much of the chord of D major: never has it sounded so modern! After the long eighth movement, in ten sections, Messiaen builds the ninth round the songs of 25 birds, each playing in its own tempo; the conductor’s task is to bring each one in and to ‘make sure that the players observe the nuances as marked’. The tenth movement recapitulates much of what has been heard so far, but in the composer’s words, ‘the way is long, the climb is hard.’ Finally, though, Paradise is attained. As Messiaen said in his last published interview, given in January 1992, ‘I imagined myself in front of a curtain, in darkness, apprehensive about what lay beyond: Resurrection, Eternity, the other life ... I try simply to imagine what will come to pass, which I can sometimes perceive in “éclairs” [flashes or illuminations]. I speak of course of Christ, who will be the light of the resurrected: they will shine with the light of Christ.’
Recorded: 17–19.VI.2004, Philharmonie, Berlin Producer: Stephen Johns
Recording Engineern: Arne Akselberg
Editors: Graham Kirby, Andy Beer
44.1 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Warner Classics International Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -7.24 -17.16 to -0.36 | -30.36 -41.27 to -23.07 | -25.82 -36.30 to -20.30 | 15 12 to 19 | |
1 | 1. Apparition du Christ glorieux | -6.04 | -25.35 | -21.9 | 12 |
2 | 2. la constellation du Sagittaire | -6.05 | -29.08 | -24.1 | 14 |
3 | 3. l'Oiseau-Lyre et la Ville-Fiancée | -2.02 | -26.13 | -21.3 | 17 |
4 | 4. les élus marqués du sceau | -5.59 | -28.73 | -24.0 | 16 |
5 | 5. Demeurer dans l'Amour | -17.16 | -41.27 | -36.3 | 14 |
6 | 6. les sept Anges aux sept trompettes | -0.88 | -23.07 | -20.9 | 14 |
7 | 7. et Dieu essuiera toute larme de leurs yeax | -16.82 | -40.42 | -34.2 | 13 |
8 | 8. les étoiles et la Gloire | -0.36 | -25.34 | -20.3 | 17 |
9 | 9. plusiers oiseaux des arbres de Vie | -8.86 | -30.63 | -25.3 | 13 |
10 | 10. le Chemin de l'Invisible | -0.67 | -28.09 | -24.0 | 19 |
11 | 11. le Christ, lumière du Paradis | -15.14 | -35.89 | -31.7 | 12 |