Messiaen - Quatuor pour la fin du Temps; Chronochromie

Antal Dorati - BBC Symphony Orchestra

Michel Béroff: piano
Erich Gruenberg: violin
Gervase de Peyer: clarinet
William Pleeth: cello

Lossless: Ape (img + cue + log) = 341 mb
Lossy: Mp3 (lame "preset standard") = 99 mb
Artwork @ 300dpi = 11 mb

Total playing time: 67:16
Released 2008

Recording:
Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps: 14-16.10.1968, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
Chronochromie: 27.09.1964, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London

EMI Classics 2 12688 2


Track listing:

Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps
I. Liturgie De Cristal
II. Vocalise, Pour L'Ange Qui Annonce La Fin Du Temps
III. Abîme Des Oiseaux
IV. Intermède
V. Louange À L'Éternité De Jésus
VI. Danse De La Fureur, Pour Les Sept Trompettes
VII. Fouillis D'Arcs-en-ciel, Pour L'Ange Qui Annonce la fin du Temps
VIII. Louange À L'Immortalité De Jésus

Chronochromie
I. Introduction
II. Strophe I
III. Antistrophe I
IV. Strophe II
V. Antistrophe II
VI. Épode
VII. Coda

Reviews:
Gramophone Critics' Choice 1969:
"As we leave the 1960s, let us reflect what a poor decade it has been for composition and hope for better things. I have no doubt that in the 1970s the stature of Messiaen will continue to increase. After a quarter of a century his Quatuor pour la fin du temps achieves its first recording by a major company and this has certainly been one of my records of the year, particularly for the piano playing of Michel Béroff (his colleagues are Gervase de Peyer, Erich Gruenberg and William Pleeth)."

Gramophone (full 1969 review):



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