popular music: eternelle

popular music: eternelle

popular music:

Eternelle

Olivier Messiaen: Complete Organ Works

Olivier Latry

Deutsche Grammophon, 2002

The sting of awakening.
I must confess that I've been lukewarm about Messiaen. He was often pictured in the 1970's in Hawaiian shirts and suspenders jacking his pants up to his man-boobs and this tacky image carries over all too well to some of his later music, where the extended durations ...

Glorious Pipes: Organ Music Through the Ages

Johannes Brahms, Dietrich Buxtehude, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2004

Glorious pipes
New as an organ fan ? No mistake with this double Cd set. Registration is amazing and sounds like pure cristal. A simple joy. B.A.C.H. from Liszt is great, and more great moments. Organists play perfectly.

Grand Opera Choruses / Kubelik
Ludwig van Beethoven, Vincenzo Bellini, ...

Decca, 1998

Cecilia Bartoli - Chant d'amour (Mélodies française) / Myung-Whung Chung

Georges Bizet, Maurice Ravel, ...

Decca, 1996

Beautiful collection
I heard one song from this album and decided to give it a try, and it was a great surprise for me. Great collection and Cecilia's singing is simply beautiful, without any of these strange mannerisms that sometimes show up in her performances. Her sound is still fairly ...

Messiaen par lui-même

Olivier Messiaen

EMI Classics, 1992

Profound Music, Profound Peformance. Poor Recording.
One of the peculiarities of the twentieth century is the presence of recordings. If Mendelssohn had wished to hear Bach perform, it was too late; the secrets that Bach held playing his music were forever lost to him. Not many recognized Messiaen during his lifetime as ...

Olivier Messiaen: Complete Organ Music, Vol. 1
Olivier Messiaen, Hans-Ola Ericsson

Bis, 1993

Eternelle: The Best Of

Edith Piaf

EMI Classics, 2002

Piaf, the Soul of France
This is an excellent quality recording of some of the most deeply touching music to come out of post war France. There is simply no voice like Piaf's.

Rameau: Castor & Pollux Churs et danses

Jerome Correas, Jean-Philippe Rameau, ...

Hmf Musique D'abord, 2003

Classy Fun
I really like this collection. I am just starting to get into Opera music and there is a track from this album that was featured on the Marie Antoinette soundtrack, the full album is wonderful and so nice to listen to to just relax.

Olivier Messiaen: Complete Organ Works, Vol. 2

Olivier Messiaen, Rudolf Innig

MD&G Records, 1996

Outstanding!
I had never heard of Olivier Messiaen until not too long ago, when I heard the Diptyche played on a NPR radio station. Intrigued, I got this CD and, what a treat! Mr. Messiaen's music is understated, yet powerful; the harmonies flow seamlessly and manage to create an ...

Berlioz: Les Troyens--Grand Scenes / Dutoit, Voigt
Hector Berlioz, Charles Dutoit, ...

Decca, 1998

Chansons Eternelles
Maurice Chavelier

Les Chansons Enternelles, 1999

Les Chansons Eternelles

Vincent Scotto

Chansons Eternelles, 2007

NOT BAD BUT NOT COMPLETE OVERVIEW
Since AMAZON doesn't seem to have the wonderful 2cd collection with 52 songs,you have to settle for this one,but as you know real fans have eliminated the word settling of their vocabulary.If you don't know it,VINCENT SCOTTO was the most important FRENCH composer of ...

Olivier Messiaen: La Nativité

Olivier Messiaen, Louis Thiry

Calliope France, 2004

Caveat emptor
I purchased this Calliope recording a couple of months ago. The recording on it is not Messiaen's La Nativite. I don't know what it is - it is organ music - but it definitely is not La Nativite. Amazon shipped me a replacement and the replacement had the same problem. ...