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Olivier Messiaen: Turangalila-Symphonie

Olivier Messiaen (Composer), Myung-Whun Chung (Conductor), Bastille Opera Orchestra (Orchestra), Format: Audio CD
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1 I. Introduction: Modere/un peu vif
2 II. Chant d'amour 1: Modere/lourd
3 III. Turangalila 1: Prespue lent/reveur
4 IV. Chant d'amour 2: Bien modere
5 V. Joie du sang des etoiles: Vif/passionne/avec joie
6 VI. Jardin du sommeil d'amour: Tres modere/tres tendre
7 VII. Turangalila 2: Un peu vif/Bien modere
8 VIII. Developpement de l'amour: Bien modere
9 IX. Turangalila 3: Bien modere
10 X. Final: Modere/presque vif/avec une grande joie

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Orchestre de L'opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung - Messiaen - Turangalîla-Symphonie - CD

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.88 x 5.59 x 0.51 inches; 3.81 ounces
  • Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Deutsche Grammophon
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 028943178129
  • SPARS Code ‏ : ‎ DDD
  • Date First Available ‏ : ‎ January 11, 2007
  • Label ‏ : ‎ Deutsche Grammophon
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000001GF6
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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  • Huntley Dent
    5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant reading that plays down Turangalila's difficulties
    Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2007
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    V. Wilson's review above is so entertaining that it's tempting not to add another word. "Rapturous overkill" indeed. But I wonder if Messiaen's monstrously long, lush, and clangorous Turangalila throws anybody off nowadays? I heard it in Carnegie Hall with the Philadelphia Orch. under Eschenbach, and nobody stirred a hair, not even a silver-gray hair. There are multiple choices among recordings, with a super-virtuosic one from Kent Nagano and the Berlin Phil. topping my personal list.

    But I must admit that Chung's approach is more approachable: it manages the feat of being light on its feet, even jaunty when caled for, and the score's gaudy weirdness feels like a fresh new language instead, shorn of aimless exoticism. The hushed mystical sectins sound more genuine than I remember. As a result, Turangalila comes more sharply into focus, and Chung's musicians give it a distinctly Parisian suaveness and delicacy, along with real elan. I'd rank this CD very high among all the available recordings.
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  • suzanne Lagomarcino
    4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2014
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    This is an amazing composition very well orchestrated by Chung and the Orchestra of the Bastille Opera.
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  • Timothy Scanlon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible music
    Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2022
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    I'd just listened to a lecture on the composer and this symphony. I appreciate it all the more now that I can hear the whole thing.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
    Reviewed in the United States on August 1, 2015
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    Challenging--but worth the effort
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  • P. Micocci
    4.0 out of 5 stars Good performance, poor recording
    Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2001
    I really expected to be impressed by this recording, particularly after reading the blurb from Messiaen that he considered this to be the definitive performance. The performance may well be, but the recording, unfortunately, is not. It sounds very muddy and has nowhere near the dynamic brilliance of the version by the Los Angeles Philharmonic under Essa-Pekka Salonen. I only wish it could be re-recorded (or, at least, remastered)to bring some life it.
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  • David C. Green
    5.0 out of 5 stars Unique piece and well played
    Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2008
    One thing to keep in mind is that Messiaen has never really been the composer of easy listening. When listening to this piece, keep that in mind. His music is complex in its harmonies and its structures. This piece, written for piano and ondes Martenot soloists and orchestra, is a love song, as stated by the composer. You definitely get the feel for that as time progresses. The instrumentation is lush, and it is gorgeous. This recording is a great find because, not only was Messiaen present for the recording (stating that they recorded it almost exactly to his specifications), but the piano soloist is none other than the composer's wife and the one who premiered this work many years prior, Yvonne Loriod. You can feel the experience in her playing, as with the ondes soloist, Jeanne Loriod (Yvonne's sister). Though she is not the original soloist, she became such not too long after the work premiered, and is considered the leading scholar on this bizarre instrument. It adds a mystical quality to an already abstract work. A word of warning: you may fall in love with this odd instrument and want to learn to play (like I did), only to find it is not made anymore. Oh well. At least bask in the glory of this fine work, and enjoy one of Messiaen's most beloved works, sure to make your day.
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  • kelsie
    5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing!
    Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2004
    This recording of the Turangalila Symphonie, which bears Messiaen's imprimatur, surely rests with the finest achievements of the century. The work is one of astonishing complexity, more akin to a fantastic piano concerto or showcase for the ondes martenot than a symphony. Cast into ten movements, the work seeks to portray, in Messiaen's own words, "[an] all at once love song, hymn to joy, time, movement, rhythm, life, and death." Widely touted as his seminal work, the symphony comes to life in this vivid and electrifying reading by Myung-Whun Chung. The recording is less perfect than others, but retains the fire and excitement of the piece faithfully. The ondes martenot, in particular, sounds mellow and soft, rather than strong and commanding. Despite some minor flaws, the reading is amazing, and, being recorded in Messiaen's presence, with his wife and sister-in-law on the piano and ondes martenot, it gives us a definitive account of what Messiaen himself would have wanted us to hear. The work bursts with life and energy, as befits a piece whose title can be loosely translated from the Sanskrit as meaning "speed of life." This particular disc has received wide accolades from several reputable sources, including "The Rough Guide to Classical Music" and "The Penguin Guide." As an advocate of 20th century music, I consider this piece and this reading essential. The two negative reviews on this site are disappointing in their ignorance, and I sincerely hope you won't let them steer you away from this beautiful and amazing work!
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  • Romsonian
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 22, 2020
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  • Gérard BEGNI
    5.0 out of 5 stars La Turangalila symphonie de Messiean excelemment interprétée par Myung-Whun Chung
    Reviewed in France on January 11, 2017
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    Que dire de ce disque?

    La Turangalila Symphonie de Messiaen est quasiment une symphonie concertante avec une partie écrasante de piano solo et une partie d'ondes Martenot également importante quoique moins virtuose. Elle fait partie d'un cycle dédié à l'amour, avec Harawi pour voix et piano et les Cinq rechants a capella. Elle est évidemment et de très loin la partie la plus imposante du triptyque.

    Elle est composée de 10 mouvements très contrastés, unifiés par un certain nombre de thèmes ou de formaules harmoniques. Tout cela est précisé par Messiaen, qui n'est jamais avare de commentaires sur ses oeuvres, dans la très intéressante notice qui accompagne le CD. On y trouvera notamment l'explication du titre, qui dérive du sanskrit. Certains mouvements sont abrupts, sauvages même, tel le cinquième, 'Joie du sang des étoiles'.. D'autres sont infiniment contemplatifs, comme un prolongement orchestral des deux louanges du Quatuor pour la fin des temps.Tel est par exemple le merveilleux sixième mouvement, "Jardin du sommeil d'amour' - douze minutes d'extase.

    Si l'on met à part les cycles pianistiques, la partition rivalise de longueur avec 'Des canyons aux étoiles', également avec piano solo, et 'Éclairs sur l'au delà', la dernière partition du Maître, également illustrée avec bonheur par le même chef Olivier Messiaen: Eclairs Sur L'Au-Dela, elle sans soliste.

    Myung-Whun Chung, profitant des conseils du Maître, son épouse Yvonne Loriod au piano et la sœur de cette dernière Jeanne Loriod aux Ondes Martenot nous donnent une version faisant autorité de cette belle et logue symphonie (concertante) qui s'écoute d'un bout à l'autre sans un moment d'ennui, tant est puissante l'inspiration du Maître et la maîtrise de sa plume pour la réaliser.
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  • hp
    5.0 out of 5 stars 気に入ったのは私ではなく、私に降りてきた作曲家自身かもしれない
    Reviewed in Japan on July 12, 2018
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    当初聴いた印象では、ちょっと線が細くおとなしい印象があり「愛の歌」の解釈としては物足りないのではないかと思っていました。

    が、オリヴィエ・メシアン自作自演のオルガン曲を聴くにつれ、ああ、これこそがメシアンの意図通りなのか、と思い直しました。
    愛の喜びと言いつつも、ニューロティックでエキセントリックであり、感情のその先にある鮮やかな閃光を見ているかのような演奏はまさにメシアンの匂いです。
    メシアン好きとしては、この作曲家を理解するための盤として、この演奏を評価しないわけにはいかないでしょう。あたかも私自身ではなく、私のところに降りてきたメシアンの魂がこれを推奨しているかのような...笑

    分野が違いすぎて喩えると余計わかりづらくなるかもしれませんが、私にとってはコードウェイナー・スミスの短編のような、線の細さが不思議な魅力となる珠玉作、の印象です。
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  • Henri
    4.0 out of 5 stars Turangalila-Symphonie interprétation Myung-Mhun-Chung
    Reviewed in France on October 11, 2016
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    Cette interprétation de la Turangalila est celle de référence d'après Messiaen lui même car elle tient compte des modifications qu'il a apportées à la version originale.
    Boulez reprochait à cette symphonie d'être racoleuse car elle est pleine de thèmes répétés. Elle est peut-être facile mais c'est le Messiean amoureux qui, très catholique, se refuse la moindre incartade tant que sa 1ère femme est vivante. Alors il fait un transfert psychologique en traduisant son amour caché pour Yvonne Loriod dans sa Turangalila Symphonie qui explose de joie.
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  • Mr. Mark A. Meldon
    2.0 out of 5 stars Myung-Whun Chung's Turangalîla-Symphonie - not a first choice
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 14, 2012
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    This CD was the first in a whole series Deutsche Grammophon recorded with Myung-Whun Chung and the Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille from 1991 onwards; a commendable enterprise that produced some excellent recordings. This one, alas, is not one of them for two main reasons.

    Firstly, I think Chung is too laid back and cautious and, although his timings of several of the individual sections of this now almost mainstream work are similar to competing recordings, there is not enough drive to the piece as a whole. Everything tends to blur into a formless mass. Chung's approach is certainly a valid one, if you like that sort of thing, and Messiaen was at the recording (just goes to show that this is no guarantee of success?), but the performance is a disappointing one.

    Secondly, the recording is pretty terrible, made in a resonant, boomy, acoustic which tends to lose several threads in this complex work all at the same time. Back in the 1990s, Deutsche Grammophon became microphone-crazy and some recordings made back then were more than disappointing; this, alas, is one of the worst.

    There are many excellent recordings of the Turangalîla-Symphony available, and I would recommend Ozawa Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphony on RCA, Nagano on Teldec/Warner Messiaen : Turangalila Symphony, the excellent Wit on Naxos Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony; L'ascension, or, especially, Rattle on EMI Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony - Quatour pour la fin du temps (GEMINI) as much better choices than this one!
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