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Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Messiaen was one of the most important composers and teachers of the 20th century. I wanted to compile Messiaen's favorite composers and show short excerpts from his analysis.
00:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Commendatore Scene" from Don Giovanni (1787) * Recording: Wilhelm Furtwängler (1954)
10:08 W. A. Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Adagio (1786) * Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Vladimir Golschmann (conductor), 1949.
17:05 Claude Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande, Final (1902) * Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht (1951)
18:20 C. Debussy - "Sirènes" from Nocturnes (1899) * Ernest Ansermet (1957)
27:42 Frédéric Chopin - 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 5 (1837) * Robert Goldsand, (1951)
31:12 F. Chopin - Ballade No. 3 Op. 47 (1841) * Peter Serkin (1980)
38:20 Claude Le Jeune - "D'une coline m'i promenant" from 'Le Printemps' (Late 1500s) * Ensemble Jacques Feuillie (1977)
41:41 Claude Le Jeune - "Ma mignonne" from 'Le Printemps' (Late 1500s) * Ensemble Jacques Feuillie (1977)
53:24 Greek Metrics: Euripides - "Stasimon" from 'Orestes' (408 BCE) * Petros Tabouris (1992?)
56:08 Balinese Gamelan: Anak Agung Mandera - Oleg & Ketjak (1952)
1:03:59 Hindu Rhythms: Ahmed Jan Thirakwa - Tabla Solo (1936)
1:06:14 Igor Stravinsky - "Glorification of the Chosen One" and "Sacrificial Dance" from The Rite of Spring (1913) * Pierre Boulez (1969)
1:12:24 Darius Milhaud - "La Création du Monde" (1923) * Charles Munch (1961)
1:28:22 Hector Berlioz - "Songe d'une nuit du sabbat" from Symphonie fantastique (1830) * Pierre Monteux (1945)
1:37:54 Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7: II. Allegretto (1812) * Serge Koussevitzky (1944)
1:47:30 Richard Wagner - 'Kundry's Seduction' from Parsifal (1882) * Marcelle Bunlet (1932)
1:52:34 Modest Mussorgsky - "Coronation scene" from Boris Godunov (1873) * Nikolai Golovanov (1949)
2:02:07 Claudio Monteverdi - "Oblivion soave" from L'incoronazione di Poppea (1643) * Ezio Pinza (1940)
2:05:03 Johann Sebastian Bach - Agnus Dei from Mass in B Minor (1749) * Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) and George Enescu (Conductor), 1951
2:10:58 Jean-Philippe Rameau - "Hippolyte n'est plus" from Hippolyte et Aricie (1732) * Roger Désormière (1950)
2:16:35 Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K.9 (1700s) * Robert Casadesus (1937)
2:18:13 Robert Schumann - Papillons (Excerpts) (1831) * Catherine Collard (1988)
2:21:54 Isaac Albéniz - "Lavapiés" from Iberia (1906) * Yvonne Loriod (1969)
2:27:48 Maurice Ravel - Scarbo from Gaspard de la nuit (1908) * Paul Crossley (1983)
2:38:27 Andre Jolivet - "Danse Initiatique" from "5 danses rituelles" (version for piano) (1939) * Pascal Gallet (2003)
2:46:31 Bela Bartok - Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm from "Mikrokosmos" (1940) * Bela Bartok (1940)
2:49:37 György Ligeti - Atmospheres (1961) * Hans Rosbaud (1961)
2:58:18 Anton Webern - Three Little Pieces, Op. 11 (1914) * Tashi Quartet (1983)
3:03:18 Alban Berg - Andante amoroso from "Lyric Suite" (1926) * Hermann Scherchen (1959)
3:09:45 Arthur Honegger - Opening, "Antigone" (1927) * Maurice Le Roux (1960)
3:17:42 Heitor Villa-Lobos - Choros No. 10 "Rasga o coração" (1926) * Eleazar de Carvalho
3:29:20 Paul Dukas - "Les portes d'argent" & "Air des diamants" from 'Ariane et Barbe-Bleue' (1906) * Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (1957)
3:42:35 Marcel Dupré - Improvised Fugue (1957)
3:48:08 Edgard Varese - Integrates (1923) * Robert Craft (1960)
3:57:56 Henri Dutilleux - Mystère de l'Instant (1989) * Heinz Holliger (2006)
4:15:54 Traditional Japanese music, "Noh": Noh Scene from Yasujirō Ozu's Banshun (1949)
4:22:54 Japanese "Gagaku" Music: Taishikichô Chôshi (1941)
4:26:04 Toru Takemitsu - Cassiopeia (1971) * Seiji Ozawa (1971)
4:42:44 Pierre Boulez - Répons (Original 1981 version) * Boulez (1981 world premiere)
5:02:52 George Benjamin - Ringed by The Flat Horizon (1980) * Mark Elder (1985)
5:22:36 Tristan Murail - Le Desenchantement du Monde -excerpts- (2012) * Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), George Benjamin (conductor) (2012)
5:32:46 Iannis Xenakis - Akea (1986) * Claude Helffer, (piano) Arditti String Quartet (1991)
5:46:16 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Zeitmasse (1956) * Stockhausen (1956)
6:00:38 Nguyen Thien Dao - Koskom (1971) * Marius Constant
6:06:58 Gerald Levinson - Symphony No. 1 "Anāhata" (1986) * Hugh Wolff
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Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992), Messiaen was one of the most important composers and teachers of the 20th century. I wanted to compile Messiaen's favorite composers and show short excerpts from his analysis.
00:00 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - "Commendatore Scene" from Don Giovanni (1787) * Recording: Wilhelm Furtwängler (1954)
10:08 W. A. Mozart - Piano Concerto No. 23 in A Major, K. 488: II. Adagio (1786) * Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Vladimir Golschmann (conductor), 1949.
17:05 Claude Debussy - Pelléas et Mélisande, Final (1902) * Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht (1951)
18:20 C. Debussy - "Sirènes" from Nocturnes (1899) * Ernest Ansermet (1957)
27:42 Frédéric Chopin - 12 Études, Op. 25: No. 5 (1837) * Robert Goldsand, (1951)
31:12 F. Chopin - Ballade No. 3 Op. 47 (1841) * Peter Serkin (1980)
38:20 Claude Le Jeune - "D'une coline m'i promenant" from 'Le Printemps' (Late 1500s) * Ensemble Jacques Feuillie (1977)
41:41 Claude Le Jeune - "Ma mignonne" from 'Le Printemps' (Late 1500s) * Ensemble Jacques Feuillie (1977)
53:24 Greek Metrics: Euripides - "Stasimon" from 'Orestes' (408 BCE) * Petros Tabouris (1992?)
56:08 Balinese Gamelan: Anak Agung Mandera - Oleg & Ketjak (1952)
1:03:59 Hindu Rhythms: Ahmed Jan Thirakwa - Tabla Solo (1936)
1:06:14 Igor Stravinsky - "Glorification of the Chosen One" and "Sacrificial Dance" from The Rite of Spring (1913) * Pierre Boulez (1969)
1:12:24 Darius Milhaud - "La Création du Monde" (1923) * Charles Munch (1961)
1:28:22 Hector Berlioz - "Songe d'une nuit du sabbat" from Symphonie fantastique (1830) * Pierre Monteux (1945)
1:37:54 Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7: II. Allegretto (1812) * Serge Koussevitzky (1944)
1:47:30 Richard Wagner - 'Kundry's Seduction' from Parsifal (1882) * Marcelle Bunlet (1932)
1:52:34 Modest Mussorgsky - "Coronation scene" from Boris Godunov (1873) * Nikolai Golovanov (1949)
2:02:07 Claudio Monteverdi - "Oblivion soave" from L'incoronazione di Poppea (1643) * Ezio Pinza (1940)
2:05:03 Johann Sebastian Bach - Agnus Dei from Mass in B Minor (1749) * Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) and George Enescu (Conductor), 1951
2:10:58 Jean-Philippe Rameau - "Hippolyte n'est plus" from Hippolyte et Aricie (1732) * Roger Désormière (1950)
2:16:35 Domenico Scarlatti - Keyboard Sonata in D minor, K.9 (1700s) * Robert Casadesus (1937)
2:18:13 Robert Schumann - Papillons (Excerpts) (1831) * Catherine Collard (1988)
2:21:54 Isaac Albéniz - "Lavapiés" from Iberia (1906) * Yvonne Loriod (1969)
2:27:48 Maurice Ravel - Scarbo from Gaspard de la nuit (1908) * Paul Crossley (1983)
2:38:27 Andre Jolivet - "Danse Initiatique" from "5 danses rituelles" (version for piano) (1939) * Pascal Gallet (2003)
2:46:31 Bela Bartok - Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm from "Mikrokosmos" (1940) * Bela Bartok (1940)
2:49:37 György Ligeti - Atmospheres (1961) * Hans Rosbaud (1961)
2:58:18 Anton Webern - Three Little Pieces, Op. 11 (1914) * Tashi Quartet (1983)
3:03:18 Alban Berg - Andante amoroso from "Lyric Suite" (1926) * Hermann Scherchen (1959)
3:09:45 Arthur Honegger - Opening, "Antigone" (1927) * Maurice Le Roux (1960)
3:17:42 Heitor Villa-Lobos - Choros No. 10 "Rasga o coração" (1926) * Eleazar de Carvalho
3:29:20 Paul Dukas - "Les portes d'argent" & "Air des diamants" from 'Ariane et Barbe-Bleue' (1906) * Désiré-Emile Inghelbrecht (1957)
3:42:35 Marcel Dupré - Improvised Fugue (1957)
3:48:08 Edgard Varese - Integrates (1923) * Robert Craft (1960)
3:57:56 Henri Dutilleux - Mystère de l'Instant (1989) * Heinz Holliger (2006)
4:15:54 Traditional Japanese music, "Noh": Noh Scene from Yasujirō Ozu's Banshun (1949)
4:22:54 Japanese "Gagaku" Music: Taishikichô Chôshi (1941)
4:26:04 Toru Takemitsu - Cassiopeia (1971) * Seiji Ozawa (1971)
4:42:44 Pierre Boulez - Répons (Original 1981 version) * Boulez (1981 world premiere)
5:02:52 George Benjamin - Ringed by The Flat Horizon (1980) * Mark Elder (1985)
5:22:36 Tristan Murail - Le Desenchantement du Monde -excerpts- (2012) * Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano), George Benjamin (conductor) (2012)
5:32:46 Iannis Xenakis - Akea (1986) * Claude Helffer, (piano) Arditti String Quartet (1991)
5:46:16 Karlheinz Stockhausen - Zeitmasse (1956) * Stockhausen (1956)
6:00:38 Nguyen Thien Dao - Koskom (1971) * Marius Constant
6:06:58 Gerald Levinson - Symphony No. 1 "Anāhata" (1986) * Hugh Wolff
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