MESSIAEN: La Nativité du Seigneur etc.
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD
Categories: Instrumental Music
Composers: Olivier Messiaen
Performers: Jennifer Bate
Available: 0
Price: $8.99
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Jennifer Bate at the Organ of St. Pierre de Beauvais Cathedral
La Nativité du Seigneur
La Banquet Céleste
Jennifer enjoys the unique reputation as a world authority on the French composer, Olivier Messiaen, and was his organist of choice.
In 1975, upon hearing Jennifer Bate perform a program of his works, Olivier Messiaen wrote the following recommendation about Jennifer Bate. "...is an excellent organist,
not only for her virtuosity, but also for her musicianship and sensitivity in choosing her timbres. She is a really accomplished musician who loves what she plays and knows how to make others love it too!" This marked the beginning of a close artistic association and friendship between the two.
| Track Listing | Time | MP3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Nativité du Seigneur (1935) | |||
| 1 | La Vièrge et l'Enfant | 5:28 | |
| 2 | Les Bergers | 6:08 | |
| 3 | Desseins éternels | 5:03 | |
| 4 | Le Verbe | 13:02 | |
| 5 | Les Enfants de Dieu | 4:30 | |
| 6 | Les Anges | 3:00 | |
| 7 | Jésus accepte la soufrance | 4:05 | |
| 8 | Les Mages | 5:12 | |
| 9 | Dieu parmi nous | 8:14 | |
| 10 | Le Banquet Céleste (1928) | 6:55 | |
| 11 | Apparition De L'église Éternelle (1932) | 10:00 |
C'est vraiment parfait!" said Messiaen after hearing Jennifer Bate's recording of La Nativité du Seigneur, one of his most extended, most moving and most beautiful works the recording of the Beauvais Cathedral organ is of demonstratation quality."
Penguin Guide ROSETTE Award.
"Apparition, where the eternal church really does appear out of the clouds, the vision is truly awesome"
Gramophone Publishing Ltd