Olivier Messiaen’s early organ works helped establish him as a towering figure of 20th century music. L’Ascension is the most significant of these, with its solemn majesty, dazzling colours and near-static serenity and timelessness. These qualities were already present in Le Banquet céleste, Messiaen’s first published organ work, and in Apparition de l’Église éternelle – a powerful representation of the eternal church emerging and fading from view. The two works discovered posthumously in 1997, Prélude and Offrande au Saint-Sacrement, show the influence of Dupré and Tournemire. Tom Winpenny’s acclaimed recording of Messiaen’s La Nativité du Seigneur can be heard on Naxos 8573332.
Winpenny delivers a fine performance and lets Messiaen’s intensely personal expression of faith speak through the music without getting in the way
Works Messiaen: Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle Messiaen: Diptyque Messiaen: L'Ascension (organ version) Messiaen: Le Banquet Céleste Messiaen: Offrande au Saint Sacrement Messiaen: Prélude pour orgue Groups & Artists Winpenny, Tom
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