Gould Piano Trio - Recordings

		MESSIAEN Chandos Quartet for the End of Time Thème et Variations Les Offrandes Oubliées Gould Piano Trio Robert Plane, clarinet
Gramophone September 2008 An admirably well judged, scrupulously expressive performance, very well recorded. BBC Music Magazine August 2008 . .. a fine quartet.., the Gould Trio and Robert Plane are among the best modern accounts. Philadelphia Inquirer, USA The Gould Trio focuses on the music's fantastical side, so much so that the piece has rarely seemed more mercurial and cogent. Album of the Week, The Independent The premiere of Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time may have been wildly over-mythologised, but it's still an amazing story. Its performance here is exemplary.
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MESSIAEN Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps
I. Liturgie de cristal	Thème et Variations
II. Vocalise, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps	Les Offrandes Oubliées
III. Abîme des oiseaux
IV. Intermède
V. Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus
VI. Danse de la fureur, pour les sept trompettes
VII. Fouillis d'arcs-en-ciel, pour l'Ange qui annonce la fin du Temps
VIII. Louange à l'immortalité de Jésus