Chamayou, Bertrand: Messiaen, Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus
Chamayou, Bertrand: Messiaen, Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus
Format: CD
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Artist: Chamayou, Bertrand
Label: Erato
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 190296196669
Genre: Classical
"A giant fresco, a kind of odyssey," is Bertrand Chamayou's description of Olivier Messiaen's piano masterwork, Vingt Regards sur L'Enfant-Jésus. Written in 1944, it is a monumental, mystical and iridescent sequence of 20 gazes or contemplations on the infant Jesus. Messiaen once wrote that "The drama of my life is that I have written religious music for an audience that has no faith." Bertrand Chamayou feels that the Vingt Regards "is a mystical rather than a religious experience... It arouses the same kind of awe as walking into a magnificent cathedral or seeing a glorious sunset. You feel that time stops." Chamayou first played the work in 2008, Messiaen's centenary year, but it has been part of his life since he was nine years old. "It was revelation... I think I can say that the Vingt Regards has played a role in shaping the way I play, the sound I produce and my approach as an interpreter." To complement this two-hour landmark of the repertoire, Chamayou has also recorded five short musical tributes to Messiaen, written in the years following his death in 1992. They are by Toru Takemitsu, Tristan Murail, György Kurtág, Jonathan Harvey and Anthony Cheung.
Tracks:
1.1 Live Ear Emission! "Homage to Olivier Messiaen"
1.2 Rain Tree Sketch II "In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen"
1.3 Cloches D'adieu, Et Un Sourire... "In Memoriam Olivier Messiaen"
1.4 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 1, Regard Du Père
1.5 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 2, Regard de L'étoile
1.6 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 3, L'échange
1.7 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 4, Regard de la Vierge
1.8 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 5, Regard Du Fils Sur Le Fils
1.9 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 6, Par Lui Tout a ÉTÉ Fait
1.10 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 7, Regard de la Croix
1.11 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 8, Regard Des Hauteurs
1.12 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 9, Regard Du Temps
1.13 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 10, Regard de L'esprit de Joie
2.1 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 11, Première Communion de la Vierge
2.2 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 12, la Parole Toute Puissante
2.3 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 13, Noël
2.4 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 14, Regard Des Anges
2.5 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 15, Le Baiser de L'enfant-Jésus
2.6 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 16, Regard Des Prophètes, Des Bergers Et Des Mages
2.7 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 17, Regard Du Silence
2.8 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 18, Regard de L'onction Terrible
2.9 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jesus: No. 19, Je Dors, Mais Mon Cour Veille
2.10 Vingt Regards Sur L'enfant-Jésus: No. 20, Regard de L'église D'amour
2.11 Humble Regard Sur Olivier Messiaen
2.12 Tombeau de Messiaen for Piano and Digital Audio Tape
