Birth
Donald Macleod and biographer Nigel Simeone explore early influences on the composer, including poetry his mother wrote when pregnant with him as well as family life.
Donald Macleod and biographer Nigel Simeone explore Messiaen's life and work, focusing on the early influences on the composer, including the volume of poetry his mother wrote while she was pregnant with him and the joys of family life.
3 Melodies
Michele Command (soprano)
Marie-Madeleine Petit (piano)
EMI CMS 7 64092 2 CD1 - Trs 1-3
Les offrandes oubliees
Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)
DG 445 947-2 - Tr 5
Chants de terre et de ciel (excerpts)
Jane Manning (soprano)
David Mason (piano)
Unicorn-Kanchana UKCD2085 - Trs 10-13
Dieu parmi nous (La Nativite du Seigneur)
Naji Hakim (organ)
EMI 5 72272 2 - Tr 7.
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- Mon 1 Dec 200812:00BBC Radio 3
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