La nativité du Seigneur ; La transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ / Messiaen.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992.

Contributor:

Preston, Simon, performer.

Loriod, Yvonne, performer.

Starker, Janos, performer.

Mann, Wallace, performer.

Kitt, Loren, performer.

Ames, Frank Anthony, performer.

Kane, John A. C., performer.

Barnett, Ronald, performer.

Dorati, Antal, conductor.

Westminster Choir, performer.

National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.), performer.

Language:

English

French

Latin

Subjects (All):

Organ music.

Oratorios.

Genre:

Organ music.

Sound recordings.

Oratorios.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Nativité du Seigneur

Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus-Christ

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : London, [1990]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Participant:

In the 1st work: Simon Preston, organ. In the 2nd: Yvonne Loriod, piano ; Janos Starker, violoncello ; Wallace Mann, flute ; Loren Kitt, clarinet ; Frank A. Ames, marimba ; John A.C. Kane, xylorimba ; Ronald Barnett, vibraphone ; Westminster Symphonic Choir ; National Symphony Orchestra, Washington, D.C. ; Antal Dorati, conductor.

Notes:

London: 425 616-2 (425 617-2--425 618-2).

The 1st work for organ.

The 2nd work an oratorio; Latin text from: the Bible, the Missal, and Summa theologica / St. Thomas Aquinas.

Recorded in Westminster Abbey, 1965 (1st work) and in Constitution Hall, Washington, D.C., Apr. 1972 (2nd work).

Compact discs; analog recording.

Durations: 57:48; 1:33:00.

Program notes by Paul Griffiths and the composer and text of the 2nd work with English translation (18 p.)--in container.

Contains:

Messiaen, Olivier, 1908-1992. Transfiguration de Notre-Seigneur Jésus-Christ.

OCLC:

23183087

Publisher Number:

2894256162

425 616-2 London

425 617-2 London

425 618-2 London