This must be considered a definitive performance of Messiaen's La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ, the composer's largest choral work, based on the composer's rhapsodic endorsement, which is full of superlatives and triple exclamation points. Written between 1965 and 1969, the piece calls for massive choral and instrumental forces and is one of his most austere creations. In two large sections, each with seven movements and lasting over an hour and a half, it's not a narrative of the Transfiguration as ...
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This must be considered a definitive performance of Messiaen's La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ, the composer's largest choral work, based on the composer's rhapsodic endorsement, which is full of superlatives and triple exclamation points. Written between 1965 and 1969, the piece calls for massive choral and instrumental forces and is one of his most austere creations. In two large sections, each with seven movements and lasting over an hour and a half, it's not a narrative of the Transfiguration as described in the Gospels, but a series of reflections on its meaning, using Biblical, liturgical, and theological texts in Latin. Messiaen cultivates a sense of wonder by creating music with both ethereal serenity and startling outbursts. His extensive use of percussion and his inventive orchestration make the score especially colorful. He incorporates the songs of almost six-dozen birds, perhaps more than in any of his other pieces. The choral writing, which is frequently unaccompanied...
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