Olivier Messiaen, Madeleine Forte, Allen Forte – Madeleine Forte Plays Piano Music Of Olivier Messiaen With Commentary By Allen ForteOlivier Messiaen, Madeleine Forte, Allen Forte – Madeleine Forte Plays Piano Music Of Olivier Messiaen With Commentary By Allen ForteOlivier Messiaen, Madeleine Forte, Allen Forte – Madeleine Forte Plays Piano Music Of Olivier Messiaen With Commentary By Allen Forte
Olivier Messiaen, Madeleine Forte, Allen Forte – Madeleine Forte Plays Piano Music Of Olivier Messiaen With Commentary By Allen Forte
Olivier Messiaen, Madeleine Forte, Allen Forte – Madeleine Forte Plays Piano Music Of Olivier Messiaen With Commentary By Allen Forte
Olivier Messiaen, Madeleine Forte, Allen Forte – Madeleine Forte Plays Piano Music Of Olivier Messiaen With Commentary By Allen Forte
Olivier Messiaen, Madeleine Forte, Allen Forte

Olivier Messiaen, Madeleine Forte, Allen Forte – Madeleine Forte Plays Piano Music Of Olivier Messiaen With Commentary By Allen Forte

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Messiaen's keyboard works emerge here through a distinctly pedagogical lens, with pianist Madeleine Forte navigating selections from the Préludes and the monumental Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus alongside analytical commentary from theorist Allen Forte. Rather than a conventional performance recording, this becomes a conversation between interpreter and scholar, tracing how Messiaen's spiritual vision—rooted in birdsong, liturgical color, and rhythmic innovation—unfolds across his piano catalogue. Forte's interjections illuminate the compositional architecture beneath those shimmering harmonies and modal landscapes, making this particularly valuable for anyone curious about how Messiaen constructed his modernist soundworld. Recorded in 2001, it captures a musician in her maturity engaging with a composer whose influence shaped postwar classical music, offering insight into both the music itself and how we might listen to it more deeply.

Item Details+
Genre Classical
Style Contemporary, Modern
Media Mint (M)
Sleeve Mint (M)
Description Sealed. Carefully packed and shipped with love from Vienna. Order more, save on shipping!
Label Roméo Records
Year 2001
Country US
Format CD
Tracklist+

From Préludes (1929)

1. Commentary 5:45

2. La Colombe (I) 1:39

3. Commentary 1:13

4. Chant D'Extase Dans Un Paysage Triste (II) 6:48

5. Commentary 1:36

6. Nombre Léger (III) 1:51

7. Commentary 1:09

8. Instants Défunts (IV) 4:14

9. Commentary 0:59

10. Plainte Calme (VII) 2:25

From Vingt Regards Sur L'Enfant-Jésus (1944)

11. Commentary 2:42

12. Regard De L'Étoile (II) 3:02

13. Commentary 1:48

14. Regard De La Vierge (IV) 5:34

15. Commentary 1:47

16. Regard Du Temps (IX) 2:33

17. Commentary 2:19

18. Regard De La Communion De La Vierge (XI) 7:12

19. Commentary 1:28

20. Noël (XIII) 4:06

21. Commentary 2:31

22. Regard Des Prophètes, Des Bergers Et Des Mages (XVI) 3:13

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