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Legacy

Donald Macleod and biographer Nigel Simeone explore Messiaen's final works, his legacy and his status in his centenary year of 2008.

Donald Macleod and biographer Nigel Simeone explore Messiaen's final works, written after he had completed what he thought would be his final work - his huge opera based on the life of St Francis of Assisi.

La resurrection du Christ (Livre du Saint Sacrament)
Jennifer Bate (organ)
Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD 9067-8 CD1 - Tr 10

Petites esquisses d'oiseaux
Peter Hill (piano)
Unicorn-Kanchana DKPCD 9144 - Trs 4-9

Eclairs sur l'au-dela (excerpts)
Orchestre de l'Opera Bastille
Myung-Whun Chung (conductor)
DG 439 929-2 - Trs 9-11

Un sourire
Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Marek Janowski (conductor)
RCA 09026615202 - Tr 1.

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