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Messiaen: Saint François d'Assise [Box set]

~ Olivier Messiaen (Composer), Kent Nagano (Conductor), Schoenberg Choir (Orchestra), Hallé Orchestra (Orchestra), Dawn Upshaw (Performer), et al.
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Disc 1:

Extraits
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - Premier Tableau: La Croix: Un peu vif - "J'ai peur, sur la route" - 1ère strophe (Frére Léon, Saint Francois)José van Dam 2:09£0.79
Listen  2. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - "J'ai peur, sur la route" - 2e strophe (Frère Léon, Saint Francois)Urban Malmberg 3:05£0.79
Listen  3. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - "J'ai peur, sur la route" - 3e Strophe (Frère Léon, Saint Francois)Dawn Upshaw 6:23£0.79
Listen  4. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - S'il se met a pleuvoir (Saint Francois)José van Dam 5:40£0.79
Listen  5. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - Saint Francois et Frère Léon remettent leur capuchon...Arnold Schoenberg Chor 2:47£0.79
Listen  6. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - Deuxième Tableau: Les Laudes: Un peu lentDirk D'Ase 1:29£0.79
Listen  7. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - Loué sois-tu, mon Seigneur, pour frère Vent (Saint Francois, frères Sylvestre, Rufin & Bernard, choeur)José van Dam 2:24£0.79
Listen  8. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - Loué sois-tu, mon Seigneur, pour soeur Eau (Saint Francois, frères Sylvestre, Rufin & Bernard, choeur)José van Dam 2:55£0.79
Listen  9. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - "Loué sois-tu, mon Seigneur, pour soeur notre mère la "José van Dam 1:25£0.79
Listen10. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - Saint! Saint! Saint! (choeur)The Hallé Orchestra 3:06£0.79
Listen11. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - G Toi! Toi qui as fait le temps! (Saint Francois)José van Dam 5:54£0.79
Listen12. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - Troisième Tableau: Le Baiser au Lépreux: Bien modéréDawn Upshaw 1:05£0.79
Listen13. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - Comment peut-on vivre une telle vie? (le Lépreux)Dirk D'Ase 1:44£0.79
Listen14. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - Entre Saint Francois... "Dieu te donne la paix, frère bien-aimé!" (Saint Francois, le Lépreux)José van Dam 4:16£0.79
Listen15. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - "La pénitence! la pénitence! Enlève-moi d'abord mes "LaDirk D'Ase 3:33£0.79
Listen16. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - Lépreux, ton coeur t'accuse (l'Ange, le Lépreux, Saint Francois)Dirk D'Ase 6:20£0.79
Listen17. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - Pardonne-moi, Père, je récrimine toujours (le Lépreux, Saint Francois)Dirk D'Ase 4:07£0.79
Listen18. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - Miracle! Regarde, Père (le Lépreux)Dirk D'Ase 3:02£0.79
Listen19. Saint Francois D'Assise / Premier Acte - "Père, Père, j'ai tellement protesté contre mes "Père,Chris Merritt 5:06£0.79


Disc 2:

Extraits
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Quatrième Tableau: L'Ange voyageur: Un peu vifDawn Upshaw 2:38£0.79
Listen  2. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - J'ai peur, sur la route (Frère Léon, Frère Massée)Dirk D'Ase 3:01£0.79
Listen  3. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Frère Massée rentre dans la salle conventuelle...Dirk D'Ase 1:46£0.79
Listen  4. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Qui peut frapper de la sorte? (Frère Massée, l'Ange)Dirk D'Ase 3:52£0.79
Listen  5. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Pourquoi me dérange-t-on sans cesse? (Frère Elie, l'Ange, Frère Massée)Dawn Upshaw 6:23£0.79
Listen  6. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Mais, il frappe encore! (Frère Massée, l'Ange)Dawn Upshaw 2:20£0.79
Listen  7. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Dieu te donne sa paix, ô bon Frère! (l'Ange, Frère Bernard)Dawn Upshaw 8:22Album Only
Listen  8. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Puis-je à mon tour te poser une question? (Frère Bernard, l'Ange)Tom Krause 4:02£0.79
Listen  9. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - L'Ange fait un petit geste de la main...Tom Krause 2:13£0.79
Listen10. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Cinquième Tableau: L'Ange musicien: Bien modéréJosé van Dam 3:36£0.79
Listen11. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Toutes ces gloires dont parle l'Apôtre me ravissent (Saint Francois)José van Dam 3:43£0.79
Listen12. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Montre-moi combien est grande l'abondance de douceur (Saint Francois)José van Dam 1:10£0.79
Listen13. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Chant de la fauvette Gerygone...Dirk D'Ase 1:25£0.79
Listen14. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Que me veux-tu, frère gheppio, faucon crécerelle? (Saint Francois)José van Dam 1:33£0.79
Listen15. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Francois! Francois! (l'Ange)Dirk D'Ase0:52£0.29
Listen16. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Pardonne ma prière, bel Ange de Dieu... (Saint Francois, l'Ange)José van Dam 5:14£0.79
Listen17. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - L'Ange se prépare à jouer de la viole...Dirk D'Ase 5:51£0.79
Listen18. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - J'ai peur, sur la route (Frère Léon, Frère Bernard, Frère Massée)Dirk D'Ase 2:07£0.79
Listen19. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Mes petites brebis, merci de vos soins (Saint Francois)José van Dam 3:54£0.79


Disc 3:

Extraits
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Sixième Tableau: Le Prêche aux oiseaux: Un peu vifDirk D'Ase 2:17£0.79
Listen  2. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Père, te souviens-tu du jeune homme de Sienne? (Frère Massée, Saint Francois)Dawn Upshaw10:19Album Only
Listen  3. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Une louange! un point d'exclamation! (Saint Francois, Frère Massée)José van Dam 9:30Album Only
Listen  4. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Petit concert d'oiseauxDawn Upshaw0:56£0.29
Listen  5. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Toute chose de beauté doit parvenir à la liberté (Saint Francois)José van Dam 2:07£0.79
Listen  6. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - "Frères oiseaux, en tous temps et lieux, louez votre "FJosé van Dam 6:46£0.79
Listen  7. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - "Il vous aime, Celui qui vous accorde tant de "Il vousJosé van Dam 1:57£0.79
Listen  8. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - Grand concert d'oiseauxDawn Upshaw 2:34£0.79
Listen  9. Saint Francois D'Assise / Deuxième Acte - "Avec quel respect ils se sont tus, dès que tu as "AvecDirk D'Ase 6:44£0.79


Disc 4:

Extraits
Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - Septième Tableau: Les Stigmates: Bien modéréDirk D'Ase 2:46£0.79
Listen  2. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - Seigneur Jésus-Christ, accorde-moi deux grâces (Saint Francois)José van Dam 2:40£0.79
Listen  3. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - Les miens, je les ai aimés (choeur)Dawn Upshaw 4:30£0.79
Listen  4. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - "faiblesse!... me très méprisable!... (Saint Francois)José van Dam 4:44£0.79
Listen  5. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - Une lueur rouge et violette enflamme toute la scene...José van Dam 4:43£0.79
Listen  6. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - Si tu portes de bon coeur la croix (choeur)Dirk D'Ase 2:44£0.79
Listen  7. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - Huitième Tableau: La Mort et la Nouvelle Vie: Trés modéréDirk D'Ase 1:12£0.79
Listen  8. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - Adieu, créature de temps! Adieu, créature d'espace! (Saint Francois, frères Bernard, Massée & Léon)José van Dam 8:25Album Only
Listen  9. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - Loué sois-tu, mon Seigneur, pour soeur Mort (Saint Francois, frères Sylvestre, Rufin & Bernard, choeur)José van Dam 4:30£0.79
Listen10. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - J'appelle: Ha! et ma voix: Ha! (coeur)Arnold Schoenberg Chor 3:05£0.79
Listen11. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - Francois! Francois! Rapelle-toi (l'Ange)Dirk D'Ase 7:19Album Only
Listen12. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - "Seigneur! Seigneur! Musique et Poésie m'ont conduit "SJosé van Dam 5:41£0.79
Listen13. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - il est parti... comme un silence (Frère Léon)Dirk D'Ase 2:51£0.79
Listen14. Saint Francois D'Assise / Troisième Acte - "Autre est l'éclat de la lune, autre est l'éclat du "AuArnold Schoenberg Chor 5:27£0.79

On this CD:
  1. Saint François d'Assise
    Composed by Olivier Messiaen
    Performed by Schoenberg Choir, Hallé Orchestra
    with Dawn Upshaw, José Van Dam, Chris Merritt, Urban Malmberg, John Aler, Guy Renard, Tom Krause, Akos Banlaky, Dirk d' Ase, Jeanne Loriod, Valerie Hartmann-Claverie, Dominique Kim
    Conducted by Kent Nagano

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5.0 out of 5 stars A masterpiece of modern music, 23 April 2009
By NC WILSON (UK) - See all my reviews
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"This was the last good piece of music written. Composition ends here."

With Messiaen's final great piece heard, it seems like the final chords in music history have been penned. Vast in scale and conception, this is a phenomenal drama. Critics of modern music will find everything to hate, from arrestingly new instruments, such as the ondes Martenot, and the extensive use of new chords and textures, rather than melodic devices, to act as motifs for each character or theme. On the other hand, those a little more open minded and hard-working will come away with a broad grin and a haunting night's sleep. The use of Messiaen's birdsong studies in particular will come as a pleasant shock to the uninitiated, and the peculiar characteristic emphases on 'clean' portrayals, without the murkiness of sin, and his fixation on the transcendent experience of God, give the work the Catholic theme particular to Messiaen.

The subject, as Wikipedia will amply "inform" you, is the life of St Francis of Assisi, laid in several tableaux. Like Wagner, Messiaen envisaged the opera in terms of total immersion, and uses stage effects extensively, a feature demanding attendance at a live performance. For those less fortunate (I have only seen it once), the CD will give hours of enjoyment, and rewards re-listening many, many times. Having heard few performances, I cannot really comment on this particular recording, but it is supposed to rather good, and no flaws jump out. St Francis is sung by the original performer, José Van Dam, and as Nagano's second recording of the opera, he has the experience to add to his talent, making this an excellent sound throughout.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Messiaen's Opera, 14 April 2009
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This 4 hour work was in the composers view his magnum opus summing up his musical life and religious beliefs.

It has met with some pretty fierce criticism, the editor of Opera expressed the hope there would not be many productions in the centenary year, a critic in the same journal went further in a pretty vitriolic review, and the reviews of the Proms performance, very poorly attended, said it was too long and the worse sin for a dramatic work , that its dull.

I dont think its dull, but it does move at a very leasurely pace and there is very little drama, yet I think it clearly is Operatic. It is one of those problematic pieces thatare hard to stage but still need staging for their full effect

With a vast orchestra and chorus and its length it will only be staged rarely and sadly this is very unlikely ever to be in the UK. So this performance is really the only way to get to know the work.

Repeated hearings have gradually persuaded me of the works validity. There are some very beautiful passages which are immediately appreciated, the angel who visits Francis and plays music on a viol is an extraordinary moment, like nothing else in Messiaen. But I have now gradually appreciated the way the music slowly moves to Francis' death and have become very attached to the vocal line, even when a first hearinfg it appears to be a type of recitative. The best way I can explain it, is if you love Wagner eventually some of the quietest passages , for example the meeting between Brunnhilde and her Valkyrie sister in Gotterdammerung can mean as much or even more as the popular "highlights", so it is here.

This is not a work for some one approaching Messiaen for the first time but if you love his music you have to get to know the huge late work on which he expended so much effort
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