Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps size:OS 6 Piano Sonata No

6 Piano Sonata No

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CD 63  Quintets for Piano & Winds

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Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps size:OS 6 Piano Sonata NoMusic which lulls to sleep and which sings, which is of new blood, speaking gestures, an unknown fragrance, an unsleeping bird; music of stained glass church windows, a whirl of complementary colours, a theological rainbow. This personal definition which Olivier Messiaen gave in those words points to both the purely musical and the extra musical characteristics that Messiaen demands of himself and attributes to his works. It also serves as a brief