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Topic: Messiaen - Regard XIII  (Read 2839 times)

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Messiaen - Regard XIII
on: October 15, 2006, 06:25:21 PM
Noël

Also a piece with great contrast in itself. The sound of large christmas bells together with a very intimate melody as an intermezzo. I have from time to time found it quite hard to find a really good balance between those two, both regarding tempo and timbre, and that´s maybe the greatest difficulty with this piece. That, and the fast chord passages at the end... :)
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