Je dors, mais mon cœur veille
A piece of utter calmness and subtle beauty in F sharp major (!). It could be regarded as the dream and colour filled sleep before the great klimax in the last Regard. Detail: Notorius difficult to have full control of the pppp (!) octaves at the end, but the effect and the absolute marvelous feeling the ending of this piece can create, makes it worth practising.
Topic: Messiaen - Regard XIX