messiaen preludes

[Tash]

i've fallen in love with them! was wondering if anyone can give me a rough idea of the difficulty level of each one? i'm liking no.2 quite a bit...

[quantum]

I'd like to know more too please. 

Tash, which recording are you listeing to?

[jre58591]

i jsut heard these on teh radio right now. what a coincidence. the dj likened their difficulty to some of the debussy preludes. he also noted that they were in the style of dukas.

[kitty on the keys]

yes these are great pieces!!! they vary in difficulty like the Debussy Preludes. The only recording i have heard is the one made by his wife. Enjoy them!


Kitty

[thorn]

which recording is this? *wants to hear*

do you have a link or something? is it on Amazon?

[jre58591]

which recording is this? *wants to hear*

do you have a link or something? is it on Amazon?

i dont remember whose i heard, but håkon austbø plays them very nicely. check amazon or naxos for audio samples.

[Tash]

hmm i'm not actually sure who's playing my recording cos i got it from the con and forgot to write the pianist down...either way i'm planning on borrowing the music from uni and having a sightread woo

[thorn]

hmm i'm not actually sure who's playing my recording cos i got it from the con and forgot to write the pianist down...either way i'm planning on borrowing the music from uni and having a sightread woo

i have them already scanned on my comp so if you want a pdf of them, just ask.

i have heard håkon austbø's preludes already; they are pretty good, but i would like to hear the one made by his wife... what was his wife's name?

[pita bread]

Yvonne Lorid (sp?)

[jre58591]

Yvonne Lorid (sp?)

i had forgotten about loriod's rec for a while. hers are a but more "mystical" and meditative than austbø, which is what is needed for these pieces.

[mephisto]

Do I sense that jre hates Austbø?

[thorn]

i searched for yvonne loriod... apparently she premiered and has recorded the complete works of messiaen.

also found a CD of messiaen playing his own etudes 

[jre58591]

Do I sense that jre hates Austbø?

well, for messiaen, i do like his bird catalogue. however, for the preludes, i prefer loriod. and for the vingt regards, i prefer osborne. i do like austbø's tviett concertos though.

[Tash]

Yvonne Lorid (sp?)

you know i think that's who i listened to! thanks thorn for the offer but i can easily borrow them from uni, as soon as i renew my overdue books...