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liszmaninopin

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some messiaen

on: December 25, 2004, 02:46:33 AM

Of these two pieces; 20 Regards sur l'Enfant-Jesus, and the Catalogue D'oiseaux; which do you prefer? Which do you think is the greater work?

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maxy

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Re: some messiaen

Reply #1 on: December 25, 2004, 03:54:36 AM

I prefer 20 regards.
I never had the courage to listen to the whole bird catalog.

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Reply #2 on: January 03, 2005, 12:04:39 PM

20 regards. Though I admire the Catalogue des Oiseaux, the Regards I find much more moving. I also think they are much more audience friendly.

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Noah

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Reply #3 on: January 03, 2005, 01:32:25 PM

I love them both, but Vingt regards is indeed a more performable work.

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Re: some messiaen

Reply #4 on: January 03, 2005, 07:27:08 PM

definitely 20 regards,
i love them!!!!!!!!
awesome music, and highly original too , i think

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Nordlys

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Reply #5 on: January 05, 2005, 10:14:50 PM

Messiaen is a composer I like very much.

Did any of you play anything from "catalogue d'oiseaux"? I played "Traquet rieur". It was very difficult to memorize, complex chords and irregular rhythms all the time. But when I finally got it it was really ecstatic to play.

I think the "vingt regards" are more often played. Maybe because these pieces have more "conventional" melodies and form than the catalogue d'oiseaux.

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burstroman

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Reply #6 on: January 06, 2005, 04:46:29 AM

Give me the Preludes.

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