I've been working on the Messian prelude #2, "Chant d'extase dans une paysage triste."
In the second measure of the "un peu plus vif" section, the key signature is F-sharp major (6 sharps). The left-hand chord is notated (from the bottom): B / D-natural / E / G. Because of the key signature, the E and the G are sharped.
But I was listening to a Youtube video today and, to my surprise, the pianist was playing B / D-natural / E-
natural / G-sharp. At first I thought it was just incorrect, so I listened to a second Youtube video, which also had the E-natural and not E-sharp.
As I read the score, E-sharp is correct. But two pianists making the same error seems unlikely. Did Messiaen publish a "correction" that I've missed?
Here are the two videos which have the E-natural instead of E-sharp, both cued to the "un peu plus vif" section. Time signature is 9/8, and the chord in question is in the second measure.
=2m13s
=2m40s
And one with the E-sharp, which I think is correct.
=2m4s