Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b & Other Works Sarah Leonard, ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra & Michael Gielen

• Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992): Les offrandes oubliées, I/5a:
• 1 Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées, I/5a 11:16
• Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b:
• 2 Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b: I. Action de grâces 05:53
• 3 Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b: II. Paysage 01:45
• 4 Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b: III. La maison 01:37
• 5 Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b: IV. Épouvante 02:37
• 6 Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b: V. L'épouse 02:31
• 7 Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b: VI. Ta voix 03:24
• 8 Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b: VII. Les deux guerriers 01:32
• 9 Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b: VIII. Le collier 04:00
• 10 Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b: IX. Prière exaucée 03:16
• Chronochromie, I/43:
• 11 Messiaen: Chronochromie, I/43: I. Introduction 03:18
• 12 Messiaen: Chronochromie, I/43: II. Strophe I 01:33
• 13 Messiaen: Chronochromie, I/43: III. Antistrophe I 02:45
• 14 Messiaen: Chronochromie, I/43: IV. Strophe II 01:39
• 15 Messiaen: Chronochromie, I/43: V. Antistrophe II 05:03
• 16 Messiaen: Chronochromie, I/43: VI. Epode 03:46
• 17 Messiaen: Chronochromie, I/43: VII. Coda 02:36
• Total Runtime 58:31

Info for Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, I/17b & Other Works

5th installment of the Michael Gielen / ORF Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna series on Orfeo. What makes Olivier Messiaen’s œuvre so special is, to a great extent, his ability to coalesce various influences, inspirations, and convictions into a wholly individual and perfectly coherent musical language. This includes the development of the modal harmonies of earlier centuries as much as it does an engagement with rhythms from non-European traditions. The wealth of colors in his works stems, in part, from Messiaen’s synaesthetic ability to perceive chords as various shapes and colors. As an enthusiastic ornithologist, he spent much time in nature, notating birdsong and then working those, in stylized form, into his compositions. But most importantly, Messiaen’s work is governed by his profound faith. Messiaen once said of himself that he didn’t primarily see himself as a composer but as an “ornithologist and rhythmist”. Captured in 1991 and 1996, remastered from original ORF archive tapes.

Sarah Leonard, soprano
ORF Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien
Michael Gielen, conductor

Sarah Leonard
Leonard’s unique voice and unrivaled musicianship have led to a varied and distinguished career spanning four decades. From her early beginnings in the BBC Singers, and a busy London session and consort singer, her career developed into a world respected champion of contemporary classical music. She has given many world premieres of operas, concert works and songs, and worked with some of the leading conductors and composers of the 20th & 21st centuries. Sarah also loves British and American song and has many recordings of English Song in her 35 + discography. She is also known for being the soaring voice in the title music of the long-running BBC series Silent Witness. Along the way there have been many oratorio and song recital performances, and these continue to the present day.

Alongside her performing career Sarah has developed a passion for teaching singing and continues to expand her knowledge in all the necessary areas to enable her students to reach their highest performing potential.

Sarah is much in demand as a private singing teacher in her London Studio, teaching both professional and amateur singers. She also teaches on the Musical Theatre BA Acting Course at Royal Central School of Speech & Drama and gives very popular residential courses at Benslow Music in Hertfordshire and Jackdaws in Somerset.

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