Olivier Messiaen and the Interstellar Call!
In a live edition of The Listening Service, Tom Service hears and responds to Olivier Messiaen’s ‘Interstellar Call’. Join us on the launch pad!
In a live edition of The Listening Service, Tom Service hears and responds to composer Olivier Messiaen’s ‘Interstellar Call’, sent out in his epic "From the canyons to the stars..." The music is inspired by the wild beauty of Arizona, filled with birdsong and the sounds of nature, but also with a cosmic sense of awe - where does Messiaen's visionary work fit in the culture of the early 70s and in the present day?
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Charles Ives
2 Contemplations K.V.23 for chamber orchestra
Performer: New York Philharmonic. Conductor: Leonard Bernstein.- DGG.
- 4292202-.
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Olivier Messiaen
Des Canyons aux etoiles for piano, horn and orchestra
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John Williams
Close encounters - music for the film
Conductor: John Williams. Performer: Studio Orchestra.- Alhambra.
- a8915.
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Olivier Messiaen
Des Canyons aux etoiles for piano, horn and orchestra
Conductor: Christoph Eschenbach. Performer: John Ryan. Performer: London Philharmonic Orchestra.- LPO.
- 0083.
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Olivier Messiaen
Des Canyons aux etoiles for piano, horn and orchestra
Performer: French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung.- DG.
- 4716172.
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Olivier Messiaen
Feuillets inedits for Ondes Martenot and piano
Performer: Estelle Lemire. Performer: Louise Bessette.- ATMA.
- ACD22621.
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Olivier Messiaen
Turangalila-symphonie
Performer: Berliner Philharmoniker. Conductor: Kent Nagano.- TELDEC.
- 8573820432.
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Elmer Bernstein
Ghostbusters
Performer: Elmer Bernstein.- ARISTA.
- 258-720.
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Maurice Jarre
Lawrence of Arabia Overture
Conductor: Tony Bremmer. Performer: Philharmonia Orchestra.- Silva Screen.
- film cd-036.
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Jonny Greenwood
There Will Be Blood
Conductor: Robert Ziegler. Performer: 91ȱ Concert Orchestra. Performer: Emperor Quartet.- MIRAMAX.
- STCD-400025.
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Alexander Courage
Star Trek Theme: Main Title
Performer: Alexander Courage.- GNP CRESCENDO.
- N/A.
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Olivier Messiaen
Turangalila-symphonie
Conductor: Juanjo Mena. Performer: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra.- HYPERION.
- CDA67816.
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Olivier Messiaen
Turangalila-symphonie
Conductor: André Previn. Performer: London Symphony Orchestra.- warner.
- 5099921746659.
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György Ligeti
Lux aeterna for chorus
Conductor: Clytus Gottwald. Performer: Schola Cantorum Stuttgart.- WERGO.
- WER60162-50.
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Olivier Messiaen
Quatuor pour la fin du temps for clarinet, piano, violin and cello
Performer: James Clark. Performer: Matthew Schellhorn.- signum.
- sigcd126.
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