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- Date Released: April 30, 1994
- Genre: Classical
- Style: Keyboard, 20th Century
- Label: BIS / IODA
Is that the sound of a bluebird?
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Aside from teaching composition to noted European mavericks like Pierre Boulez, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Iannis Xenakis as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire, Olivier Messiaen did double duty throughout his career as both composer and ornithologist. For many years, he traveled all over the world to perform music, but also to transcribe the calls of exotic and rare birds. In these solo piano compositions, he combined the two interests, basing each piece on the call (and the surrounding environment) of one bird. The results are hugely complex works, which is why Carl-Axel Dominique, the pianist here, is so important. Luckily, Dominique is a noted interpreter of Messiaen's bird compositions and he does an excellent job of presenting the notoriously difficult tone poems, imbuing them with feeling and empathy.
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Catalogue d'oiseaux: I. Le Chocard des Alpes
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9:02 |  |
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Catalogue d'oiseaux: II. Le Loriot
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8:37 | |
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Catalogue d'oiseaux: III. Le Merle bleu
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13:15 | |
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Catalogue d'oiseaux: IV. Le Traquet Stapazin
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16:52 | |
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Catalogue d'oiseaux: V. La Chouette Hulotte
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7:45 | |
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Catalogue d'oiseaux: VI. L'Alouette Lulu
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7:40 | |
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06 Total Tracks, 63:11 Total Length
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Catalogue d'oiseaux: VII. La Rousserolle Effarvatte
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32:02 | |
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Catalogue d'oiseaux: VIII. L'Alouette Calendrelle
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5:05 | |
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Catalogue d'oiseaux: IX. La Bouscarle
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11:18 | |
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Catalogue d'oiseaux: X. Le Merle de roche
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19:23 | |
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Catalogue d'oiseaux: XI. La Buse variable
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10:40 | |
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05 Total Tracks, 78:28 Total Length
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Catalogue d'oiseaux: XII. Le Traquet rieur
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8:28 | |
| 02. | |
Catalogue d'oiseaux: XIII. Le Courlis cendre
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9:12 | |
| 03. | |
La fauvette des jardins (The Garden Warbler): La fauvette des jardins
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34:00 | |
| 04. | |
Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: I. Le Rouge-gorge
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2:39 | |
| 05. | |
Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: II. Le Merle noir
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2:04 | |
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Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: III. Le Rouge-gorge
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2:19 | |
| 07. | |
Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: IV. La Grive musicienne
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2:21 | |
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Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: V. Le Rouge-gorge
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2:56 | |
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Petites esquisses d'oiseaux: VI. L'Alouette des champs
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2:31 | |
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09 Total Tracks, 66:30 Total Length
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