Composed around ten years apart, the preludes of the young Messiaen and of the artistically established Debussy show some amazing similarities, down to the poetry and mysticism of their titles.
For her first solo album with NoMadMusic, Celimene Daudet has created an imaginary connexion between the two composers, juxtaposing their works in order to emphasise their kinship.
Here are twenty preludes in the shape of soundscape postcards, twenty miniatures at the border of Impressionism, like so many snapshots of life and dreamlike evocations, from dead leaves in autumn to an imagined journey to Spain, from the thousand colours of fireworks to the sadness of a desolate landscape...
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992)
Huit prEludes
01 La colombe 02:02
02 Chant d'extase dans un paysage triste 07:08
03 Le nombre lEger 01:51
04 Instants dEfunts 04:02
05 Les sons impalpables du rêve 04:22
06 Cloches d'angoisses et larmes d'adieu 08:46
07 Plainte calme 02:47
08 Un reflet dans le vent 05:29
Claude Debussy (1862-1918)
PrEludes, Deuxieme Livre
09 Brouillards 03:23
10 Feuilles mortes 03:11
11 La Puerta del Vino 03:41
12 Les FEes sont d'exquises danseuses 03:29
13 Bruyeres 03:01
14 General Lavine-eccentric 02:50
15 La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune 04:36
16 Ondine 03:43
17 Hommage a S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. 02:44
18 Canope 03:05
19 Les tierces alternEes 02:54
20 Feux d'Artifice 05:11 |
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