Weir Plays Messiaen, Volume 1: La Nativité, Apparition de l'Elgise, Le Banquet Celeste
Originally recorded for Collins Classics in association with BBC Radio 3, this volume is a re-release by Priory Records Ltd in 2002. The new series has been digitally re-mastered for even better sound than the original! Contains an exceptional 30-page booklet containing stoplists of the Århus organ as well as La Trinité, with descriptions of Messiaen's experiences and changes he desired on that instrument, list of organ works, when and if they were published and performed, timeline of important milestones in Messiaen's life, and more. "An absolute triumph...This release represents one of the major recording triumphs of the century." In Tune Gillian Weir plays Apparition de l'Eglise Eternelle La Nativité du Seigneur La Vierge et L'Enfant Les Bergers Desseins Eternels Le Verbe Les Enfants de Dieu Les Anges Jésus accepte la Souffrance Les Mages Dieu parmi nous Le Banquet Céleste Total Playing Time: 74:40