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Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. One of the major composers of the 20th century, he was also an outstanding teacher of composition and musical analysis. Messiaen entered the Conservatoire de Paris at age 11 and studied with Paul Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel, Charles-Marie Widor and Marcel Dupré, among others. He was appointed organist at the Église de la Sainte-Trinité, Paris, in 1931, a post he held for 61 years, until his death. He taught at the Schola Cantorum de Paris during the 1930s. After the fall of France in 1940, Messiaen was interned for nine months in the German prisoner of war camp Stalag VIII-A, where he composed his Quatuor pour la fin du temps for the four instruments available in the prison—piano, violin, cello and clarinet. The piece was first performed by Messiaen and fellow prisoners for an audience of inmates and prison guards. Soon after his release in 1941, Messiaen was appointed professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1966, he was appointed professor of composition there, and he held both positions until retiring in 1978. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Orasion (Version 2)
Olivier Messiaen
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Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie: I. Introduction
Yuja Wang
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Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus (From "Quartet for the End of Time")
Yo-Yo Ma
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Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphonie: 1. Introduction
Yvonne Loriod
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Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie: X. Final
Yuja Wang

Albums

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Messiaen: Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps

2025
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La Nativité du Seigneur

2025
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Boulez A-Z: Messiaen - Ravel

2025
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Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus

2025
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Messiaen: 8 Préludes & 4 Études de rythme

2025
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Olivier Messiaen: Les Offrandes Oubliées - Gustav Mahler: Totenfeier

2025
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Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen

2025
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Olivier Messiaen: Catalogue d'oiseaux & Petites esquisses d'oiseaux

2025
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L'extase: Debussy & Messiaen Songs

2025
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Bach - Emler - Escaich - Messiaen - Naegelen

2025

Singles & EPs

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Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie: V. Joie du sang des étoiles

Single • 2024
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Vocalise-Etude (Arr. for Organ)

Single • 2021
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Fauré: Prelude No. 1 in D-Flat Major, Op. 103

Single • 2019
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Messiaen: Visions de l'Amen: I. Amen de la Création

Single • 2024
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Water (From "Fête des belles eaux") [Recomposed by Maya Beiser]

Single • 2019
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Boulanger: Prelude in D-Flat Major

Single • 2019
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Fugue (À Quatre Parties, Premier Prix 1926, Concours de Fugue)

Single • 2022
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Messiaen: Messe de la Pentecôte (À l'orgue de la Sainte-Trinité de Paris)

EP • 2019
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Reading Messiaen (Contemporary Classical for Steel Guitar)

EP • 2022
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Messiaen: La colombe (from Preludes for Piano)

Single • 2019

Videos

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Messiaen - Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus (arr. Matias Tozzola) Edith Pageaud

Edith Pageaud • 60K views
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Messiaen - Dieu parmi nous (Organ @ Rouen,France)

Hauptwerkorgan • 177K views
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Olivier Latry Notre Dame Paris - Dieu parmi nous (O. Messiaen)

Erik Heijkamp • 69K views
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Louange à l'Éternité de Jésus - Olivier Messaien

2nametunim • 1.2K views
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Alice Sara Ott - Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps: II. Vocalise (WPD Performance)

Deutsche Grammophon - DG • 10K views
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Messiaen: L'alouette lulu (Catalogue d'oiseaux) ∙ Pierre-Laurent Aimard

hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony • 27K views
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Messiaen - Première communion de la Vierge

Renforcer Music Academy • 27K views
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L'Ascension IV d'Olivier Messiaen by Maxou L'Organiste BG

Maxou L'Organiste BG • 8.9K views
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Theremin & Organ Duet – Olivier Messiaen: Trois Mélodies (with Thomas Pellerin)

Grégoire Blanc • 3.3K views
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Messiaen: La Nativité: - IX. Dieu parmi nous

Bernhard Schneider • 24K views