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Bringing "Tosca" back seemed the model of discretion on the heels of a controversial production of Messiaen's "Saint Francis of Assisi," daringly staged last week in a stadium on the city's outskirts, which unsurprisingly ruffled traditional sensibilities.
Pleasant 'Tosca' Offers Safe Choice in Madrid Jonathan Blitzer 2011
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The size of the orchestra reflects, for better and worse, the scope of Messiaen's vision.
NSO Review: 'Turangalila's' majestic sweep soars above the flaws 2011
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And Paul Jacobs has become perhaps the first organist ever to win a solo Grammy for his fine recording of Messiaen's Livre du Saint-Sacrement which I mentioned as a highlight of 2010's CDs.
Grammys Anne Midgette 2011
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Reports on last week's performance of Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie under Gustavo Dudamel confirm the orchestra's superb execution of the twentieth-century French masterpiece.
Rodney Punt: A Glowing Roméo et Juliette -- Charles Dutoit with the LA Philharmonic in Berlioz Rodney Punt 2010
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Mr. Eschenbach and the orchestra then perform Olivier Messiaen's massive "Turangalîla-Symphonie" March 10 to 12.
Restoring the National's Glory David Mermelstein 2011
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"I love Messiaen's language—the colors and the harmonies."
Busy Violinist Seeks Balance Barbara Jepson 2011
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The Bamberg Symphony's first concert takes in Messiaen's Seven Haiku, while Ilan Volkov and the BBC Scottish Symphony perform the triptych of pieces Jonathan Harvey wrote for them, inspired by Buddhist concepts of purification.
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On Thursday, the Dude takes on Messiaen's mighty Turangalila Symphony: a ten movement, eighty minute love song merged and converged along the lines of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde, spirituality and birdsong.
Laurence Vittes: Gustavo the Dude Is Back Laurence Vittes 2010
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Reports on last week's performance of Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie under Gustavo Dudamel confirm the orchestra's superb execution of the twentieth-century French masterpiece.
Rodney Punt: A Glowing Romeo et Juliette -- Charles Dutoit with the LA Philharmonic in Berlioz Rodney Punt 2010
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Reports on last week's performance of Olivier Messiaen's Turangalîla-Symphonie under Gustavo Dudamel confirm the orchestra's superb execution of the twentieth-century French masterpiece.
Rodney Punt: A Glowing Roméo et Juliette -- Charles Dutoit with the LA Philharmonic in Berlioz Rodney Punt 2010
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