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Subject Olivier Messiaen
Realname Olivier Eugène Prosper Charles Messiaen
Profile Born: December 10, 1908 (Avignon, France).
Died: April 27, 1992.
French composer, organist, and ornithologist, one of the major composers of the 20th century.
He studied at the Paris Conservatoire (1919-1930) taught by [a833986], [a1598554] and [a962968] among others. He was eventually appointed as a professor at the Paris Conservatoire (1941-1978) while also serving as organist at [l336997].…
Genre Classical
Styles Modern · Contemporary · Organ · Romantic · Baroque
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Press Press: 50 items (35 reviews · 2 interviews · 13 features)
note LUC FERRARI - L'Œuvre Électronique — boomkat (2026) review Katia and Marielle Labèque: 55 album review – a handsome tribute to the sisters’ musical curiosity and brilliance — the_guardian, Clive Paget (2026) review Turangalîla: Infinite Love review – RPO and 1927 Studios bring Messiaen to joyous and vibrant life — the_guardian, Clive Paget (2026) review Spool’s Out: Cassette Reviews for March by Daryl Worthington — the_quietus, Daryl Worthington (2026) feature Christine Ott and the Mysteries of the Martenot — bandcamp_daily, George Grella (2026) review Huddersfield Contemporary Music festival review – ghostly echoes, fearless voices and the rattle of milk frothers — the_guardian, Flora Willson (2025) feature The Musical Architecture of Iannis Xenakis — bandcamp_daily, George Grella (2025) feature The Best Contemporary Classical Music on Bandcamp, April 2025 — bandcamp_daily, Peter Margasak (2025) review Inner Ear: Romanian Music for September Reviewed by Jakub Knera — the_quietus, Jakub Knera (2024) review Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Chants de Terre et de Ciel album review – beguiling, soft-edged intimacy — the_guardian, Andrew Clements (2024) review To Hear Hearing: Spectral Evolution By Rafael Toral Is Our Album Of The Week — the_quietus, Daryl Worthington (2024) feature An Ungraspable Intelligence: Bird Song In The Time Of Collapse — the_quietus, Daryl Worthington (2023) feature ‘People used to joke, What next from memory? The Rite of Spring?’: Nicholas Collon on his orchestra’s ultimate challenge — the_guardian, Nicholas Collon (2023) review At last, Hyperion recordings are streamable. We pick some of the standouts — the_guardian, Andrew Clements (2023) review The week in classical: Dialogues des Carmélites; Tristan und Isolde; LSO/Rattle – review — the_guardian, Fiona Maddocks (2023) review Classical home listening: new releases from the Dudok Quartet and Choir of Merton College, Oxford — the_guardian, Fiona Maddocks (2023) feature ‘Like sex and religion, we don’t like to talk about memory’: pianist Angela Hewitt on how she keeps hers in shape — the_guardian, Angela Hewitt (2023) review Zubin Kanga — the_quietus, Antonio Poscic (2023) review The week in classical: London Symphony Orchestra/Noseda; Down the Rabbit Hole – review — the_guardian, Fiona Maddocks (2023) feature Sound & Vision: Broken Music Vol. 2 Explores Records By Artists — the_quietus, John Quin (2023) Press from ridden archive_api_v1 (Guardian · Pitchfork · The Wire · RA · …)
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Most re-collected works Re-collected across the catalogue: 24 works
Prélude no. 15 in D‐flat major, op. 28 “Raindrop”: Sostenuto · 450 recordings Prélude no. 4 in E minor, op. 28: Largo · 342 recordings Morceaux de fantaisie, op. 3: No. 2. Prélude in C‐sharp minor · 278 recordings Prélude no. 7 in A major, op. 28: Andantino · 277 recordings 10 Preludes, op. 23: No. 5 in G minor: Alla marcia · 202 recordings Prélude no. 24 in D minor, op. 28: Allegro appassionato · 176 recordings Catalogue d’oiseaux, Book II, I/42: IV. Le Traquet stapazin · 19 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: XVIII. Regard de l’onction terrible · 24 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: XIX. Je dors, mais mon cœur veille · 23 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: I. Regard du Père · 27 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: XII. La parole toute-puissante · 24 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: XI. Première communion de la Vierge · 36 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: X. Regard de l’Esprit de joie · 30 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: IX. Regard du temps · 24 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: XIII. Noël · 31 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: VI. Par lui tout a été fait · 24 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: XIV. Regard des Anges · 26 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: IV. Regard de la Vierge · 30 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: III. L’échange · 25 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: VII. Regard de la Croix · 24 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: XV. Le baiser de l’enfant Jésus · 34 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: II. Regard de l’étoile · 27 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: VIII. Regard des hauteurs · 26 recordings Vingt regards sur l’enfant Jésus: XVII. Regard du silence · 28 recordings Most re-collected works across the catalogue, from mirror.work_signals_v1 (version co-ownership)
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291 results
— Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Olivier Messiaen, Karlheinz Stockhausen (1958) 1 0 0 collector • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Jan Lisiecki, Frédéric Chopin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Olivier Messiaen, Henryk Górecki (2025) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Andris Nelsons, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Yuja Wang, Cécile Lartigau (2025) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Franz Schubert, Igor Stravinsky, Robert Schumann, Olivier Messiaen, Alena Baeva, Vadym Kholodenko (2023) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Bertrand Chamayou (2022) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Arnold Schoenberg, Olivier Messiaen, Maurice Ravel, Francesco Piemontesi, Jonathan Nott, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande (2022) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Jenny Daviet, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Kent Nagano, Chor Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Symphonie-Orchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks (2021) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Daniel Kurganov, Constantine Finehouse, Lene Auerbach, Richard Beaudoin, John Cage, Olivier Messiaen (2021) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Lucy Railton (2020) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Alexandra Dariescu, Lili Boulanger, Gabriel Fauré, Olivier Messiaen (2019) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Tom Winpenny (2019) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden Und Freiburg, Sylvain Cambreling (2018) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (2018) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Tom Winpenny (2018) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Claude Debussy, Olivier Messiaen, Roger Muraro (2018) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Yutaka Sado, Tonkünstler Orchestra, Olivier Messiaen (2018) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Martin Fröst, Lucas Debargue, Janine Jansen, Torleif Thedéen (2017) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Christoph Eschenbach, Tzimon Barto, John Ryan (3), Andrew Barclay, Erika Öhman, London Philharmonic Orchestra (2015) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — David Krakauer, Matt Haimovitz, Jonathan Crow, Geoffrey Burleson, Socalled (2014) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Momo Kodama, Maurice Ravel, Toru Takemitsu, Olivier Messiaen (2013) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Maurice Ravel, Olivier Messiaen, Henri Dutilleux, Renée Fleming (2012) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Naji Hakim (2012) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Trio Wanderer, Pascal Moraguès (2008) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Michel Béroff, Antal Dorati (2008) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Myung-Whun Chung, Orchestre Philharmonique De Radio France (2008) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Hebrides Ensemble (2008) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Martha Argerich, Serge Baudo, Michel Béroff, Michèle Command, Antal Dorati, Yvonne Loriod, Emmanuel Pahud, André Previn (2008) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Willem Tanke (2007) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Aaron Copland, Maurice Duruflé, John Tavener, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Olivier Messiaen, Thomas Tallis, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus, Norman Mackenzie (2006) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Luciano Berio, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Pierre Boulez, György Ligeti, Luigi Nono, Olivier Messiaen, John Cage, John Adams, Steve Reich (2006) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Tristan Murail, Peter Donohoe, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, Erich Gruenberg, Gervase de Peyer, William Pleeth, Michel Béroff (2005) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Leila Josefowicz, John Novacek, Ludwig van Beethoven, Maurice Ravel, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Mark Grey, Olivier Messiaen (2005) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Frank Martin (3), Olivier Messiaen, RIAS-Kammerchor, Daniel Reuss (2004) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Steven Osborne, Martin Roscoe (2004) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Peter Serkin (2004) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Seiji Ozawa, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Yvonne Loriod, Jeanne Loriod (2004) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Martin Zehn (2004) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish, Olivier Messiaen, Claude Debussy, Osvaldo Golijov, Gabriel Fauré (2004) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Stephen De Pledge, Gweneth-Ann Jeffers, Matthew Trusler, Daniel Pailthorpe (2004) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Martin Zehn (2003) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Claude Debussy, Béla Bartók, Bjarne Hansen, John Kruse (2), Svend Winsløv, Rosalind Bevan (2002) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Steven Osborne (2002) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Amici Ensemble (2001) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Dominique Kim, Berliner Philharmoniker, Kent Nagano (2001) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Olivier Messiaen, Pierre-Laurent Aimard (2000) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Pierre Boulez, Henri Dutilleux, André Jolivet, Olivier Messiaen, Edgard Varèse, Phillipe Bernold, Alexandre Tharaud (2000) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details → — Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish, Kaija Saariaho, John Harbison, George Crumb, Olivier Messiaen (2000) 0 0 0 unobserved • DJ activity data pending hydration Critic mentions pending (ridden #350 in-flight)
Formats syncing (ridden #405) View details →