Turangalîla Symphony - Olivier Messiaen
Information about Turangalîla Symphony by Olivier Messiaen, and the best recordings available on CD or for download.
Messiaen's masterpiece, concerned with the themes of romantic love and death.
The work was written in 1946-48, and consists of ten movements.
RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS
Tortelier/Shelley/Hartmann-Claverie (Chandos CHAN9678)
Selected as first choice by BBC Radio 3's Building a Library, May 2002.
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Yan Pascal Tortelier.
Soloists: Howard Shelley (Piano), Valérie Hartmann-Claverie (Ondes-Martenot).
Chandos CHAN9678
Wit (Naxos 8.554478-79)
A first-class recording, faithful to Messiaen's score.
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antoni Wit, 1998.
Naxos 8.554478-79