Catalogue d'Oiseaux
Pierre-Laurent Aimard

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Disc 01
Catalogue des Oiseaux (13 Stücke für Klavier)

01. "Nr. 1 Le Chocard des Alpes"

02. "Nr. 2 Le Loriot"

03. "Nr. 3 Le Merle Bleu"

04. "Nr. 4 Le Traquet Stapazin"

05. "Nr. 5 La Chouette Hulotte"

06. "Nr. 6 L'Alouette Lulu"

Disc 02

01. "Nr. 7 La Rousserolle Effarvatte"

Disc 03

01. "Nr. 8 L'Alouette Calandrelle"

02. "Nr. 9 La Bouscarle"

03. "Nr. 10 Le Merle de Roche"

04. "Nr. 11 La Buse Variable"

05. "Nr. 12 Le Traquet Rieur"

06. "Nr. 13 Le Courlis Cendr?"

Disc 04
01. "Catalogue des Oiseaux (13 Stücke für Klavier)"

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French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was fascinated by birds and birdsong. On special expeditions he collected and notated the songs of birds in their natural habitat. Between 1956 and 1958 he incorporated his material in his cycle Catalogue dâ??Oiseaux, 13 pieces for piano solo. Each piece is written in honour of a French province. It bears the title of the bird-type of the region, and depicts the complete surroundings of the bird in question, the general atmosphere, the colours, the sounds, the temperature and the perfumes. Each piece is thus an evocation of the bird in its habitat. Messiaenâ??s piano writing is highly original, not only in the imitation of the bird song but also in creating the atmospheres and the interaction between the two. In this sense the music transcends the picturesque and becomes a true work of art. Initially the extreme pianistic demands could only be met by Messiaenâ??s wife, pianist Yvonne Loriod, first performer and also dedicatee of the work. Italian pianist Ciro Longobardi is a specialist in 20th century music, winner of the Gaudeamus Competition, and frequent guest at Contemporary Music Festivals. - 3SACD + DVD/ PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD

Renowned French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard kicks off his exclusive engagement to PENTATONE with a recording of Olivier Messiaen's Catalogue d'Oiseaux (1956-1958). The pianist had intimate ties to the composer himself and his wife, Yvonne Loriod, for whom Messiaen wrote the Catalogue. Praised by The Guardian as "one of the best Messiaen interpreters around," this is Aimard's first recording of Messiaen's most extensive, demanding and colourful piano composition. The luxurious release set contains an accompanying bonus film, on which Aimard shares his vast knowledge of and love for Messiaen's work from behind the piano. Due to it's radical naturalism, the Catalogue d'Oiseaux is exceptional within the repertoire for solo piano. It is the grand hymn to nature from a man who never ceased to marvel at the stupefying beauty of landscapes or the magic of bird song. With his Catalogue, Messiaen tried - in his own words - "to render exactly the typical birdsong of a region, surrounded by it's neighbours from the same habitat, as well as the form of song at different hours of the day and night," suggesting an almost scientific approach to his subjects. The idea of 'reproduction' may have been central to Messiaen's conception of the Catalogue d'Oiseaux, but in the finished work we hear a great composer at work, a master of innovative structures who finds an astonishing range of piano sonorities. In a world that is increasingly being destructed by man, Aimard views this cycle as "a musical refuge that resonates with an audience ever more concerned, expanded and affected."

Recorded in August 2017 in Saal 1, Funkhaus, Nalepastrasse, Berlin. Includes four discs in cardboard slips, a 74-p. booklet and a bird's feather. On the bonus DVD Aimard speaks English with optional French and German subtitles. Total playing time CD 1: 60:16 Total playing time CD 2: 31:37 Total playing time CD 3: 60:58 Total running time DVD: 49 minutes

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