Orchestral, Piano & Chamber Masterworks

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Release Date: 2012

Label: Virgin Classics

Recording:
. Tracks 1-1 to 1-14: Halle-Aux-Grains, Toulouse, June 2-30 ,1998 & January 3-6,2001
. Tracks 2-1 to 2-3: Hospice Comtesse, Lille, November 7-9, 1977
. Tracks 2-4 to 2-7: Salle Adyar, Paris, September 27, 1954
. Tracks 2-8 to 2-10: in the presence of the composer, fully remastered by Studio Art et Son, Paris, first time on cd
. Tracks 3-1 to 3-5: Radio France, Salle Olivier Messiaen, Paris, July 17-19, 2001
. Tracks 3-6 to 3-8: Lommedalen Church, Oslo, February 9-10, 2002
. Tracks 3-9 to 3-15: Salle Pleyel, Paris, February 8-11, 2001
. Tracks 4-1 to 4-20: Henry Wood Hall, London, February 14-17, 1996
. Tracks 5-1 to 5-12: Polton Hall, Suffolk, May 22-26, 2000
. Tracks 5-13 to 5-15: St Michael's Church, Hihggate, London, February 17-19, 1997
. Tracks 5-16 to 5-18: Seldon Hall, Haberdasher's Ake's School, Elstree, Herts, July-August, 1990
. Tracks 5-19 to 5-20: Temple Saint-Marcel, Paris, May 2007
. Tracks 5-21 to 5-22: Meudon, France, April 2007

Special thanks to Benoit d'Hau, A&R director of Indésens and Philippe Danel, artistic director of the Orchestre National de Lille.

℗ 1955 - 2007 The Copyright of these sound recordings is owned by EMI Records Ltd, EMI Music France, EMI Records Ltd /
Virgin Classics, Orchestre National de Lille & Indésens Records.
This compilation ℗ & © 2012 EMI Records Ltd / Virgin Classics

Manufacured and printed in EU.

Comes in a carboard boxset which contains a 16-page booklet and a sleeve for each of the 5 cds.
Manufactured and printed in the EU.

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