Messiaen: Quatuor Pour Le Fin Du Temps
Label: harmonia mundi Catalog: 314902019871 Format: CD Pascal Moraguès (clarinet) Trio WandererInspired by the Book of Revelation this infamous quartet for piano, violin, cello and clarinet was scored for the instruments played by musicians who were Messiaen's fellow captives in a prisoner-of-war camp in 1941. Created in exceptionally testing conditions, it sums up the composer's experiments and innovations and opened the gates to a new music, and earned the quartet its special place as a masterpiece. Price: $16.98 |