Composers Performers

Olivier Messiaen

Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

France

As a performer: pianist organist

`Apparation de l`eglise eternelle`, organ (1931)
Cantéyodjayâ for piano (1948)
`Catalogue d`oiseaux` for piano (1956-58)
Chant dans le style de Mozart (1986)
Chant des deportes, for Chior and Orchestra (1945)
`Chants de terre et de ciel`, song cycle for soprano and piano (1938)
Chronochromie, orchestral (1960)
Cinq Rechants pour 12 parties vocales reelles (1948)
Concert a quatre, for four soloists and orchestra (1990-91)
Couleurs de la Cite Celeste, solo piano and ensemble (1963)
`Des canyons aux étoiles...`, suite for piano and orchestra in 12 parts (1971-74)
Diptych (1929)
Eclairs sur l’au-dela (1992)
`Et expecto resurrectionem mortuorum`, for wind, brass and percussion (1964)
Fantaisie Burlesque for piano (1932)
Fantasy for Violin and Piano (1933)
`Fête des belles eaux` for sextet electronic tools `Martenot waves` (1937)
Feuillets Inédits (Quatre pièces pour onde Martenot & piano) (1934-37)
`Harawi, Chants d`amour et de mort`, for dramatic soprano and piano (1945)
Huit Prelludes, for piano (1928-29)
`Hymn to the holy sacrament`, for orchestra (1932)
L`Ascension: Quatre méditations symphoniques (1932-33)
`L`Ascension`, for the Organ (1933-34)
`La fauvette des jardins` (The Garden Warbler), for piano (1970)
La mort du nombre, for Soprano, Tenor, Violin and Piano (1930)
La Nativité du Seigneur: Neuf méditations, for organ (1935)
La Ville d’en haut, for piano, winds and percussion (1987)
`Le banquet céleste`: Méditation (pour la fête du Saint-Sacrement), for organ (1926)
Le Livre du Saint Sacrement, for organ (1984)
`Le Merle Noir` (`Blackbird`) for Flute and Piano (1952)
Le tombeau resplendissant, for orchestra (1931)
Les corps glorieux (1939)
`Les offrandes oubliée: Méditation symphonique`, for orchestra (1930)
Livre d`Orgue (Manual for the Organ) (1951)
`Meditations sur le mystere de la Sainte Trinite`, for organ (1969)
Messe de la Pentecôte, for organ (1949-50)
Monodie for organ (1963)
`O Sacrum Convivium`, motet for Holy Communion (1937)
Offrande au Saint-Sacrement for organ (1930)
`Oiseaux exotiques` for Piano and Ensemble (1955-56)
Oraison (Prayer) for ondes Martenot quartet (1973)
Parts of Works
`Petites esquisses d`oiseaux` for piano (1985)
Piece for Piano and String Quartet (1991)
Pièce pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas (1935)
`Poemes pour Mi`, for soprano and piano (1936)
Prelude (1935)
Prélude (1964)
`Quarte Etudes de Rythm` for piano (1949-50)
`Quatuor pour la fin du temps` for clarinet, violin, cello and piano (1940-41)
Réveil des oiseaux, for piano and orchestra (1953)
Rondeau for piano (1943)
Saint François d`Assise, opera (1975-79)
Sept Haikai for piano and orchestra (1962)
The Transfiguration of Our Lord Jesus Christ (1965-69)
Theme & Variations for Violin and Piano (1932)
Theme and Variations for Violin and Piano (1932)
Trois Mélodies pour chant e piano (1930)
`Trois Petites liturgies de la presence divine` for choir and orchestra (1944)
Turangalîla-Symphonie (1946-90)
“Un sourire” for orchestra (1989)
Un vitrail et des oiseaux, for piano and orchestra (1986)
Verset pour la Fete de la Dedicace (1960)
`Vingt Regards sur l`Enfant-Jesus`, for piano (1944)
`Visions de l`amen` for 2 pianos (1943)
Vocalise-Etude for Soprano and Piano (1935)