CD, Messiaen (composer)

You have to envy the citizens of Geneva...Add a pianist in Francesco Piemontesi’s class, and here are stellar interpretations of three very different concerto-type works, ordered into a journey... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Few are better acquainted [with the Catalogue] than Pierre-Laurent Aimard, and this set is clearly a long-pondered act of love…Needless to say, Aimard possesses the necessary dazzling virtuosity,... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Where Gimeno makes the piece his own is in the complex rhythmic games of the three ‘Turangalîla’ movements, coolly coordinating them with a species of lateDebussian sensuality that Boulez might... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2024 More…

This debut solo album brilliantly played by the rising young organist Anna Lapwood should certainly engage organ aficionados, especially fans of the grand Harrison & Harrison instrument in Ely... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Any performance must keep sight of the romantic, sometimes disturbing, core of the work. This is clearly understood in this performance from Juanjo Mena and the Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra...the... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Few, if any, duos are better equipped to take on this mantle than Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Tamara Stefanovich.Aimard’s exceptionally close association with Messiaen and Loriod goes back to... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Chamayou certainly possesses the scintillating technique and broad palette of tonal colour required for Messiaen’s extraordinary music. As is clear from the thunderous explosions under the bells... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 3 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…