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CD Review - Building a Library: Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur

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Andrew McGregor introduces Radio 3's weekly programme devoted to all that's new in the world of recorded music. Building a Library: Messiaen: La Nativité du Seigneur Reviewer - Jeremy Thurlow First Choice: (c/w Apparition de L'Eglise Eternelle; Le Banquet Celeste) Dame Gillian Weir (organ of Arhus Cathedral, Denmark) Priory PRCD921 (CD, Mid Price) Historic Choice: (c/w Le banquet celeste; Diptyque - Essai sur la vie terrestre et l'eternite religieuse; Apparition de l'Eglise eternelle; L'Ascension - 4 Meditations; Les Corps glorieux - 7 Visions de la vie des ressuscites; Messe de la Pentecote; Livre d'orgue - 7 Pieces) Olivier Messiaen (organ of La Sainte-Trinite, Paris) EMI 7674002 (4 CDs, Budget) Also Recommended: (Complete organ works) Olivier Latry (organ of Notre Dame de Paris) Deutsche Grammophon 471 480-2 (6 CDs, Mid Price) CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.messiaen: bal.messiaen.la.nativite.du.seigneur