Catalogue d'oiseaux
Catalogue d'oiseaux is a work for piano solo by Olivier Messiaen composed of thirteen pieces, written between October 1956 and September 1958. It is devoted to birds and dedicated to his second wife Yvonne Loriod.Premiere
The work was premiered by Yvonne Loriod on 15 April 1959 in Paris, Salle Gaveau, for the concerts of the "Domaine musical" organized by Pierre Boulez.For these pieces, Messiaen did not want to be limited to the evocation of the bird of which each of it bears the title.Title of the pieces
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Recordings
- Yvonne Loriod: Erato Records 2292-45505-2/VI; ECD 71590
- Anatol Ugorski: Deutsche Grammophon 4743452
- Hakon Austbo: Naxos Records 8.553532.34, Also includes Petites esquisses d'oiseaux.
- Roger Muraro: Accord 4657682
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard: Pentatone PTC 5186670
- Carl-Axel Dominique BIS BIS-CD-594/596 Also includes "La Favuette des jardins" and "Petites esquisses d'oiseaux".
