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Messiaen Quatuor Böykens

Messiaen Quatuor Böykens Classical

Messiaen Quatuor Böykens

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Harmonia Mundi Suite HMT 7901348, made in Germany. 20 page booklet has notes in French, English, and German. Ensemble Walter Boeykens perform The Quartet for the End of Time, by Olivier Messiaen. This ensemble consists of Marjeta Keorsek, violin; Walter Boeykens, clarinet; Roel Dieltiens, cello; and Robert Groslot, piano. Oliver Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time (1940) and the outbreak of World War II essentially ended the dominance in French music of Les Six and the French Impressionists. Messiaen wrote the Quartet while he was in a German prison camp. He premiered the work in front of 5000 inmates.
Product details
Release Date:
1998-03-16
Publication Date:
1998-03-16
Publisher:
Hmt (Harmonia Mundi)
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