Cinq Rechants, pour choeur mixte à 12 voix (1948)

Album by Olivier Messiaen & Ensemble Le Madrigal & Jean-Paul Kreder

Cinq Rechants is a choral cycle for mixed choir of 12 voices by French composer Olivier Messiaen, composed in 1948. The work employs Messiaen's modes of limited transposition, colouristic harmonies and intricate rhythmic patterns in dense, often static polyphony, reflecting his post‑war exploration of sacred themes and timbral experimentation and occupying a distinctive place in his mid‑career choral output.