Visions de l'Amen

Album by Olivier Messiaen & Martha Argerich

Visions de l'Amen is a composition for two pianos by French composer Olivier Messiaen, composed in 1943. The work explores Messiaen's distinctive harmonic language and rhythmic complexity, drawing on modes of limited transposition, colourful chordal textures and religiously inspired thematic material, and is characteristic of his mid-career large-scale piano writing.

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  1. 1.
    Visions de l'Amen: I. Amen de la Création
    4:31
  2. 2.
    Visions de l'Amen: II. Amen des étoiles, de la planète à l'anneau
    5:14
  3. 3.
    Visions de l'Amen: III. Amen de l'Agonie de Jésus
    9:09
  4. 4.
    Visions de l'Amen: IV. Amen du Désir
    11:34
  5. 5.
    Visions de l'Amen: V. Amen des Anges, des Saints, du chant des oiseaux
    7:52
  6. 6.
    Visions de l'Amen: VI. Amen du Jugement
    2:58
  7. 7.
    Visions de l'Amen: VII. Amen de la Consommation
    6:26

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