Turangalîla Symphony

Album by Olivier Messiaen & Toronto Symphony Orchestra & Seiji Ozawa

Turangalîla-Symphonie is a symphony by French composer Olivier Messiaen, completed in 1948. The work combines large-scale orchestral forces with prominent piano and ondes Martenot parts, drawing on Messiaen's modes of limited transposition, complex rhythmic cycles and vivid harmonic colour to create an expansive, rhythmically driven score that occupies a central place in his post‑war output and in mid‑20th-century orchestral repertoire.

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  1. 1.
    Turangalîla Symphony: I. Introduction
    6:24
  2. 2.
    Turangalîla Symphony: II. Chant d'amour 1
    8:16
  3. 3.
    Turangalîla Symphony: III. Turangalîla 1
    5:15
  4. 4.
    Turangalîla Symphony: IV. Chant d'amour 2
    11:21
  5. 5.
    Turangalîla Symphony: V. Joie du sang des étoiles
    6:27
  6. 6.
    Turangalîla Symphony: VI. Jardin du sommeil d'amour
    11:53
  7. 7.
    Turangalîla Symphony: VII. Turangalîla 2
    4:04
  8. 8.
    Turangalîla Symphony: VIII. Développement d'amour
    11:29
  9. 9.
    Turangalîla Symphony: IX. Turangalîla 3
    4:35
  10. 10.
    Turangalîla Symphony: X. Final
    7:06

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