L'Ascension

Album by Olivier Messiaen & Tom Winpenny

L'Ascension is a four-movement orchestral work by French composer Olivier Messiaen, composed in 1933. The piece employs Messiaen's characteristic modes of limited transposition, modal harmonies, luminous orchestration and repeated rhythmic motifs to evoke a mystical ascent, marking an early orchestral statement of his Catholic spirituality and evolving harmonic-rhythmic language.

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  1. 1.
    L'Ascension, I/12b: I. Majesté du Christ
    6:09
  2. 2.
    L'Ascension, I/12b: II. Alléluias sereins
    6:05
  3. 3.
    L'Ascension, I/12b: III. Transports de joie
    4:58
  4. 4.
    L'Ascension, I/12b: IV. Prière du Christ
    7:55
  5. 5.
    Diptyque, I/3
    10:51
  6. 6.
    Offrande au Saint-Sacrement
    6:04
  7. 7.
    Prélude pour l'orgue
    8:13
  8. 8.
    Le Banquet céleste, II/7
    7:14
  9. 9.
    Apparition de l'église éternelle, I/8
    8:58

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