Messiaen: Fete Des Belles Eaux / Feast of Beautiful Waters

[rinchenpalbar]

Wonderful music by the master, very touchingly joined w/ your grandfather's haunting home movie. Thank you~

[lemmingguy1]

I believe the correct title is Fêtes des belles eaux (festival of beautiful waters). Minor detail though... :p

[lemmingguy1]

fucking awesome

[nostalgiahistoria67]

Awesome, but I heard a version of this that was recorded in the late 1940s or early 1950s. It was on an episode of "Music from the Hearts of Space". I think that the recordings were on an album on the Musical Heritage Society lable and had a couple of Olivier Meissiaen pieces "Fete des Belle Eaux" and by Marcel Landowski utilizing the ondes martenot. I was totally awed by this music. I wish the original recording that I have mentioned here would be rereleased. It is awesome.

[lemmingguy1]

@nostalgiahistoria67 Yeah a friend of mine had an old record of this piece that I transferred to CD! Love Messiaen...

[theondes]

Who plays there ? There are at least 3 versions of "la fête des belles eaux".

[robertwmartens]

This is the version by Ensemble d'Ondes de Montreal.

[raindear60]

Wonderful!

[drakirr]

Beautiful!