Messiaen - Oiseaux Exotiques - Aimard, Boulez Part 1

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Uploaded by on Dec 29, 2006

Here is Messiaen's Oiseaux Exotiques for piano and small orchestra. Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano. Pierre Boulez, conductor.

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  • This is really special. The pacing is perfect, and Boulez is at his very best with this kind of orchestration: French, complex, full of colors and uncompromisingly modern. In his and in Ainard's hands, it all seems so natural that one can enter with no difficulty and follow the unfolding path with a renewed sense of wonder at all the beauty on this earth, natural and made by man. i must look for this version on record. THANK YOU!

  • @2300skiddo I am glad you enjoy it. However, this is not available on disk. Aimard has not recorded this piece, except in this present video. Quite a shame, for, I believe this is the best recording of it.

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  • When I started this I was very confused. I am still very confused but on a much higher level.

  • Fantastique!!!

    Merci!

    Obrigado.

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  • Pieces like this should be memorized and performed in flash mob settings.

  • Mi piace molto, musica, colori, suoni della natura, colpisce anche un agnostico indefesso come me

  • @reotnu Well, probably he memorized it before playing it! ;-)

  • @curlyman217 Two major triad-chords combined (C major and Db major), that makes it sound so bright.

  • A brilliant piece. messiaens melody, rhythm, harmonies I think are all wonderful and unique to him.

  • @Myleso BOLUDO. PLEASE, LEARN SPANISH AND YOU FIND UP THE MEANING OF THIS WORD

  • I think this piece benefits a lot from the dry acoustic. It's funny that every piece needs a different acoustic these days - I once heard Messaien's Des Canyons aux etoiles in a similar acoustic to this and it didn't work at all. 

  • bellissimo!! ♥

  • An amazing achievement but I prefer listening to the birds.

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