Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, II,4: "Le Collier" (Piano)

Olivier Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi, II,4: "Le Collier" (Piano)
Noelle Barker soprano, Robert Sherlaw Johnson piano

This is from the 1936 version for piano and soprano. The version with orchestra (1937) is available at http://tinyurl.com/lkot5f .

Music and Text by Olivier Messiaen, for his first wife Claire Delbos, whom he called Mi.

The necklace (Le Collier)

Spring enchained, airy rainbow of the morning,
oh, my necklace, my necklace!
Tiny living prop of my weary ears,
springtide necklace, necklace of smiles and charm,
necklace of the Orient, necklace chosen
many-coloured of hard odd beads!

Landscape sweeps, embracing the fresh morning air,
oh, my necklace, my necklace!
Your two arms about my neck, this morning.

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• Olivier Messiaen
• Noelle Barker
• Robert Sherlaw Johnson
• Poèmes pour Mi