Messiaen La Transfiguration de Notre Seigneur Jesus-Christ
The splendour of the sun on Mont
Blanc inspired Messiaen to express something of the awe of the Transfiguration of Christ on the mountain in this monumental oratorio.
Yvonne Loriod (piano), Silke Uhlig (flute), Michael Sanderling (cello),
Tobias Schweda (vibraphone), Peter Sadlo (xylophone), Edgar Guggeis (marimba), North German Radio
Chorus, Berlin Radio Chorus, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor Karl Anton Rickenbacher
Producer Antony Pitts