Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; Chronochromie

Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time; Chronochromie

Michel Beroff

Olivier Messiaen

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Messiaen's Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (quartet for th End of Times) was premiered in a prisoner-of-war camp in Silesia in 1941. 'I was never listened to with such attention and understanding,' the composer later said. Characteristically for Messiaen, the quartet takes inspiration from birdsong, as

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