Monday, April 28, 2008

Messiaen's Le Banquet Celeste

Since today is the anniversary of Olivier Messiaen's death in 1992, nothing could me more appropriate than listening to his Le Banquet Celeste. This is one of Messiaen's more accessible (I intensely dislike that word; it's loaded with trouble) pieces. In fact, I've never had a negative reaction to this one.

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