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Charles Tournemire
Douze Préludes-Poèms

Lise Boucher, piano



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Charles Tournemire (1870-1939) was a mystic composer who expressed his faith through his works, the most important of which is L'Orgue mystique (The Mystic Organ).   The present recording, however, proposes the rare and fascinating piano cycle Douze Préludes-Poèmes, Op. 58 (Twelve Prelude-Poems).   Composed in Paris between March 17 and May 21, 1932, these Prelude-Poems form a mystic vision of man's life-long relationship with his Creator.

The pianist Lise Boucher performs this magnificent and original music, which is both an extension of Debussy and a foreshadowing of Messiaen.

Charles Tournemire (1870-1939):
  1 - Naissance de l'homme
  2 - Bas âge
  3 - Enfance
  4 - Adolescence
  5 - Passions humaines
  6 - Grands troubles
  7 - Union licite et divine
  8 - Préparation à la mort, dans l'apaisement
  9 - Méditation sur Dieu le Père
10 - Méditation sur le Fils
11 - Méditation sur le Saint-Esprit
12 - Glorification de la Trinité



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