Olivier Messiaen - Catalogue d'oiseaux (Book 7) [With score]

Composer: Olivier Messiaen (10 December 1908 -- 27 April 1992)
Pianist: Yvonne Loriod (Messiaen's wife)
Olivier Messiaen - Catalogue d'oiseaux, written between 1956-1958, Book 7 (Septième livre)
00:15 - XI. La Buse variable (Common buzzard)
10:34 - XII. Le Traquet rieur (Black wheatear)
19:48 - XIII. Le Courlis cendré (Eurasian curlew)
Book VII concludes the cycle, recapitulating birdsongs similar to earlier movements, with the dodecaphonic "La buse variable" (the buzzard), the playful "Le traquet rieur" (the black wheatear), and "Le courlis cendre" (the curlew), a stark depiction of the French coastline.

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