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Messiaen Discography

Quatuor pour le Fin du Temps (1940-41)

時の終わりのための四重奏曲
世の終わりのための四重奏曲



Piano Violin Clarinet Violoncello Ensemble Name Rec. Date Rec. Place Label Number Remarks
Olivier Messiaen Jean Pasquier Andre Vacellier Etienne Pasquier - 1956 Scola Cantorum, Paris Musidisc
/Accord		 30 RC 719
/461 744-2		 O. M. and E. P. are the members of the legendary world premier in the POW camp.
Marie-Madeleine Petit Huguette Fernandez Guy Deplus Jacques Neilz - Feb./1963 Studio Hoche, Paris Erato 4509-91708-2
/WPCS-11296 (Japan)
Michel Béroff Erich Gruenberg Gervase de Peyer William Pleeth - 14-16/Oct./1968 Abbey Road Studios, London EMI CDM 7 63947 2
Robert Levin Isidore Cohen Joseph Rabbai Timothy Eddy The New York Philomusica Chamber Ensemble, directed by Robert Johnson 1972 or before ? Candide/
Vox		 CE 31050 (Candide)/
CDX 5083 (Vox)
Peter Serkin Ida Kavafian Richard Stoltzman Fred Sherry Tashi Dec./1975 ? RCA 7835-2-RG
Aloys Kontarsky Saschko Gawriloff Hans Deinzer Siegfried Palm - Dec./1976 Ordenssaal, Schloß Ludwigsburg Deutsche Harmonia Mundi KUX 3129 (LP)
/BVCD 38065/6 (Japan)
Þorkell Sigurbjörnsson Rut Ingólfsdóttir Gunnar Egilsson Nina Flyer Members of the Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra (Kammersveit Reykjavíkur) Feb./1977 Reykjavík, Iceland ARSIS Classics AC 8-99036-2 Live recording in concert by RUV.
Reinbert de Leeuw Vera Beths George Pieterson Anner Bijlsma - Oct./1977 Lutheran Church, Haarlem, The Netherlands Philips 422 834-2
/PCD-4014 (Japan)
Daniel Barenboim Luben Yordanoff Claude Desurmont Albert Tetard - Apr./1978 Maison de la Mutualité, Paris Deutsche Grammophon 445 128-2

Claude Lavoix Régis Pasquier Jacques di Donato Alain Meunier - 1978 ? Arion ARN 38453 LP
Vassily Lobanov Oleg Kagan Eduard Brunner Natalia Gutman - 21/Jul./1984 Kuhmo, Finland Live Classics LCL 712
/DMCC-24514 (Japan)		 Recorded live during "Chmber Music Festival Kuhmo".
Aloys Kontarsky Saschko Gawriloff Hans Deinzer Siegfried Palm - 30/Jan.- 1/Feb./1986 Arts Centre, University of Warwick EMI CDS 7 47463 8/
TOCE-6696/97 (Japan)		 Coupled with Turangalîla-Symphonie by Rattle & CBSO.
William Doppmann Ik-Hwan Bae David Shifrin Warren Lash Chamber Music Northwest 24-29/Mar./1986 Rutgers Presbyterian Church, New York City Delos DE 3043 Coupled with Bartok's Contrasts.
Pierre-Laurent Aimard Maryvonne le Dizes Alain Damiens Pierre Strauch - 1-3/Oct./1986 l'Eglise du Liban, Paris Adda
/Accord		 581029 (Adda)
/472 340-2 (Accord)
/NACC-5039 (Japan)
Jean-Claude Henriot Alain Moglia Michel Arrignon René Benedetti Quatuor Olivier Messiaen May/1987 Paris Cybelia
/Pierre Verany		 CY 818 (Cybelia)
/A30C3015 (Cybelia, Japan)
PV 794012 (Pierre Verany)
Yvonne Loriod Christoph Poppen Wolfgang Meyer Manuel Fischer-Dieskau (C. P. and M. F. D. are members of Cherubini-Quartet) 1990 Eglise Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris EMI CDC 7 54395 2
Robert Groslot Marjeta Korosec Walter Boeykens Roel Dieltiens Ensemble Walter Boeykens Jun./1990 Antwerpen /Anvers, Belgium
 harmonia mundi HMT 7901348
/HMC 901348
/KKCC-63 (Japan)
Ricardo Castro Emilie Haudenschild Fabio di Casola Emeric Kostyak - 26-28/Dec./1990 ? Accord 201772 MU 750
Alfons Kontarsky Martin Mumelter Martin Schelling Walter Nothas - 25 & 27/Mar./1991 Studio 3, Bayerischer Rundfunk, München, Germany Koch Schwann 3-1188-2 Coupled with Dünser's "Tage- und Nachtbücher".
Wolf Harden Michael Mücke Eduard Brunner Niklas Schmidt Trio Fontenay (Vn, Vc, Pf) Sep./1991 WDR Studio, Köln Teldec/Apex 49421-2
/APEX 0927
Jean-Claude Henriot Alain Moglia Michel Arrignon Sonia Wieder-Atherton Quatuor Olivier Messiaen 30/Nov./1991 L'Abbaye des Vaulx de Cernay (Salle des Moines) amadeo/Nippon Phonogram (Japan)
/image entertainment		 PHLK-6008 (Japan) LD/DVD.
Recorded live.
Joanna MacGregor Madeleine Mitchell David Campbell Christopher van Kampen - Apr. & Oct./1993 Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk Collins 1393 Coupled with Krauze's "Quatuor pour la Naissance".
Maria Parshina Alexander Trostyansky Tigran Alumian Alexander Zagorinsky - 1994 ? Vista Vera UL-94317 Coupled with Thème et variations.
Patricia Parr Shmuel Ashkenasi Joaquin Valdepeñas David Hetherington Amici Ensemble 1995 Humbercrest United Church, Toronto Summit DCD 168
/SMT 168
Olli Mustonen Joshua Bell Michael Collins Steven Isserlis - 21-22/Mar./1996 Henry Wood Hall, London Decca 452 899-2 Coupled with Shostakovich's Piano Trio No. 2.
Christoph Eschenbach Eric Halen David Peck Desmond Hoebig Houston Symphony Chamber Players (Vn, Vc, Cl) May/1996 Stude Hall, Rice University, Houston Koch KIC-CD-7378
Ian Brown Leo Phillips Antony Pay Paul Watkins Nash Ensemble 7/Dec./1998 Wigmore Hall, London BBC Legends BBCW 1007-2 Recorded Live.
Myung-Whun Chung Gil Shaham Paul Meyer Jian Wang - Jun./1999 Studio 103, Radio France, Paris Deutsche Grammophon 469 052-2
/POCG-10288 (Japan)
Lars Vogt Isabelle van Keulen Michael Collins Alban Gerhardt - 1999 ? EMI 5570372 SPANNUNGEN: Musik im Kraftwerk Heimbach (Heimbach Chamber Music Festival)
Recorded Live.
Patricia Parr Scott St John Joaquin Valdepeñas
 David Hetherington Amici Ensemble 15-16/Dec./1999 River Run Centre, Guelph, Ontario, Canada Naxos 8.554824 Coupled with Thème et variations.
Alice Ader Christophe Poiget Philippe Berrod Isabelle Veyrier Ensemble Ader Mar./2000 La Maison de la Musique de Nanterre assai 222112
Ellen Corver Peter Brunt Harmen de Boer Larissa Groeneveld Trio Osiris 1-3/May/2000 Hervormde Kerk, Renswoude Q Disc
/Cobra Records		 Q97051
/COBRA 0001		 Coupled with Shostakovich's 7 Romances.
Janusz Olejniczak Marek Moś Håkan Rosengren Andrzej Bauer - 5/May/2000 National Philharmonic Concert Hall, Warsaw CD Accord ACD 086-2
/DICA-24033 (Japan)		 "CD Accord" is a polish label, different from french "Accord".
Liese Klahn Michaela Paetsch Neftel Ralph Manno Guido Schiefen ensemble incanto 19-22/Jun./2000 Stiftskirche Bassum, Germany Arte Nova 74321 77076 2
Janice Weber Ilya Kaler Jonathan Cohler Andrew Mark -

Ongaku Records 024-119 Coupled with Thème et variations.
The disks in search
Erik Kaltoft Christina Åstrand Jens Schou John Ehde LINensemble ? (released in 1996) ? Kontrapunkt KP 32232
Stefan Bojsten Per Enoksson Håkan Rosengren Mats Rondin - ? (released in 1997) ? Caprice CAP 21481 Coupled with Shönberg and Martinu
Rosalind Bevan Bjarne Hansen John Kruse Svend Winsløv - ? (released in 2002) ? Classico
/Scandinavian classics
(distributied by TIM)		 CLASSCD 338
/22580-205
Friederike Richter Kathrin Rabus Reiner Wehle Christoph Marks Ensemble Kontraste Oct./1993 & Jun./1994 Hannover, Germany Thorofon CTH 2232
Liese Klahn Marietta Kratz Ralph Manno Guido Schiefen ensemble incanto Jul./1991 ? ebs ebs 6024


Players I II III IV V VI VII VIII Total
O. Messiaen et al. 2:15 3:50 5:10 1:55 7:40 7:00 7:50 7:10 42:50
M.-M. Petit et al. 2:33 5:25 9:07 1:41 8:54 6:20 7:31 7:57 50:04
M. Béroff et al. 3:01 5:37 6:27 1:42 6:59 6:39 7:25 7:13 45:13
R. Levin et al. 3:01 5:43 6:35 1:39 7:03 6:42 7:06 6:30 44:44
Tashi 2:23 5:25 7:40 1:50 7:41 6:18 7:10 8:06 47:25
Aloys Kontarsky et al. (1976, dhm) 2:44 5:06 8:20 1:42 10:50 6:42 7:00 6:59 49:29
Members of the Reykjavik Chamber Orchestra 3:35 4:53 7:04 1:49 7:04 7:47 7:44 6:35 46:32
R. de Leeuw et al. 2:48 4:51 8:03 1:46 10:13 6:45 7:32 9:26 51:58
D. Barenboim et al. 3:01 5:06 7:31 1:46 8:36 6:45 7:35 8:14 48:56
V. Lobanov et al. 2:32 4:52 7:00 1:42 7:21 6:10 7:28 7:45 44:57
Aloys Kontarsky et al. (1986, EMI) 2:44 5:05 8:19 1:42 10:48 6:41 6:59 6:58 49:20
Chamber Music Northwest 2:45 4:31 9:01 1:47 6:49 5:57 7:19 6:35 45:07
P.-L. Aimard et al. 2:40 5:12 8:56 1:40 7:56 6:35 7:45 8:13 49:36
Quatuor Olivier Messiaen (1987, Cybelia) 2:45 5:02 9:12 1:40 9:15 6:50 7:46 7:28 50:37
Y. Loriod et al. 2:26 4:24 7:42 1:37 8:06 6:01 7:12 8:28 46:35
Ensemble Walter Boeykens 2:39 5:13 7:33 1:39 8:29 6:34 7:14 7:08 46:49
R. Castro et al. 2:55 5:25 7:35 1:30 8:35 6:22 7:41 7:42 48:00
Alfons Kontarsky et al. 2:33 4:42 7:38 1:45 7:11 6:39 6:57 6:54 44:36
Trio Fontenay et al. 2:29 4:36 6:21 1:41 7:47 6:06 6:57 7:40 43:41
Quatuor Olivier Messiaen (1991, image entertainment) 2:48 5:15 9:00 1:37 8:23 6:37 8:31 7:51
J. MacGregor et al. 2:36 5:01 7:40 1:38 8:28 6:07 7:12 7:53
M. Parshina et al. 3:18 6:04 7:34 1:55 8:51 6:43 7:41 7:53 49:59
Amici Ensemble (1995, Summit) 2:32 5:23 9:15 1:40 9:28 5:59 7:30 7:03 48:50
O. Mustonen et al. 2:37 4:35 8:38 1:33 8:01 5:36 6:44 6:22 44:41
Houston Symphony Chamber Players et al.
5:27

8:54


52:00
Nash Ensemble







50:12
M.-W. Chung et al. 3:01 5:31 8:51 1:43 10:00 5:38 8:18 9:17 52:19
L. Vogt et al.







51:01
Amici Ensemble (1999, Naxos) 2:36 5:02 8:21 1:44 8:19 6:17 7:19 6:23 46:01
Ensemble Ader 2:44 5:11 7:55 1:41 9:11 6:20 7:23 7:24 47:55
Trio Osiris et al. 2:50 5:35 7:57 1:45 10:43 6:20 7:37 7:51 48:38
J. Olenjniczak et al.







44:30
ensemble incanto (2000, Arte Nova) 2:47 5:42 11:20 1:51 8:24 6:16 7:38 7:52 51:56
LINensemble et al.








Quatuor Olivier Messiaen (Pierre Verany) 2:48 5:09 9:18 1:44 9:21 6:56 7:53 7:29 50:45
S. Bojsten et al. 2:35 5:01 7:07 1:46 8:46 5:53 7:02 6:23 44:45
R. Bevan et al. 2:53 4:58 9:00 1:46 7:45 7:09 7:43 6:32 47:46
Ensemble Kontraste 2:40 5:08 6:57 1:45 8:07 6:36 7:17 7:15
ensemble incanto (ebs) 2:47 5:04 10:50 1:48 10:07 5:55 7:29 6:27


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