Des canyons aux étoiles
By: Messiaen
Contributors: Barto, Tzimon, instrumentalist; Ryan, John (Horn player), instrumentalist; Barclay, Andrew (Percussionist), instrumentalist; Öhman, Erika, instrumentalist; Eschenbach, Christoph, conductor; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Rest is Noise Festival (2013 : London, England)
Published: 2015
Format: [sound recording] /
Number of pages: 40
Subjects: Piano, horn, glockenspiel, xylophone with orchestra
Description: Commissioned to celebrate the bicentenary of the United States Declaration of Independence, this was inspired by the composer's tours around Utah's magnificent landscapes, including Bryce Canyon and Cedar Breaks, which so affected him with their beauty. This is no musical tourism however: the work takes the listener upwards, from the depths of the canyons, to the songs of birds, to outer space, and ultimately to the Celestial City.
Notes: Title from disc labels.

For piano, horn, xylorimba, glockenspiel, and orchestra.

Edition recorded: Alphonse Leduc.

Program notes by Nigel Simeone and biographical notes on the performers (8 unnumbered pages : portraits, illustrations) inserted in container.

Tzimon Barto, piano ; John Ryan, horn ; Andrew Barclay, xylorimba ; Erika Öhman, glockenspiel ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Christoph Eschenbach, conductor.

Recorded live during The Rest Is Noise festival 2013 November 2 Southbank Centre's Royal Festival Hall, London.
Table of contents: title: Disc 1. Part one. Le désert ; Les orioles ; Ce qui est écrit sur les étoiles ... ; Le cossyphe d'heuglin ; Cedar Breaks et le don de crainte; title: Part two. Appel interstellaire ; Bryce Canyon et les rochers rouge-orange.; title: Disc 2. Part three. Les ressuscités et le chant de l'étoile Aldébaran ; Le moqueur polyglotte ; La grive des bois ; Omao, Leiothrix, Elepaio, Shama ; Zion Park et la Cité Céleste.