Messiaen, John Ogdon, Brenda Lucas - Visions De L'Amen flac album

Piano – Brenda Lucas, John Ogdon. Laminated with 'Clarifoil' made by British Celanese Limited.

When John Ogdon and Brenda Lucas’ 1970 recording of Messiaen’s Visions de l’Amen first came out, the only viable catalog competition came from the teenage Labeque sisters, not to mention the hard-to-find 1962 traversal with Messiaen and his wife Yvonne Loriod. Although Ogdon and Lucas proved superior to the Labeques for sheer pianism, they allowed more than a few rhythmic inaccuracies to pass, along with long patches of enervated, lackluster playing (especially in the fourth and seventh movements).

Release group by Olivier Messiaen; John Ogdon, Brenda Lucas. GB. Argo (UK jazz, classical, and spokenword label).

Olivier Messiaen; John Ogdon, Brenda Lucas. Popular Piano Favourites. Suites for Two Pianos nos.

Visions de l'Amen ("Visions of the Amen") is a suite of seven pieces for two pianos by the French composer Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992), commissioned for the Concerts de la Pléiade that were held during the German occupation of Paris. It was composed in 1943 for the composer and Yvonne Loriod, and its performance requires about 40–45 minutes.