Monday, December 7, 2015

Messiaen: Twenty Meditations on the Baby Jesus - VIII. Meditation From The Heights



Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano

I'm not sure about my translation of the title.  The original is, Regard des hauteurs, "hauteur" can have a number of meanings, the heights as in a high place or position, physically, high mindedness, spiritual elevation or its opposite, arrogance, conceit, etc.  I'm not sure what meaning Messiaen meant but I am guessing from the context of the titles that he meant physical position or spiritual elevation.

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