Messiaen - Petites esquisses d'oiseaux

The “little bird sketches“, a late work, written in 1985 and dedicated to his wife Yvonne Loriod who gave the first performance in 1987. Le Rouge-gorge (European Robin) 0:05 Le Merle noir (Common Blackbird) 2:26 Le Rouge-gorge (European Robin) 4:41 La Grive musicienne (Song Thrush) 7:04 Le Rouge-gorge (European Robin) 9:23 L'Alouette des champs (Skylark) 12:05 Created, edited and mastered in Digital Performer (MOTU) using Ivory (Synthogy) sound banks; score downloaded from a Russian web site.