Håkon Austbø - Olivier Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jésus (1994)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 363 Mb | Total time: 132:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | 8.550829-30 | Recorded: 1993
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 363 Mb | Total time: 132:43 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Naxos | 8.550829-30 | Recorded: 1993
Håkan Austbø has excellent credentials in this repertoire. His is an individual view, with a wider range of tempi and dynamic than Loriod. His account of the opening Regard du père and the later Regard du fils sur le fils is paced much more slowly, but his playing has great concentration and evocative feeling so that he readily carries the slower tempo, and in Par lui tout a été fait articulation is bolder, giving the music a stronger profile, helped by the clearer, Naxos digital focus. This is undoubtedly a performance that grips the listener and can be strongly recommended as an alternative view.