Olivier Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Daniel Barenboim, DG 1979)

Instrumentation: clarinet, violin, cello and piano. Composed in 1940 while Messiaen was imprisoned in Stalag VIII-A, this transcendent masterpiece arose strictly from the instruments and captive musicians available in the camp. Daniel Barenboim joins violinist Luben Yordanoff, cellist Albert Tétard…

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