Messiaen: Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps
by Luben Yordanoff / Albert Tetard / Claude Desurmont / Daniel Barenboim

Messiaen: Quatuor Pour La Fin Du Temps by Luben Yordanoff / Albert Tetard / Claude Desurmont / Daniel Barenboim
Year: 1979
Release date: 1979-00-00
Overall rank: 8,300th   
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Award Top albums of the 1970s (1,247th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,300th)

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Overall rank: 8,300th | 1970s rank: 1,247th | 1979 rank: 121st

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From 04/02/2016 19:45 | #163171
I feel like this is to classical chamber music what Bitches Brew is to Jazz.
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Emotional, moving and brilliant. Highly recommended!
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I tried to review this and failed to describe it in human language.
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LOVE THIS SO MUCH!
5th movement is my favourite moment, it's just orgasmic, it's suprising that just four instruments sound this magical.
/and ignore dat dividesbyzero's pretentious comment, just play it and feel it, it's best way to enjoy this piece.
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