Messiaen / Jacobs Livre Du Saint-Sacrement CD

Livre du Saint-Sacrement is Messiaen' last and longest organ work, a thematic cycle based on the sacrament of Communion comprising eighteen movements, many based on his recorded improvisations, arranged into three thematic groups.

1. I. Adoro Te (I Adore Thee) 2. II. La Source de Vie (The Fountain of Life) 3. III. Le Dieu Cache (The Hidden God) 4. IV. Acte de Foi (Act of Faith) 5. V. Puer Natus Est Nobis (Unto Us a Child Is Born) 6. VI. La Manne Et Le Pain de Vie (The Manna and Bread of Life) 7. VII. Les Ressuscites Et la Lumiere de Vie (The Resurrected and the Light of Life) 8. VIII. Institution de L'eucharistie (Institution of the Eucharist) 9. IX. Les Tenebres (The Darkness) 10. X. La Resurrection Du Christ (The Resurrection of Christ) 11. XI. L'apparition Du Christ Ressuscite a Marie-Madeleine (The Appearance of the Risen Christ to Mary Magdalene) 12. XII. La Transsubstantiation (The Transubstantiation) 13. XIII. Les Deux Murailles D'eau (The 2 Walls of Water) 14. XIV. Priere Avant la Communion (Prayer Before Communion) 15. XV. La Joie de la Grace (The Joy of Grace) 16. XVI. Priere Apres la Communion (Prayer After Communion) 17. XVII. La Presence Multipliee (The Multiplied Presence) 18. XVIII. Offrande Et Alleluia Final (Offering and Final Alleluia)