Fin du temps

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Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992): Quartet for the End of Time - Toru Takemitsu (1930-1996): Quatrain II This album features the recording of two chamber music works, perhaps the most important of the 20th century: the Quartet for the End of Time (Messiaen) and Quatrain II (Takemitsu), both pieces for an extraordinary instrumental ensemble: clarinet, violin, cello, and piano. The Quartet for the End of Time is inspired by the tenth chapter of the Apocalypse and is dedicated to the Angel of the Apocalypse who raises his hand to Heaven and says: "There will be no more time, but on the day of the trumpet of the seventh angel, the mystery of God will be fulfilled." This quote refers to the notion of eternity: the Quartet does not evoke the "end of days" - considered as the disappearance of human civilization, but rather the "end of time" or the beginning of eternity.