"Strap in. The vigour driving the Toronto Symphony Orchestra's 'Turangalîla-Symphonie' would make a tornado seem tame by comparison ... Marc-André Hamelin ... brings his own astoniching pianism to Messiaen's intoxicating colours ... Nathalie Forget is a deeply musical and tasteful soloist on ondes Martenot ... The TSO is like a taut spring under Gimeno ... There could be greater shaping to draw out the full poetry of Messiaen's melodic gestures. Overall, though, this Turangalîla is one hell of a ride"

Vurdering: 4/5

"Where Gimeno makes the piece his own is in the complex rhythmic games of the three 'Turangalîla' movements, coolly coordinating them with a species of lateDebussian sensuality that Boulez might have recognised, had he not deplored the piece overall as 'bordello music' ... The album deserves attention, but the physical and expressive weight of the piece is much more fully measured by Aimard and Nagano in Berlin"

"Recording of the month: Seventy-six years on, the Turangalîla-Symphonie still feels remarkably modern ... It's played here by the Toronto SO, conducted by their new music director, the Valencia-born Gustavo Gimeno ... First impressions of Gimeno's Turangalîla are entirely positive; ensemble is crisp, rhythms are well articulated and there's a strong, clear pulse throughout. In short, all prerequisites for a memorable performance of this extraordinary score. And then there are the soloists, pianist Marc-André Hamelin and Nathalie Forget on the ondes, both ideally integrated into a broad, deep soundstage ... I can't recall a more evanescent performance of this ravishing music ... Indeed, if proof were needed that the Turangalîla-Symphonie is a masterpiece, here it is"