Tout cela, vous me l'avez donné.
Et vous vous êtes encore donné vous-même,
Si elle s'ouvrait sur l'éternité
Je te verrais plus belle encore.
As devout as Messiaen was, he was no priest and these are the words of a young man in love. On that point I think it would also have been helpful if the review had mentioned that unlike the other pieces in the relevant recording Poèmes pour Mi was written when Messiaen was still in his twenties and shares that ravishing sound that many of his early works possess. For those interested and unfamiliar with the work I would recommend the original version for piano and soprano voice and indeed the version by the late great Jane Manning which is how I got to know and fall in love with the piece many moons ago.
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