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The Everest of modern piano. A mystical and colorful fresco, performed by its benchmark interpreter.<div> A monument of faith with an unprecedented sonic power.</div><div><br></div><div> A major figure in French piano music, Roger Muraro maintains a unique connection with the world of Olivier Messiaen, with whom he was very close. He has become one of Messiaen's leading interpreters: he has recorded the complete piano works and brought them to the forefront of major musical stages.</div><div><br></div><div> Roger Muraro is exceptionally reviving the cycle of Twenty Gazes on the Infant Jesus. Composed during the Second World War, this monumental work of nearly two hours of music is among the pinnacles of the 20th century: twenty meditations where faith, birds and colours blend into a sonic architecture of rare imaginative power.</div><div><br></div>