Disc 1
Livre du Saint Sacrement
1. I. Adoro te
2. II. La Source de Vie
3. III. Le Dieu caché
4. IV. Acte de Foi
5. V. Puer natus est nobis
6. VI. La Manne et le Pain de Vie
7. VII. Les Ressuscités et la lumi?re de Vie
8. VIII. Institution de l'Eucharistie
9. IX. Les Tén?bres
10. X. La Résurrection du Christ
11. XI. L'Apparition du Christ ressuscité ? Marie-Madeleine
Disc 2
1. XII. La Transsubstantiation
2. XIII. Les Deux Murailles d'eau
3. XIV. Pri?re avant la communion
4. XV. La Joie de la grâce
5. XVI. Pri?re apr?s la communion
6. XVII. La Présence multipliée
7. XVIII. Offrande et Alleluia final

The seeds for Messiaen's final organ work were sown during an inspirational trip to Israel in 1984. o ver the course of the next twelve months, Messiaen found improvisation leading him back to composition after the exhausting labours that had produced his mighty opera Saint François d'Assise . The Livre du Saint Sacrement became Messiaen's grand farewell to his own instrument, and Michael Bonaventure performs it from memory here on the Rieger organ at St Giles' Cathedral, whose true acoustic preserves the clarity of Messiaen's lines. The stunning booklet incorporates a booklet essay written by Messiaen biographer Nigel Simeone and features full colour photography. 'Electrifying ... essential listening ... shades of ecstasy and lustre' – The Scotsman, February 2008 '... spectacularly brought to life by Michael Bonaventure' – Gramophone, November 2005