A favorite Oliver Messiaen recording

Excellent question. I am partial to the solo organ works; my favorite being Marie-Claire Alain "La Nativite Du Seigneur" (1988 Erato). It has that etherial quality with multiple radical breaks into that 'the Divine glory' sound he does so well, like the skies are erupting and at any minute a horde of flaming angels will swoop down and saturate the earth with molten gold and feathers. It never does though!

I'm real fond of Chung/Bastille Opera Orchestra's Turangalilia, but my favorite is the Canyons des Etoile double disc set by Salonen and the London Sinfonietta.

Here is the big question: what "Quartet for the end of time" do you like best? There are so many great ones.