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79 LOUIS THIRY So a question arises for the performer: can this recording serve as a model? Certainly not, if we are content to ape Messiaen’s interpretation; but yes, undoubtedly, if we try to penetrate the spirit of his approach.Messiaen took the risk of ‘turning loose’ two documents: his scores, clear and precise, and his recordings, extremely lively, but also betraying signs of the vicissitudes of real life. Armed with these two documents, the performer uses his or her freedom as a ‘creator’ and, without forgetting that love implies respect, bears in mind St Augustine’s famous maxim: ‘Love and do what you will.’