Boulez, Pierre

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maitre / Hilary Summers, Ensemble Intercontemporian

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-12-11

Works: Pierre Boulez: Le marteau sans maître, for alto, alto flute, guitar, vibes, xylorimba, percussion & viola; Dérive I, for flute, clarinet, piano, vibes, violin & cello; Dérive 2
Performers: Summers, Hilary
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain

The 20th century inspired music that was provocative and challenging - music that in many ways we are still corning to terms with. The ideas...continue...
Recording information: IRCAM (Espace de projection), Paris, France (09/2002)....continue...

French Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, symphonic movement for orchestra (Mouvement symphoniqu...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Amar, Genevieve; Baumont, Olivier; Demarquette, Henri; Domingo, Placido; Engerer, Brigitte; Fontaine, Robert; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hadley, Jerry; Jo, Sumi; Larmore, J...
Conductors: Devos, Louis; Dutoit, Charles; Sado, Yutaka; Runnicles, Donald; Jordan, Armin; Nagano, Kent; Janowski, Marek; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boulez, Pierre; Carella, Giuliano; Jennings, Joseph; Barenboim, Dan...
Ensemble: ; Chanticleer; Ensemble InterContemporain

1 1/2 hours of French sparkle and wit...continue...

Pierre Boulez: In Rehearsal with The VPO / Berg, Boulez [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2011-05-31

Works: Alban Berg: Pieces (3) for orchestra, Op. 6; Pierre Boulez: Notations For Orchestra
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Pierre Boulez was filmed working with the Vienna Philharmonic on Alban Berg’s Three Pieces for Orchestra Op. 6 and his own composition Notations I-V at...continue...
Run Time: 56 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM,
Subtitles: English
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Darmstadt Aural Documents Box 1: Composers - Conductors

6 CD / Neos Production / 2010-11-05

Works: Spoken Word: Introductory speech by Earle Brown; Earle Brown: Available Forms I for 18 instruments; René Leibowitz: Kammersymphonie, for 12 instruments, Op. 16; Wolfgang Fortner: Mitte des Leb...
Performers: Appenheimer, Yoma; Arden, David; Assmann, Klaus; Bauer, Adam; Blum, Eberhard; Bottner, Karlheinz; Brown, Earle [Composer]; Caskel, Christoph; Cazauran, Jacques; Clapperton, James; Deinzer, Hans; Dier...
Conductors: Brown, Earle [Composer]; Leibowitz, René; Fortner, Wolfgang; Krenek, Ernst; Maderna, Bruno; Stockhausen, Karlheinz; Otte, Hans; Pousseur, Henri; Kagel, Mauricio; Boulez, Pierre; Brün, Her...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Köln; Internationales Kammerensemble Darmstadt; Ixion Ensemble; Klangforum Wien; MusikFabrik; Mutare Ensemble; Ungarisches Kammerensemble Budapest

We do not ordinarily associate the terms "cultural heritage" or "cultural legacy" with works, objects and materials of recent vintage, but rather with things unearthed...continue...

50 Years: Grosses Festspielhaus Salzburg

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-09-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Brendel, Alfred; Casa, Lisa della; Domingo, Placido; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Hetzel, Gerhart; Jurinac, Sena; Lorengar, Pilar; Moll, Kurt; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Norman, Jessye...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Fricsay, Ferenc; Abbado, Claudio; Rizzi, Carlo; Böhm, Karl; Mehta, Zubin; Bernstein, Leonard; Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Solti, Sir Georg; Boulez, Pierre

The Grosses Festpielhaus in Salzburg has been the scene of countless memorable music events- operas, concerts and recitals- for 50 years. Here is a unique...continue...
Recording information: Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg....continue...

Pierre Boulez: Inheriting the Future of Music / Boulez, Lucerne FA [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-04-27

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Work(s); Pierre Boulez: Work(s); Ondrej Adamek: Work(s); Karlheinz Stockhausen: Work(s)
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre

Pierre Boulez has already left an indelible imprint on the international music scene, not only as a composer and conductor but also as a music...continue...
Run Time: 128 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Best 100 20th Century Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-07-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Lieutenant Kij...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Auger, Arleen; Barrueco, Manuel; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bream...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Previn, Andre; Kurtz, Efrem; Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Wit, Antoni; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

20th-Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Claude Debussy: La mer; Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Arnold Schoenberg: Pi...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Berglund, Paavo; Frühbeck de Burgos...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmo...

The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from...continue...

Grand Prix - Boulez: Sur Incises, Messagesquisse, Anthemes 2

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-06-12

Works: Pierre Boulez: Sur Incises, for 3 pianos, 3 harps, 2 vibes & marimba; Messagesquisse, for solo cello & 6 cellos; Anthemes II, for violin and electronics
Performers: Kang, Hae Sun; Queyras, Jean-Guihen
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Ensemble de violoncelles; Members of the Ensemble InterContemporain

"If one characteristic stands out in the contemporary works of Pierre Boulez, it is the remarkable depths of sonority he achieves through methods of multiplication...continue...
The leading French modernist Pierre Boulez celebrated his 75th year in 2000 with a series of excellent productions on Deutsche Grammophon which exhibit his work in both conduction and composition. Sur...continue...

Pierre Boulez: Eclat; Sur Incises [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Juxtapositions / 2006-02-21

Works: Pierre Boulez: Eclat for 15 Instruments; Sur Incises
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Ensemble Incontemporain; Netherlands Nieuw Ensemble

This Juxtapositons release includes two films from highlighting the work of conductor/composer Pierre Boulez. "Eclat" is a real study of resonance written for fifteen instruments...continue...
Run Time: 142 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German, Dutch...continue...

20/21 Boulez Conducts Boulez - Le Marteau sans maître, etc

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-03-08

Works: Pierre Boulez: Le marteau sans maître, for alto, alto flute, guitar, vibes, xylorimba, percussion & viola; Dérive I, for flute, clarinet, piano, vibes, violin & cello; Dérive 2
Performers: Summers, Hilary
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain

It was with 'La Marteau sans Maitre', a setting of surrealistic poetry by Rene Char, that Boulez made his international breakthrough in the mid-1950s. The...continue...

Echo 20/21 Boulez: Explosante-fixe, etc

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-02-08

Works: Pierre Boulez: Notations (12) for Piano; Structures, Book II, for 2 pianos; ...explosante-fixe..., for flute, chamber ensemble & electronics (various versions)
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Boffard, Florent; Cherrier, Sophie; Ophele, Emmanuelle; Pierre-Andre Valade [Conductor/Flute]
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain

"Though he may well disapprove of the designation, in... explosante-fixe... Pierre Boulez has written one of the great flute concertos of this or any other...continue...

20/21 Boulez: Pli selon Pli / Schäfer, Boulez, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-05-14

Works: Pierre Boulez: Pli selon pli, for soprano & orchestra
Performers: Schafer, Christine
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain

"As a symbol of Pierre Boulez's commitment to perfection, 'Pli selon pli' (Fold Upon Fold) stands uniquely within his own output and 20th-century music. Radiant...continue...

20/21 Boulez: Répons, etc / Boulez, InterContemporain

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-04-13

Works: Pierre Boulez: Rèpons, for 2 pianos, harp, vibes, glock, cimbalon, orchestra & electronics; Dialogue de l'ombre double
Performers: Bauer, Vincent; Boffard, Florent; Cambreling, Frederique; Cerutti, Michel; Ciampolini, Daniel; Damiens, Alain; Vassilakis, Dimitri
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain

This recording of Boulez conducting Boulez comprises world-premiere recordings of the Maestro's revised versions of "Repons" and "Dialogue de l'Ombre Double". Using technology developed at...continue...