Boulez Conducts Stravinsky (2010)
performed by
Alain Damiens (clarinet), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Ensemble InterContemporain, Gérard Caussé (viola), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Michel Arrignon (clarinet), Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Berlin Radio Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by
Igor Stravinsky
The years have seen Pierre Boulez record for CBS, Erato, EMI, and Philips, among other labels, but his most consistent and critically praised work has appeared on Deutsche Grammophon, where he has conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, and his own Ensemble InterContemporain in many successful performances. These ensembles are heard on this trimline, six-CD box set of Igor Stravinsky's major works, which brings together Boulez's recordings of L'oiseau de feu, Petrushka, Le ...
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The years have seen Pierre Boulez record for CBS, Erato, EMI, and Philips, among other labels, but his most consistent and critically praised work has appeared on Deutsche Grammophon, where he has conducted the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic, and his own Ensemble InterContemporain in many successful performances. These ensembles are heard on this trimline, six-CD box set of Igor Stravinsky's major works, which brings together Boulez's recordings of L'oiseau de feu, Petrushka, Le Sacre du printemps, L'histoire du Soldat, the symphonies, concertos, and other works, recorded between 1980 and 1996. As one of the leading champions of modernism, first as a composer and essayist, then as a prominent conductor, Boulez is regarded as an authority on Stravinsky's oeuvre, and it is difficult to imagine many conductors who have a better understanding of the technical and stylistic issues that affect performances. Boulez is also famous for his precision and...
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- L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra
- Fireworks (Feu D'artifice), fantasy for orchestra, Op. 4
- Etudes (4) for orchestra
- Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1911 version)
- Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra
- Scherzo fantastique, for orchestra, Op. 3
- King of the Stars (Zvezdoliki), cantata for male chorus & orchestra
- Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra
- L'histoire du soldat (The Soldier's Tale), concert suite for 7 instruments
- Symphonies of Wind Instruments, for 23 wind instruments (1947 version)
- Symphony of Psalms, for chorus & orchestra
- Symphony in Three Movements, for orchestra
- Ebony Concerto, for clarinet & jazz band
- Pieces (3) for solo clarinet
- Concertino, for string quartet
- Instrumental Miniatures (8), for 15 players
- Concerto for chamber orchestra in E flat major ("Dumbarton Oaks")
- Elegy, for viola (or violin) solo
- Epitaphium für das Grabmal des Prinzen Max Egon zu Fürstenberg, for flute, clarinet & harp
- Double Canon, for string quartet ("Raoul Dufy in Memoriam")
- Pastorale, song without words for voice & woodwind quartet
- Poems of Verlaine (2), song cycle for voice & piano or orchestra, Op. 9
- Poems of Balmont (2), for voice & chamber orchestra
- Japanese Lyrics (3), song cycle for voice & piano (or chamber orchestra)
- Petites Chansons (3), for voice & chamber orchestra ("Souvenir de mon enfance")
- Pribaoutki (4), song cycle for voice & 8 instruments or piano
- Berceuses du Chat (4), song cycle for voice & 3 clarinets or piano
- Songs (4) for voice, flute, harp & guitar
- Tilim-bom, transcription for voice & orchestra (after Histoires pour enfants No. 1)
- Mavra, opera buffa in 1 act: Song of Parasha
- Songs (3) from William Shakespeare, for voice, flute, clarinet & viola
- In Memoriam Dylan Thomas, dirge-canons & song for voice, string quartet & 4 trombones
- Elegy for J. F. K., for voice & 3 clarinets
- Sacred Songs (2), transcription for voice & 9 instruments (after Wolf: Spanisches Liederbuch)
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