Composer, Conductor, Enigma

Four-disc box set presentation is an anthology of Pierre Boulez's early compositions; complex, radically new and quite ferociously uncompromising. Such fearless, notoriously demanding works as the second Piano Sonata may be heard alongside the gorgeous ultra-modernist exoticism of Le Marteau sans matre and Pli selon pli. These breathtakingly ambitious works are complemented by the first recordings of Boulez as conductor, made at the Domaine musical, a society he formed in Paris during the mid-50s to provide a platform both for modernist pieces by the likes of Webern, Messiaen and Stockhausen and works which had played a vital role in the evolution of music by such composers as Debussy and Bartok.

Tracks

1~1~O Piano Sonata No. 2 (1948) Yvonne Loriod: Piano
1~2~Extr?Mement Rapide (Extremely Fast)
1~3~Lent (Slow)
1~4~Mod?R?, Presque Vif (Moderate, Almost Lively)
1~5~Vif (Lively) Polyphonie X For Ensemble (1950?51); Withdrawn.
1~6~Mod?R?
1~7~Lent
1~8~Vif Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hans Rosbaud Polyphonie X For Ensemble (1950?51); Withdrawn.
1~9~Polyphonie X (Part 1) Symphony Orchestra Of The Rai (Radiotelevisione Italiana) Conductor: Bruno Madern Deux ?Tudes De Musique Concr?Te For Magnetic Tape (1951-2)
1~10~Tude 1 Sur Un Son
1~11~Tude 2 Sur Un Accord De Sept Sons
1~12~Complainte Du L?Zard Amoureux
1~13~La Sorgue (Chanson Pour Yvonne) Ir?Ne Joachim: Soprano; Joseph Peyron: Tenor; Pierre Mollet: Baritone. Rtf National Orchestra Conductor: Roger D?Sormi?Re Structures Book 1 For Two Pianos (1951?52)
1~14~Premier Mouvement
1~15~Deuxi?Me Mouvement
1~16~Troisi?Me Mouvement Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky: Pianos Le Marteau Sans Ma?Tre For Alto Voice And Six Instruments (1953?55; Revised 1957)
1~17~Avant "L'artisanat Furieux"
1~18~Commentaire I De "Bourreaux De Solitude"
1~19~L'Artisanat Furieux"
1~20~Commentaire II De "Bourreaux De Solitude?
1~21~Bel ?Difice Et Les Pressentiments", Double
1~22~Bourreaux De Solitude"
1~23~Apr?S "L'artisanat Furieux"
1~24~Commentaire III De "Bourreaux De Solitude"
1~25~Bel ?Difice Et Les Pressentiments - Double Marie-Th?R?Se Cahn: Contralto. Solistes Du Domaine Musical. Conductor: Pierre Boulez
1~26~La Symphonie M?Canique Musique Concr?Te, For A Film By Jean Mitry (1955)
1~27~Po?Sie Pour Pouvoir (Poems For Power), For Orchestra And Tape,(From The Poem By Henri Michaux) (1955/58); Withdrawn Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductors: Hans Rosbaud, Pierre Boulez. Michel Bouquet: Voice
1~28~Pli Selon Pli: No. 2, Improvisation I Sur Mallarm?
1~29~Pli Selon Pli: No. 3, Improvisation II Sur Mallarm? Eva Maria Rogner: Soprano; Maria Bergmann: Piano. Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della Rai Di Roma. Conductor:

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Pierre Boulez
Release Date: 06 May 2022
Genre: Classical Music
Label: EL
Distributor: Rocket Group