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Wednesday, 10 September 2014
Sunday, 5 February 2012
Mahler: Ruckert-Lieder / Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Das Liebesmahl der Apostel - Minton, Boulez, New York PO, London SO
Mahler: Ruckert-Lieder
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Das Liebesmahl der Apostel
Minton, Boulez, New York PO, London SO
Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Das Liebesmahl der Apostel
Minton, Boulez, New York PO, London SO
Requested
These earlier recordings of Mahler's 'Fuenf Lieder nach Gedichten von Friedrich Rueckert' by Pierre Boulez (coupled with sympathetic readings of Wagner's Wesendonck-Lieder) are here given a warmly affecting performance.
Tuesday, 25 May 2010
Belà Bartok : BlueBeard's Castle (Le Chateau de Barbe Bleu) - Pierre Boulez ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra - 1993 (Studio)
Belà BARTÓK : BlueBeard's Castle (Le Chateau de Barbe Bleu)
Pierre Boulez
Chicago Symphony Orchestra - 1993 (Studio)
Jessye Norman, Soprano
László Polgár, Bass
Posted by Julien
Thursday, 13 May 2010
Bartok : Violin Concerto N°2 / Rhapsodies 1&2 - Pierre Boulez (CSO) & Gil Saham - 1998
Belà BARTÓK : Violin Concerto N°2 / Rhapsodies 1&2 - Pierre Boulez (Chicago
Symphony Orchestra) & Gil Saham - 1998 (Studio)
Artist : Gil Shaham, Chicago SO, Pierre Boulez
Album : Bartók Violin Concerto no.2, Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra nos. 1 & 2
Genre : Classical
Year : 1998
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Bartok : The Wooden Prince / Cantata Profana - Pierre Boulez (Chicago Symphony Orchestra) 1991 (Studio)
Belà BARTÓK : Cantata Profana / The Wooden Prince - Pierre Boulez (Chicago
Symphony Orchestra) 1991 (Studio)
Artist : Chicago Symphony Orchestra - Pierre Boulez
Album : Bartok - Der Holzgeschnitzte Prinz, Cantata Profana
Genre : Classical
Year : 1991
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Stravinsky : "Boulez conducts Stravinsky" (Boxset)
Stravinsky : "Boulez conducts Stravinsky"- Pierre Boulez (Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Cleveland Orchestra / Berliner Philarmoniker / Ensemble InterContemporain) - 2010 Boxset / 6 C Ds
Thursday, 15 April 2010
R. Strauss : Also sprach Zarathustra / Mahler : Totenfeier | Pierre Boulez (CSO) 1996.
R. Strauss : Also sprach Zarathustra / Mahler : Totenfeier | Pierre Boulez (CSO) 1996.
Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde - Pierre Boulez, Wiener Philharmoniker
Thursday, 12 November 2009
David Fray - Bach : Partita No.4 in D major - French Suite No.1 in D minor / Boulez : 12 Notations pour piano - Incises - 2007.
David Fray - Bach : Partita No.4 in D major - French Suite No.1 in D minor / Boulez : 12 Notations pour piano - Incises - 2007.
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) : Partita No. 4 in D major BWV 828 / French Suite No. 1 in D minor BWV 812
Pierre Boulez (b.1925) : 12 Notations pour Piano / Incises
David Fray : Piano
Recording : Paris, Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Dance, June 2005
Total Playing Time : 67min, 54sec
YEAR: 2007
Saturday, 17 October 2009
Complete Webern: Pierre Boulez - Box Set, 6CDS
Recording Year: 2000
Christiane Oelze, Gerald Finley, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Françoise Pollet, Eric Schneider,
Mary Ann McCormick, Oleg Maisenberg, Clemens Hagen, Gianluca Cascioli,
Gidon Kremer, Krystian Zimerman
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers, Ensemble InterContemporain,Emerson String Quartet,
Emerson String Quartet members
Number of Discs: 6
Notes & Review:
Those who are familiar with Pierre Boulez's earlier "Complete Webern" on Sony will notice that his new Deutsche Grammophon edition contains six discs to Sony's three. That's because Sony only included works for which Webern assigned opus numbers, plus the composer's Schubert and Bach arrangements. DG fleshes out the picture with all of Webern's posthumously published music, mostly dating from his apprentice years. Virtually all of these recordings already have been available. Discs one through three are given over to orchestral, choral, and chamber works with Boulez leading the Berlin Philharmonic, BBC Singers, and the Ensemble Intercontemporain. Soprano Christiane Oelze's survey of Webern's lieder with voice and piano occupies disc four, with the addition of three unreleased songs set to poems by Ferdinand Avenarius. On disc five, the Emerson Quartet plays all the string trio and quartet works. The final disc brings together the cello and piano music, the four pieces Op. 7 for violin and piano, and the piano works. Gianluca Cascioli's traversals of both 1906 movements for piano were previously released, while Krystian Zimerman recorded two tiny pieces and the Op. 27 Piano Variations especially for this collection.
We first encounter Webern writing music in a style that resembles Brahms with a little Grieg mixed in for good measure. Soon his harmonic palette blossoms with chromatic complexity and takes a refined turn during studies with Arnold Schoenberg. Finally, Webern's singular voice emerges by way of pocket pieces whose ascetic contours sport asymmetrical rhythms, canonic lines that leapfrog from instrument to instrument, and rigorously organized pitches. There's no filler, no fat, and every note counts.
Sometimes it's hard to grasp such fleeting, fragile, and texturally exposed music in a single hearing. When I hear a Webern work in concert, for instance, it's usually over before it begins. Imagine passing a Joan Miró painting while riding a bicycle and you'll understand what I mean. You need to find quiet listening space and know that you can play a movement or even a whole piece more than once.
Performing Webern well demands the utmost in precision and concentration, yet without negating the music's passionate undercurrents. Boulez has lived with this music a long time, and the refinement of his latest interpretations beggar description. The sonic advantages of the DG recordings play no small part, in that fine-tuned dyanmic adjustments at quiet levels can be heard with no compromise. The conductor's tempos have broadened since his 1967-72 recordings in the aforementioned Sony set, and instrumental balances are smoother, more blended than before. Yet the ferocity and edginess of the earlier versions haven't been superceded. Nor is the elemental force and dynamism of Dohnanyi's superb Cleveland Webern readings surpassed here.
No qualms, though, concerning Christiane Oelze, who negotiates Webern's treacherous, leaping lines as if they were nursery rhymes. Similarly, the Emersons leave no little detail unscrutinized, and make a lean contrast to the more opulent, aristocratic Quartetto Italiano Webern recordings from the 1970s. I'm sorry the not-so-famous Cascioli wasn't brought back to record the piano works assigned to the better-known Zimerman, whose mincing, overwrought Variations lack the grace and eloquence of Peter Serkin's recent Koch version.
An excellent booklet includes an introduction by Boulez, numerous photos of Webern at work and play, an informative essay by Paul Griffiths, a comprehensive Webern timeline, and complete texts and translations. Whatever reservations one might harbor about this or that individual performance, it is unlikely that this set as a whole will be surpassed in the near future. It belongs in every serious music library, private or public.
We first encounter Webern writing music in a style that resembles Brahms with a little Grieg mixed in for good measure. Soon his harmonic palette blossoms with chromatic complexity and takes a refined turn during studies with Arnold Schoenberg. Finally, Webern's singular voice emerges by way of pocket pieces whose ascetic contours sport asymmetrical rhythms, canonic lines that leapfrog from instrument to instrument, and rigorously organized pitches. There's no filler, no fat, and every note counts.
Sometimes it's hard to grasp such fleeting, fragile, and texturally exposed music in a single hearing. When I hear a Webern work in concert, for instance, it's usually over before it begins. Imagine passing a Joan Miró painting while riding a bicycle and you'll understand what I mean. You need to find quiet listening space and know that you can play a movement or even a whole piece more than once.
Performing Webern well demands the utmost in precision and concentration, yet without negating the music's passionate undercurrents. Boulez has lived with this music a long time, and the refinement of his latest interpretations beggar description. The sonic advantages of the DG recordings play no small part, in that fine-tuned dyanmic adjustments at quiet levels can be heard with no compromise. The conductor's tempos have broadened since his 1967-72 recordings in the aforementioned Sony set, and instrumental balances are smoother, more blended than before. Yet the ferocity and edginess of the earlier versions haven't been superceded. Nor is the elemental force and dynamism of Dohnanyi's superb Cleveland Webern readings surpassed here.
No qualms, though, concerning Christiane Oelze, who negotiates Webern's treacherous, leaping lines as if they were nursery rhymes. Similarly, the Emersons leave no little detail unscrutinized, and make a lean contrast to the more opulent, aristocratic Quartetto Italiano Webern recordings from the 1970s. I'm sorry the not-so-famous Cascioli wasn't brought back to record the piano works assigned to the better-known Zimerman, whose mincing, overwrought Variations lack the grace and eloquence of Peter Serkin's recent Koch version.
An excellent booklet includes an introduction by Boulez, numerous photos of Webern at work and play, an informative essay by Paul Griffiths, a comprehensive Webern timeline, and complete texts and translations. Whatever reservations one might harbor about this or that individual performance, it is unlikely that this set as a whole will be surpassed in the near future. It belongs in every serious music library, private or public.
[9/9/2000]
--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com
--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com
Works on This Recording:
1. Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1 by Anton von Webern
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1908; Vienna, Austria
2. Sätze (5) for String Quartet, Op. 5 by Anton von Webern
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1909; Preglhof
Notes: Orchestrated: Anton von Webern (1928-29)
3. Pieces (6) for Orchestra, Op. 6 by Anton von Webern
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1909/1928; Preglhof
4. Musikalisches Opfer, BWV 1079: no 8, Ricercar a 6 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Baroque
Written: 1747; Leipzig, Germany
Notes: Orchestrated: Anton von Webern (1935)
5. German Dances (6) for Piano, D 820 by Franz Schubert
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1824; Vienna, Austria
Notes: Orchestrated: Anton von Webern (1931)
6. Im Sommerwind by Anton von Webern
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1904; Preglhof
7. Pieces (5) for Orchestra by Anton von Webern
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913; Vienna, Austria
8. Orchestral Songs (3) by Anton von Webern
Performer: Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913-1914; Vienna, Austria
9. Symphony, Op. 21 by Anton von Webern
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927-1928; Mödling, Austria
10. Das Augenlicht, Op. 26 by Anton von Webern
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935; Austria
11. Cantata no 1, Op. 29 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1938-1939; Austria
12. Cantata no 2, Op. 31 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Christiane Oelze (Soprano), Gerald Finley (Bass)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Singers
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1941-1943; Austria
13. Quintet for Piano and Strings, M 118 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Piano)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1907; Vienna, Austria
14. Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen, Op. 2 by Anton von Webern
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: BBC Singers
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1908/1914; Vienna, Austria
15. Rilke Lieder (2), Op. 8 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Françoise Pollet (Soprano)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1910; Austria
16. Pieces (5) for Orchestra, Op. 10 by Anton von Webern
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911-1913; Austria
17. Lieder (4), Op. 13 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Françoise Pollet (Soprano)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914-1918; Vienna, Austria
18. Trakl Lieder (6), Op. 14 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Françoise Pollet (Soprano)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1917-1921; Vienna, Austria
19. Sacred Songs (5), Op. 15 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1921-1922; Austria
20. Canons (5) on Latin Texts, Op. 16 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1923-1924; Austria
21. Traditional Rhymes (3), Op. 17 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1924-1925; Austria
22. Lieder (3), Op. 18 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1925; Vienna, Austria
23. Lieder (2), Op. 19 by Anton von Webern
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain, BBC Singers
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1926; Vienna, Austria
24. Quartet for Clarinet, Tenor Saxophone, Piano and Violin, Op. 22 by Anton von Webern
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1928-1930; Mödling, Austria
25. Concerto, Op. 24 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Pierre-Laurent Aimard (Piano)
Conductor: Pierre Boulez
Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble InterContemporain
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1931-1934; Austria
26. Poems (3) by Anton von Webern
Performer: Christiane Oelze (Soprano), Eric Schneider (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1899-1903; Vienna, Austria
27. Early Lieder (8) by Anton von Webern
Performer: Christiane Oelze (Soprano), Eric Schneider (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1901-1904; Austria
28. Avenarius Lieder (3) by Anton von Webern
Performer: Christiane Oelze (Soprano), Eric Schneider (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1903-1904; Vienna, Austria
29. Dehmel Lieder (5) by Anton von Webern
Performer: Eric Schneider (Piano), Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906-1908; Vienna, Austria
30. George Lieder (4) by Anton von Webern
Performer: Eric Schneider (Piano), Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1908-1909; Austria
31. Lieder (4), Op. 12 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Eric Schneider (Piano), Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1915-1917; Vienna, Austria
32. George Lieders (5), Op. 4 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Eric Schneider (Piano), Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1908-1909; Austria
33. Lieder (3) from Viae inviae, Op. 23 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Eric Schneider (Piano), Christiane Oelze (Soprano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1933-1934; Austria
34. Jone Lieder (3), Op. 25 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Christiane Oelze (Soprano), Eric Schneider (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1934; Austria
35. Langsamer Satz for String Quartet, M 78 by Anton von Webern
Orchestra/Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1905; Vienna, Austria
36. Quartet for Strings, M 79 by Anton von Webern
Orchestra/Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1905; Preglhof
37. Bagatelles (6) for String Quartet, Op. 9 by Anton von Webern
Orchestra/Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1911-1913; Austria
38. Rondo for String Quartet, M 115 by Anton von Webern
Orchestra/Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906; Vienna, Austria
39. Satz for String Trio, M 278 by Anton von Webern
Orchestra/Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1925; Mödling, Austria
40. Pieces (3) for String Quartet by Anton von Webern
Performer: Mary Ann McCormick (Soprano)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913; Vienna, Austria
41. Trio for Strings, Op. 20 by Anton von Webern
Orchestra/Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet members
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1927; Vienna, Austria
42. Quartet for Strings, Op. 28 by Anton von Webern
Orchestra/Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1936-1938; Austria
43. Little Pieces (3) for Cello and Piano, Op. 11 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Clemens Hagen (Cello)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914; Vienna, Austria
44. Sonaten Satz for Piano, M 114 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Gianluca Cascioli (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906; Austria
45. Satz for Piano, M 112 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Gianluca Cascioli (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1906; Austria
46. Pieces (4) for Violin and Piano, Op. 7 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Gidon Kremer (Violin)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1910/1914; Preglhof
47. Sonata for Cello and Piano, M 202 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Clemens Hagen (Cello)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1914; Vienna, Austria
48. Kinderstück, M 267 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Krystian Zimerman (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1924; Austria
49. Variations for Piano, Op. 27 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Krystian Zimerman (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1935-1936; Austria
50. Pieces (2) for Cello and Piano, M 1 - M 2 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Oleg Maisenberg (Piano), Clemens Hagen (Cello)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1899; Preglhof
51. Piece for Piano, M277 by Anton von Webern
Performer: Krystian Zimerman (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1925; Austria
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