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Pierre Boulez, composer - part 1 (of 4)
Top 100 Composers: Pierre Boulez - part 2 (of 4)
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Pierre Boulez, biography - part 3 (of 4)
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Pierre Boulez, IRCAM - part 4 (of 4)
Pierre Boulez as Conductor
Volume 1 of 7
Side 1 of a 90 minute tape:
01. discussion + "Nocturnes-Nuages" - Debussy - 1899 - 6:04 + 6:15 = 12:19 - Cleveland Orchestra
02. "Lied der Waltaube (from "Gurrelider")" - Schoenberg - 1900-01 - 12:32 - Ensemble Intercontemporain
03. discussion + "Symphony No. 6-Allegro ma non troppo. Heftig, aber markig (excerpt)" + discussion - Mahler - 1904 - 3:55 + 9:24 = 13:19 - Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
04a. discussion re Ravel - 2:48
Side 2 of a 90 minute tape:
04b. "Une barque sur l'océan" - Ravel - 1904-05 - 8:01 - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
06. "Chamber Symphony No. 1. Op. 9" - Schoenberg - 1906 - 19:41 - Ensemble Intercontemporain
07. "Fireworks" + discussion - Stravinsky - 1908 - 3:49 + 4:44 = 8:35 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
08. discussion + "Orchestral Pieces. Op. 12-Scherzo" - Bartok - 1912 - 1:24 + 6:10 = 7:24 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Volume 2 of 7
Side 1 of a 90 minute tape:
05. "Pelleas und Melisande, Symphonic Poem Op. 5" - Schoenberg - 1902 - 40:10 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Side 2 of a 90 minute tape:
09. "Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16" - Schoenberg - 1909 - 14:58 - BBC Symphony Orchestra
10. discussion + "Vier Lieder" + discussion - Webern - 1915-17 - 2:22 + 7:03 + 1:07 = 10:32 - Françoise Pollet: Soprano - Ensemble Intercontemporain
11. "Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31" - Schoenberg - 1927/28 - 19:28 - BBC Symphony Orchestra
Volume 3 of 7
Side 1 of a 90 minute tape:
12. "Serenade, Op. 24" - Schoenberg - 1921-23 - 33:45 - Ensemble Intercontemporain
13. "Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene, Op. 34" - Schoenberg - 1930 - 8:22 - BBC Symphony Orchestra - record
Side 2 of a 90 minute tape:
14. "Variations Op. 31" - Schoenberg - 1926-28 - 19:59 - Chicago Symphony Orchestra
13. "Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene, Op. 34" - Schoenberg - 1929/30 - 8:24 - BBC Symphony Orchestra - CD
15. "Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte, Op. 41" - Schoenberg - 1942 - 16:12 - Ensemble Intercontemporain
Volume 4 of 7
Sides 1 & 2 of a 60 minute tape:
16. "Die Jakobsleiter" (Fragment) - Schoenberg - 1951 - 48:41 - BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Volume 5 of 7
Side 1 of a 90 minute tape:
17. "A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46" - Schoenberg - 1947 - 7:15 - BBC Symphony Orchestra
18. discussion + "Chronochromie-Antistrophe I" - Messiaen - 1960 - 1:40 + 2:52 = 4:32 - Cleveland Orchestra
19. "Concerto for Piano and Orchestra" - György Ligeti - 1985-88 - 25:22 - Pierre-Laurent Aimard: Piano; Ensemble Intercontemporain
Side 2 of a 90 minute tape:
20. "Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra" - György Ligeti - 1966 - 15:08 - Jean-Guehin Queyras: Violincello; Ensemble Intercontemporain
21. "Antiphysis" - Hugues Dufourt - 1978 - 20:00? - Ensemble Intercontemporain
The above quote from Boulez appears on the back of both of the IRCAM records I have. Using Google translate I interpret that as: "To listen, to listen to the work again - what the disc facilitates to the extreme - it is not exactly "getting used to it", to the point of indifference, satiety or allergy. It is rather to know it, to recognize it, to identify it, to identify it; to go beyond the strangeness, the obscurity of the first approach, to be won over by a mystery that's both obvious and unexplained."
Volume 6 of 7
Side 1 of a 90 minute tape:
22. "Modulations" - Gérard Grisey - 1978 - 18:45 - Ensemble Intercontemporain
23. "...agm..." Harrison Birtwistle - 1978 - 27:00 - Ensemble Intercontemporain
Side 2 of a 90 minute tape:
24. "Messages de Feu Demoiselle R.V. Troussova" - György Kurtág - 1976-80 - 26:17 - Ensemble Intercontemporain
25. "The Perfect Stranger" - Frank Zappa - 1983? - 12:42 - Ensemble Intercontemporain
26. "Naval Aviation in Art?" - Frank Zappa - 1983? - 2:28 - Ensemble Intercontemporain
Note that it's only on the record label that the person looking at the package discovers that Pierre Boulez & the Ensemble Intercontemporaine only perform 2 of the 3 pieces on side 1 & only perform 1 of the pieces on side 2. The rest are performed by the "Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Consort" which, as far as I can tell, is a synclavier that I assume Zappa was assisted in the use of.
On the back cover, Zappa thanks Boulez for commissioning "The Perfect Stranger". Furthermore, it's on the Angel label, a classical label. This release will be discussed in my review of Born's book on IRCAM.
Volume 7 of 7
Side 1 of a 90 minute tape:
27. "Dupree's Paradise" - Frank Zappa - 1983? - 7:53 - Ensemble Intercontemporain
28.a. discussion - 1:43
28.b. "Concerto for Violin and Orchestra" - György Ligeti -1990-92 - 28:05 - Saschko Gawriloff: Violin; Ensemble Intercontemporain
29. Discussion (Bruckner - last track) - 1:00
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