Boulez,Pierre Composer Conductor Enigma CD

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 ma?tre' 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.

1. Sonatine for Flute and Piano, Op. 1 (1946; Revised 1949) Severino Gazzelloni: Flute; David Tudor: Piano Piano Sonata No. 2 (1948) Yvonne Loriod: Piano 2. Extr?mement Rapide (Extremely Fast) 3. Lent (Slow) 4. Mod?r?, Presque Vif (Moderate, Almost Lively) 5. Vif (Lively) Polyphonie X for Ensemble (1950-51); Withdrawn 6. Mod?r? 7. Lent 8. Vif Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hans Rosbaud Polyphonie X for Ensemble (1950-51); Withdrawn 9.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) 10. ?tude 1 Sur Un Son 11. ?tude 2 Sur Un Accord de Sept Sons 12. Complainte Du L?zard Amoureux 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) 14. Premier Mouvement 15. Deuxi?me Mouvement 16. Troisi?me Mouvement Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky: Pianos Le Marteau Sans Ma?tre for Alto Voice and Six Instruments (1953-55; Revised 1957) 17. Avant "L'artisanat Furieux" 18. Commentaire I de "Bourreaux de Solitude" 19. L'artisanat Furieux 20. Commentaire II de "Bourreaux de Solitude" 21. "Bel ?difice Et Les Pressentiments", Double 22. Bourreaux de Solitude 23. Apr?s "L'artisanat Furieux" 24. Commentaire III de "Bourreaux de Solitude" 25. Bel ?difice Et Les Pressentiments - Double Marie-Th?r?se Cahn: Contralto. Solistes Du Domaine Musical. Conductor: Pierre Boulez 26. La Symphonie M?canique Musique Concr?te, for a Film By Jean Mitry (1955) 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 Po?sie Pour Pouvoir (Poems for Power), for Orchestra and Tape,(From the Poem By Henri Michaux) (1955/58); Withdrawn Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra.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 28. Pli Selon Pli: No. 2, Improvisation I Sur Mallarm? 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: Pierre Boulez 30. Tombeau ? la M?moire Du Prince Max Egon Zu F?rstenberg (1959) 31. Eva-Maria Rogner: Soprano. Ensemble Domaine Musical Paris. Conductor: Pierre Boulez 32. Chapitre I 33. Chapitre II / Version 1 34. Chapitre II / Version 2Yvonne Loriod, Piere Boulez: Pianos 35. Kontra-Punkte for Ten Instruments, Op. 1 (1952-1953)Solistes Du Domaine Musical. Conductor: Pierre Boulez 36. Ruhig Schreitend 37. Variationen Orchestre Du Domaine Musical. Conductor: Pierre Boulez 38. Concertino for Twelve Instruments (Arrangement of the Original Work for a String Quartet (1920), Made By Igor Stravinsky in 1952) 39. Conductor: Pierre Boulez 40. Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920, Version 1947)Orchestre Du Domaine Musical. Conductor: Pierre Boulez 41. Int?grales for Orchestra and Percussion (1923-1925)Orchestre Du Domaine Musical. Conductor: Pierre Boulez 42. Serenata 1 for Flute and Fourteen Instruments (1957)Severino Gazzeloni: Flute. Conductor: Pierre Boulez 43. Incontri, for Twenty-Four Instruments 44. Orchestre Du Domaine Musical. Conductor: Pierre Boulez 45. Zeitmasse (Time Measures), for Five Woodwinds Op.5 (1956) 46. Conductor: Pierre Boulez 47. Ouverture. Allegretto. Sehr Flott 48. Tanzschritte 49. Thema Mit Variationen Gigueconductor: Pierre Boulez