Boulez - Schoenberg / Berio / Carter / Kurtág / Xenakis (1995)
Artist: Boulez
Title: Schoenberg / Berio / Carter / Kurtág / Xenakis
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Erato
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 4 h 58
Total Size: 1.11 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Schoenberg / Berio / Carter / Kurtág / Xenakis
Year Of Release: 1995
Label: Erato
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 4 h 58
Total Size: 1.11 GB
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1 - Arnold Schoenberg
01. Pelleas und Melisande Op.5 [40:20]
Symphonic poem after Maurice Maeterlinck
02. Variations for Orchestra Op.31 - Introduction [01:36]
03. Variations for Orchestra Op.31 - Theme [01:04]
04. Variations for Orchestra Op.31 - Variation I [01:12]
05. Variations for Orchestra Op.31 - Variation II [01:31]
06. Variations for Orchestra Op.31 - Variation III [00:42]
07. Variations for Orchestra Op.31 - Variation IV [01:27]
08. Variations for Orchestra Op.31 - Variation V [01:47]
09. Variations for Orchestra Op.31 - Variation VI [01:27]
10. Variations for Orchestra Op.31 - Variation VII [02:09]
11. Variations for Orchestra Op.31 - Variation VIII [00:34]
12. Variations for Orchestra Op.31 - Variation IX [01:02]
13. Variations for Orchestra Op.31 - Finale [05:26]
CD2 - Luciano Berio
01. Sinfonia (for 8 voices and orchestra) I - [06:20]
02. Sinfonia (for 8 voices and orchestra) II - O King [05:01]
03. Sinfonia (for 8 voices and orchestra) III - In ruhig fließender Bewegung [12:26]
04. Sinfonia (for 8 voices and orchestra) IV - [03:25]
05. Sinfonia (for 8 voices and orchestra) V - [07:19]
CD3 - Elliott Carter
01. Concerto for Oboe (1986-1987) [19:57]
Dedicated to Paul Sacher,
world premiere: Zurich, 17.06.1988
Heinz Holliger, oboe
02. Esprit Rude/Esprit Doux (1985) [04:52]
Dedicated to Pierre Boulez,
world premiere: Baden-Baden, 31.03.1985
Sophie Cherrier, flute
André Trouttet, clarinet
03. A Mirror on Which to Dwell (1975) - 1. Anaphora [03:40]
04. A Mirror on Which to Dwell (1975) - 2. Argument [02:24]
05. A Mirror on Which to Dwell (1975) - 3. Sandpiper [02:22]
06. A Mirror on Which to Dwell (1975) - 4. Insomnia [03:04]
07. A Mirror on Which to Dwell (1975) - 5. View of the Capitol from the Library of Congress [03:03]
08. A Mirror on Which to Dwell (1975) - 6. O Breath [04:07]
CD4 - György Kurtág, Harrison Birtwistle, Gérard Grisey
01. György Kurtág / Messages de Feu Demoiselle R. V. Troussova (1976-1980) [25:52]
21 poems by Rimma Dalos, op. 17, for soprano and chamber ensemble,
sung in the original Russian,
world premiere: 14.01.1981, Palais des Arts, Paris
Adrienne Csengery, soprano
Marta Fabian, cymbalum
02. Harrison Birtwistle / ...AGM... [27:10]
for 16 voices and 3 instrumental groups,
dedicated to Nicholas Snowman,
world premiere: 09.04.1979, Théâtre de la Ville, Paris
Chœur John Alldis
03. Gérard Grisey / Modulations (1978) [18:36]
CD5 - Iannis Xenakis, Hugues Dufourt, Brian Ferneyhough
01. Iannis Xenakis / Jalons (1986) [14:39]
Dedicated to Ensemble Intercontemporain and Pierre Boulez,
world premiere: 26.01.1987, Théâtre de la Ville, Paris
02. Hugues Dufourt / Antiphusis (1978) [18:14]
for leading flute and chamber orchestra,
world premiere: 07.07.1978, Rencontres Internationales d'Art contemporain, La Rochelle
Istvan Matuz, flute
03. Brian Ferneyhough / Funérailles: Version I (1977) [11:10]
world premiere: July 1977
04. Brian Ferneyhough / Funérailles: Version II (1980) [13:31]
Collecting five CDs for about the price of three, this set of Boulez recordings is without parallel among the conductor's new-music releases. Imagine getting Boulez's celebrated single CD of Luciano Berio's Sinfonia and Eindrücke and his equally impressive single CD of Arnold Schoenberg's Pelleas und Melisande and Variations for Orchestra, bundled with four pivotal Elliott Carter works, Sir Harrison Birtwistle's electrifying ...AGM..., Gérard Grisey's Modulations, Iannis Xenakis's Jalons, Hugues Dufourt's Antiphysis, and Brian Ferneyhough's Funerailles, and you have an idea how far this set stretches.
There are the uproarious moments of Berio's clattery free-for-all approach easily juxtaposed against Schoenberg's more measured Variations, as it illuminates the crossroads of serialism and standard classical methodologies. The most astonishing moments come in the Kurtag songs, themselves echoing Pierrot Lunaire, and the Birtwistle work, which crosses extended vocal patterns with exclamatory orchestral interruptions to great effect. For anyone interested in Boulez's conductorly contributions to the postserial world, this is a surefire collection that opens the window on the great one's magic with difficult, thorny music. It also serves as a fascinating primer on the expansion of new music's techniques, especially when you consider the Elliott Carter works, all of them post-1975 and each uniquely expanding the American canon immeasurably, or the Grisey, Dufourt, and Ferneyhough works, as each of these composers came of age in the post-World War II era. --Andrew Bartlett
There are the uproarious moments of Berio's clattery free-for-all approach easily juxtaposed against Schoenberg's more measured Variations, as it illuminates the crossroads of serialism and standard classical methodologies. The most astonishing moments come in the Kurtag songs, themselves echoing Pierrot Lunaire, and the Birtwistle work, which crosses extended vocal patterns with exclamatory orchestral interruptions to great effect. For anyone interested in Boulez's conductorly contributions to the postserial world, this is a surefire collection that opens the window on the great one's magic with difficult, thorny music. It also serves as a fascinating primer on the expansion of new music's techniques, especially when you consider the Elliott Carter works, all of them post-1975 and each uniquely expanding the American canon immeasurably, or the Grisey, Dufourt, and Ferneyhough works, as each of these composers came of age in the post-World War II era. --Andrew Bartlett
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