Of all Pierre Boulez's works, only Le Marteau sans maître (1953-1955) has achieved worldwide recognition as a modern masterpiece, partly because of the praise lavished on it by fellow composers and critics, but also because the public responded to the piece with uncommon openness to its rarefied expression and fascination with its fresh timbral ...
If one characteristic stands out in the contemporary works of Pierre Boulez, it is the remarkable depths of sonority he achieves through methods of multiplication and elaboration. In their unique ways, the three pieces on this Deutsche Grammophon reissue are intensely wrought complexes of layered timbres, reiterated attacks, and mirrored motifs, ...
Solo keyboard works of Bach and Boulez on the same program? Is such a decision that of an ill-informed young pianist fresh out of school? Or perhaps a combination of seemingly disparate composers simply for shock value? The answer is no to both questions. Surprisingly, this program works astonishingly well. Boulez, like countless composers before ...
Several of Michael Gielen's Hänssler releases feature unusual programming, but this double CD of the Symphony No. 9 in D major by Gustav Mahler and two important works by Pierre Boulez is possibly the most arcane match-up of them all. Or at least it seems so until the indirect influence of the older master's austere late style on serialism comes ...
Pierre Boulez composed his first two piano sonatas between 1946 and 1948 in what was still his formative period: grappling with the conflicting influences of Olivier Messiaen and René Leibowitz, Boulez had yet to find a distinctive voice and the methods that would give him greater flexibility. As assured and forceful as these early serial works ...
Die-hard fans of Pierre Boulez's music may find no difficulty in this disc's selections, though others less familiar with the composer's music may question the rationale behind the program. Notations and Structures, Book II, for two pianos are logically paired, since both inhabit the same sound world and, more subtly, can be positioned fairly ...
If one characteristic stands out in the contemporary works of Pierre Boulez, it is the remarkable depths of sonority he achieves through methods of multiplication and elaboration. In their unique ways, the three pieces on this Deutsche Grammophon release are intensely wrought complexes of layered timbres, reiterated attacks, and mirrored motifs, ...
This recording of Pli selon Pli may be considered definitive. Pierre Boulez worked on this massive composition from 1957 to 1989, and over those years issued different versions and recordings of the work in progress. "Don" and "Improvisation sur Mallarmé III" have been extensively rewritten and are heard here in their final form. Compared to a ...
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