Pierre Boulez is among the most influential contemporary musicians, as both a composer and a conductor. He is known principally for his extension of the techniques of serialism beyond the limits of the Second Viennese School of Schoenberg, under the strong influence of his teacher Messiaen, into a logical style that brings with it a paradoxical freedom. His career as a conductor has brought him engagements with the most famous orchestras in a relatively wide repertoire, from Rameau to Wagner to the contemporary.
Piano Music
The music Boulez has written for piano includes three sonatas, the last involving an element of chance in the possible choices of order offered to performers. The first part of Structures I, f...
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BAYREUTH - FROM MYTH TO MODERNITY | |
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BAYREUTH - FROM MYTH TO MODERNITY
Artists:
Barenboim, Daniel -- Boulez, Pierre -- Fujimura, Mihoko -- Gatti, Daniele -- Herheim, Stefan -- Jerusalem, Siegfried -- Thielemann, Christian
Label/Producer: UNITEL |
BOULEZ CONDUCTS BARTOK (Kremer, Bashmet, Berlin Philharmonic, Boulez) | |
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BOULEZ CONDUCTS BARTOK (Kremer, Bashmet, Berlin Philharmonic, Boulez)
Composer:
Bartok, Bela
Artists:
Bashmet, Yuri -- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Boulez, Pierre -- Kremer, Gidon
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
BOULEZ, P.: Eclat (Classical Documentary, 1994) | |
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BOULEZ, P.: Eclat (Classical Documentary, 1994)
Composer:
Boulez, Pierre
Artists:
Nieuw Ensemble -- Spanjaard, Ed
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
BOULEZ, P.: Repons (Ensemble Intercontemporain, Boulez) | |
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BOULEZ, P.: Repons (Ensemble Intercontemporain, Boulez)
Composer:
Boulez, Pierre
Artists:
Aimard, Pierre-Laurent -- Bauer, Vincent -- Boulez, Pierre -- Brook, Lyndon -- Cerutti, Michel -- Ciampolini, Daniel -- Ensemble InterContemporain -- Jamet, Marie-Claire -- Neveux, Alain
Label/Producer: Monarda Music |
BOULEZ, Pierre: Triptyque (Le) (Vienna Festival, 2003) | |
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BOULEZ, Pierre: Triptyque (Le) (Vienna Festival, 2003)
Composers:
Falla, Manuel de -- Schoenberg, Arnold -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists:
Boulez, Pierre -- Damiens, Alain -- Ensemble InterContemporain -- Silja, Anja
Label/Producer: Digital Classics Distribution |
BRUCKNER, A.: Symphony No. 8 (ed. R. Haas from 1887 and 1890 versions) (Vienna Philharmonic, Boulez) | |
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BRUCKNER, A.: Symphony No. 8 (ed. R. Haas from 1887 and 1890 versions) (Vienna Philharmonic, Boulez)
Composer:
Bruckner, Anton
Artists:
Boulez, Pierre -- Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES - BARTOK, B.: Concerto for Orchestra | |
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DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES - BARTOK, B.: Concerto for Orchestra
Composer:
Bartok, Bela
Artists:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Boulez, Pierre
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES - BRUCKNER, A.: Symphony No. 8 | |
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DISCOVERING MASTERPIECES - BRUCKNER, A.: Symphony No. 8
Composer:
Bruckner, Anton
Artists:
Boulez, Pierre -- Traber, Habakuk -- Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
EUROPA-KONZERT 2003 FROM LISBON - BARTOK, B. Concerto for Orchestra / MOZART, W.A.: Piano Concerto No. 20 (Boulez) | |
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EUROPA-KONZERT 2003 FROM LISBON - BARTOK, B. Concerto for Orchestra / MOZART, W.A.: Piano Concerto No. 20 (Boulez)
Composers:
Bartok, Bela -- Debussy, Claude -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Ravel, Maurice
Artists:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Boulez, Pierre -- Pires, Maria Joao
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
GREAT CONDUCTORS - Pierre Boulez: Emotion and Analysis | |
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GREAT CONDUCTORS - Pierre Boulez: Emotion and Analysis
Composer:
Bartok, Bela
Artists:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra -- Boulez, Pierre
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
MAHLER, G.: Symphonies Nos. 1-10 / Totenfeier / Das Lied von Der Erde (Royal Concertgebouw Orchtestra) | |
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MAHLER, G.: Symphonies Nos. 1-10 / Totenfeier / Das Lied von Der Erde (Royal Concertgebouw Orchtestra)
Composer:
Mahler, Gustav
Artists:
Bavarian Radio Chorus -- Blythe, Stephanie -- Boulez, Pierre -- Brewer, Christine -- Espada, Maria -- Fink, Bernarda -- Fischer, Ivan -- Fujimura, Mihoko -- Gatti, Daniele -- Haitink, Bernard -- Hakala, Tommi -- Harding, Daniel -- Inbal, Eliahu -- Jansons, Mariss -- Kocan, Stefan -- Larsson, Anna -- Latvian State Choir -- Luisi, Fabio -- Maazel, Lorin -- Merbeth, Ricarda -- Netherlands Radio Choir -- Nylund, Camilla -- Persson, Miah -- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra -- Smith, Robert Dean
Label/Producer: RCO Live |
MAHLER, G.: Symphony No. 2 (Berlin Staatskapelle, Boulez) | |
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MAHLER, G.: Symphony No. 2 (Berlin Staatskapelle, Boulez)
Composer:
Mahler, Gustav
Artists:
Berlin Staatskapelle -- Berlin State Opera Chorus -- Boulez, Pierre -- Damrau, Diana -- Lang, Petra
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
MAHLER, G.: Symphony No. 7 (Boulez) | |
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MAHLER, G.: Symphony No. 7 (Boulez)
Composer:
Mahler, Gustav
Artists:
Boulez, Pierre -- Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Label/Producer: C Major |
PIERRE BOULEZ AND THE LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY - Inheriting the Future of Music | |
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PIERRE BOULEZ AND THE LUCERNE FESTIVAL ACADEMY - Inheriting the Future of Music
Composers:
Boulez, Pierre -- Debussy, Claude
Artists:
Boulez, Pierre -- Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2008 OPENING CONCERT - RAVEL, M. / BARTOK, B. / STRAVINSKY, I. (Barenboim, Boulez) | |
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SALZBURG FESTIVAL 2008 OPENING CONCERT - RAVEL, M. / BARTOK, B. / STRAVINSKY, I. (Barenboim, Boulez)
Composers:
Bartok, Bela -- Ravel, Maurice -- Stravinsky, Igor
Artists:
Barenboim, Daniel -- Boulez, Pierre -- Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Label/Producer: UNITEL |