Exploring 20th century repertoire - both well-loved masterpieces and new discoveries - this 14-CD anthology reflects the diverse aesthetic strands of Pierre Boulez's programming over the course of his ground-breaking and influential career. These Erato recordings, made between 1966 and 1992, feature composers otherwise absent from Boulez'sdiscography - Xenakis, Donatoni, Grisey, Dufourt, Ferneyhough, Harvey and Höller - and the first CD release of the interpretation of Stravinsky's incantatory Les Soucoupes in the version for female voices and four horns.
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CD 1
Stravinsky: Le Chant du Rossignol
Stravinsky: Pulcinella
CD 2
Stravinsky: Le Rossignol
Stravinsky: Quatre Chants paysans russes "Les Soucoupes"
Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet
Stravinsky: Quatre Études pour orchestre
CD 3
Stravinsky: L'Histoire du Soldat
Stravinsky: Concertino for twelve instruments
CD 4
Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31
Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande, Op. 5
CD 5
Schoenberg: Violin Concerto, Op. 36
Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Op. 42
Pierre Amoyal, Peter Serkin
London Symphony Orchestra
CD 6
Messiaen: Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
Messiaen: Couleurs de la cité céleste
CD 7
Berio: Sinfonia
Berio: Eindrücke
Xenakis: Jalons
Pierre Strauch, Benny Sluchin
The New Swingle Singers, Orchestre National De France
Ensemble Intercontemporain
CD 8
Donatoni: Tema
Ligeti: Études for piano, book 1 (études 1-6)
Ligeti: Trio for Violin, Horn and Piano
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Ensemble Intercontemporain
CD 9
Kurtág: Messages of the Late Miss R.V. Troussova, Op. 17
Grisey: Modulations
Birtwistle: ...AGM...
Ensemble Intercontemporain
CD 10
Carter, E: Oboe Concerto
Carter, E: Esprit rude, Esprit doux
Carter, E: Mirror on Which to Dwell
Carter, E: Penthode
Heinz Holliger, Sophie Cherrier, André Trouttet, Phyllis Bryn-Julson
Ensemble Intercontemporain
CD 11
Dufourt: Antiphysis
Ferneyhough: Funérailles I & II
Harvey, J: Mortuos plango, vivos voco
Höller, Y: Arcus
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez & Peter Eötvös
CD 12
Boulez: Pli selon pli
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, BBC Symphony Orchestra
CD 13
Boulez: Le Visage Nuptial
Boulez: Le Soleil des Eaux
Boulez: Figures-doubles-prismes
Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Elizabeth Laurence
BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Orchestra
CD 14
Boulez: Sonatine for flute and piano
Boulez: Piano Sonata No. 1
Boulez: Dérive I
Boulez: Mémoriale
Boulez: Dialogue de L'Ombre Double
Sophie Cherrier, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Alain Damiens
BBC Singers, Ensemble Intercontemporain