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Pierre Boulez Conducts Ravel – La Valse, Daphnis Et Chloé, Ma Mère L'oye, Schéhérezade, Piano Concertos, Boléro / Pierre Boulez, New York Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra / Sony Music 5x Audio CD 2015 / 88875108732
UPC 888751087323
Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez (French: [pjɛʁ lwi ʒozεf bulɛz]; 26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war Western classical music.
Born in Montbrison in the Loire department of France, the son of an engineer, Boulez studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Olivier Messiaen, and privately with Andrée Vaurabourg and René Leibowitz. He began his professional career in the late 1940s as music director of the Renaud-Barrault theatre company in Paris. He was a leading figure in avant-garde music, playing an important role in the development of integral serialism (in the 1950s), controlled chance music (in the 1960s) and the electronic transformation of instrumental music in real time (from the 1970s onwards). His tendency to revise earlier compositions meant that his body of work was relatively small, but it included pieces regarded by many as landmarks of twentieth-century music, such as Le Marteau sans maître, Pli selon pli and Répons. His uncompromising commitment to modernism and the trenchant, polemical tone in which he expressed his views on music led some to criticise him as a dogmatist.
| Label: | Sony Music – 88875108732 |
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| Series: | Sony Classical Masters |
| Format: |
5 x CD, Compilation, Box Set
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
2015 |
| Genre: | Classical |
| Style: | Modern |
Tracklist:
| 1-1 | Menuet Antique | 7:10 | |
| 1-2 | La Valse | 13:02 | |
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Daphnis Et Chloé. Choreographic Symphony In 3 Parts, based on a scenario by Mikhail Fokine |
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| 1-3 | Introduction | 3:10 | |
| 1-4 | Danse Religieuse | 5:28 | |
| 1-5 | Danse Des Jeunes Filles - Danse Générale | 3:05 | |
| 1-6 | Danse Grotesque de Dorcon | 1:51 | |
| 1-7 | Danse Légère et Gracieuse de Daphnis | 3:30 | |
| 1-8 | Lyceion Entre Et Danse | 3:59 | |
| 1-9 | Nocturne. Danse Lente Et Mystérieuse Des Nymphes | 5:00 | |
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PART II |
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| 1-10 | Introduction | 3:10 | |
| 1-11 | Danse Guerrière | 4:18 | |
| 1-12 | Danse Suppliante de Chloe | 5:26 | |
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PART III |
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| 1-13 | Lever Du Jour | 5:40 | |
| 1-14 | Pantomime. Daphnis Et Chloe Miment L'aventure de Pan Et de Syrinx | 5:37 | |
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| 2-1 | Schéhérezade (Overture) | 15:54 | |
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Rapsodie Espagnole |
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| 2-2 | I Prelude a la Nuit - attaca | 4:02 | |
| 2-3 | II Malaguena | 2:01 | |
| 2-4 | III Habanera | 2:42 | |
| 2-5 | IV Feria | 6:07 | |
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Valse Nobles Et Sentimentales |
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| 2-6 | I Modere | 1:23 | |
| 2-7 | II Assez Lent | 2:45 | |
| 2-8 | III Modere | 1:42 | |
| 2-9 | IV Assez Anime | 0:57 | |
| 2-10 | V Presque Lent | 1:25 | |
| 2-11 | VI Assez Vif | 0:40 | |
| 2-12 | VII Moins Vif | 3:11 | |
| 2-13 | VIII Epilogue. Lent | 3:51 | |
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Ma Mère L' Oye - Ballet |
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| 2-14 | Prelude | 3:37 | |
| 2-15 | Tableau I Danse Du Rouet Et Scene | 3:35 | |
| 2-16 | Tableau II Pavane de la Belle Au Boisdormant | 2:32 | |
| 2-17 | Tableau III Les Entretiens de la Belle Et de la Bete | 4:55 | |
| 2-18 | Tableau IV Petit Poucet | 4:37 | |
| 2-19 | Tableau V Laideronnette, Impératrice Des Pagodes | 4:42 | |
| 2-20 | Tableau VI Apothéose, Le Jardin Féerique | 3:21 | |
| 3-1 | Fanfare For The Ballet - L'Eventail de Jeanne | 1:46 | |
| 3-2 | Alborada Del Gracioso | 7:36 | |
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Le Tombeau de Couperin - Orchestral Suite |
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| 3-3 | I Prelude. Vif | 3:12 | |
| 3-4 | II Forlane. Allegretto | 6:03 | |
| 3-5 | III Menuet. Allegro Moderato | 5:03 | |
| 3-6 | IV Rigaudon. Assez Vif | 2:58 | |
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Piano Concerto For The Left Hand |
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| 3-7 | Lento - Andante - | 8:34 | |
| 3-8 | Allegro- | 5:09 | |
| 3-9 | Tempo I | 4:52 | |
| 3-10 | Pavane pour une infante défunte | 6:15 | |
| 3-11 | Une Barque Sur L'océan | 7:34 | |
| 3-12 | Bolero | 15:32 | |
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3 Poems de Stéphane Mallarmé |
| 4-1 | I Soupir | 4:27 | |
| 4-2 | II Placet Futile | 4:35 | |
| 4-3 | III Surgi de la Croupe Et Du Bond | 3:35 | |
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Chansons Madécasses |
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| 4-4 | I Nahandove | 6:01 | |
| 4-5 | II Aoua! | 3:47 | |
| 4-6 | III II Est Doux | 3:53 | |
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Don Quichotte à Dulcinée |
| 4-7 | I Chanson Romanesque | 2:27 | |
| 4-8 | II Chanson Epique | 3:07 | |
| 4-9 | III Chanson A Boire | 1:51 | |
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5 Mélodies Populaires Grecques |
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| 4-10 | I Chanson de la Mariee | 1:28 | |
| 4-11 | II La-bas, Vers L'église | 1:21 | |
| 4-12 | III Quel Galant M'est Comparable | 0:50 | |
| 4-13 | IV Chanson de Cueilleuses de Lentisques | 2:39 | |
| 4-14 | V Tout Gai! | 0:54 | |
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Daphnis Et Chloé - Fragments Symphoniques - Suite No.2 |
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| 5-1 | I Lever Du Jour | 6:22 | |
| 5-2 | II Pantomime | 5:12 | |
| 5-3 | III Danse Générale | 4:47 | |
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Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In G Major |
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| 5-4 | I Allegramente - Andante - Tempo I | 8:34 | |
| 5-5 | II Adagio Assai | 9:41 | |
| 5-6 | III Presto | 4:04 | |
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Schéhérezade - 3 Poems For Voice And Orchestra |
| 5-7 | I Asie | 9:32 | |
| 5-8 | II La Flute Enchantee | 2:49 | |
| 5-9 | III L'Indifferent | 3:32 |
- Chorus – Camerata Singers (tracks: 1-3 to 1-15), The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus (tracks: 5-1 to 5-3)
- Chorus Master – Abraham Kaplan (tracks: 1-3 to 1-15), Margaret Hills (tracks: 5-1 to 5-3)
- Composed By – Maurice Ravel
- Conductor – Eugene Ormandy (tracks: 5-4 to 5-6), Pierre Boulez (tracks: 1-1 to 4-14, 5-7 to 5-9)
- Orchestra – BBC Symphony Orchestra (tracks: 4-7 to 4-14, 5-7 to 5-9), The Cleveland Orchestra (tracks: 2-2 to 2-5, 3-2, 3-7 to 3-10), New York Philharmonic (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14, 2-1, 2-6 to 2-20, 3-1, 3-3 to 3-6, 3-11, 3-12), The Philadelphia Orchestra (tracks: 5-1 to 5-6)
