Pierre Boulez - 20th Century CD

PIERRE BOULEZ: 20th CENTURY
44 CDs

CD 1 – 8 BELA BARTOK

CD 1: 4 Pieces for Orchestra op. 12 (Sz 51) / Concerto for Orchestra Sz 116
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD 2:Dance Suite Sz 77 / Two Pictures op. 10 Sz 46 / Hungarian Sketches Sz 97 / Divertimento for String Orchestra Sz 113
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD 3: The Miraculous Mandarin op. 19 Sz 73 / Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta Sz 106
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Sz 73)

CD 4: Cantata Profana Sz.94 – The Nine Splendid Stags / The Wooden Prince, Sz. 60 (Op.13)
John Aler, tenor, John Tomlinson, baritone
Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Chorus (Chorus Master: Margaret Hillis)

CD 5: The Piano Concertos
No. 1 Krystian Zimerman / Chicago Symphony Orchestra
No. 2 Leif Ove Andsnes / Berliner Philharmoniker
No. 3 Hélène Grimaud / London Symphony Orchestra

CD 6: Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra Sz 115
Tamara Stefanovich, piano 1
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano 2
London Symphony Orchestra
Violin Concerto No. 1 Sz 36
Gidon Kremer / Berliner Philharmoniker
Viola Concerto Sz 120
Yuri Bashmet / Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 7: Violin Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsodies Nos. 1 + 2
Gil Shaham / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD 8: Bluebeard's Castle Sz 48
Jessye Norman (Judith)
László Polgár (Bluebeard)
Nicholas Simon (Prologue)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD 9 – 12 ALBAN BERG

CD 9: Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments
Daniel Barenboim, piano
Pinchas Zukerman, violin
Ensemble Intercontemporain
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Lulu-Suite
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD 10 – 12: Lulu (Complete opera in 3 acts)
Stratas
Minton
Schwarz
Mazura
Riegel
Blankenheim
Tear
Pampuch
Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris

CD 13 & 14 HARRISON BIRTWISTLE

CD 13: Theseus Game* / Earth Dances
*Brabbins, Valade, Diry, Kretschmer
Ensemble Modern

CD 14: Secret Theatre / Tragoedia / Five Distances / 3 Settings of Celan*
Christine Whittlesey,*
Ensemble Intercontemporain

CD 15 – 19 PIERRE BOULEZ

CD 15: Notations for piano solo (Aimard) / Structures pour deux pianos / ...explosante-fixe...
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez, Sophie Cherrier, Emmanuelle Ophele, Pierre Andre Valade

CD 16: PIERRE BOULEZ - Le Marteau sans maître (1953 – 1955)* / Dérive 1 (1984) / Dérive 2 (1988/2002)
Hilary Summers,* soprano
Ensemble Intercontemporain

CD 17: Pli selon Pli (1957 – 1989)
Christine Schäfer, soprano
Ensemble Intercontemporain

CD 18: Répons (1981 – 1984) 42:31
Vassilakis, Boffard, piano / Cambreling, harp / Bauer, vibraphone, CIampolini, xylophone & Glockenspiel / Cerutti, cimbalom
Ensemble Intercontemporain
Dialogue de l’ombre double (1985) 18:13
Alain Damien, clarinet

CD 19:Sur Incises / Messagesquisse
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Ensemble Intercontemporain

CD 20 – 21 CLAUDE DEBUSSY

CD 20:Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune / Images pour Orchestre / Printemps
The Cleveland Orchestra

CD 21: Trois Nocturnes* / Première Rhapsodie pour clarinette et orchestra
Jeux/ La Mer
Franklin Cohen, clarinet
The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus*
The Cleveland Orchestra

CD 22 – 23 GYORGI LIGETI

CD 22: Chamber Concerto for 13 instrumentalists (1969 – 70) / Ramifications for string orchestra or 12 solo strings (1968 – 69) / Aventures for 3 singers and 7 instrumentalists (1962) / Nouvelles Aventures for 3 singers and 7 instrumentalists
Jane Manning, soprano / Mary Thomas, mezzo-soprano / William Pearson, bass
Ensemble Intercontemporain

CD 23: Piano Concerto (1985-88)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Cello Concerto (1966)
Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello
Violin Concerto (1992)
Saschko Gawriloff, violin
Ensemble InterContemporain

CD 24 – 25 OLIVIER MESSIAEN

CD 24:Poèmes pour Mi
Françoise Pollet, soprano
Le Réveil des oiseaux
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Sept Haïkaï
Joela Jones, piano
The Cleveland Orchestra

CD 25:Chronochromie
La Ville d'en haut
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
The Cleveland Orchestra

CD 26 – 29 MAURICE RAVEL

CD 26: Ma Mère l'Oye / Une Barque sur l'océan / Alborada del Gracioso/ Rapsodie espagnole / Boléro
Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 27: Daphnis et Chloé* / La Valse
Rundfunkchor Berlin,* Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 28:Piano Concerto in G / Valses nobles et sentimentales / Piano Concerto for the Left Hand*
Krystian Zimerman, piano
The Cleveland Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra*

CD 29: Shéhérazade* / Le Tombeau de Couperin / Pavane / Menuet antique
*Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
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CLAUDE DEBUSSY - Danses for Harp and Orchestra* / 5 Poèmes de Charles Baudelaire** / 3 Ballades de François Villon**
Alison Hagley, soprano**
Lisa Wellbaum, harp*
The Cleveland Orchestra

CD 30 – 33 ARNOLD SCHOENBERG

CD 30:Pelleas und Melisande op. 5
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 42
Mitsuko Uchida, piano
The Cleveland Orchestra

CD 31: Pierrot Lunaire op. 21 / Herzgewächse op. 20 / Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte op. 41
Christine Schäfer, soprano
David Pittman-Jennings, narrator
Ensemble InterContemporain

CD 32-33: Moses und Aron
Merritt
Pittman-Jennings, Fontana
Naef
Graham-Hall
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

CD 34 – 39 IGOR STRAVINSKY

CD 34: Le Chant du rossignol / L'Histoire du Soldat – Suite / Scherzo fantastique /Le Roi des étoiles
The Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus

CD 35:The Firebird / Fireworks / 4 Etudes for Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD 36: Pétrouchka (Originalfassung Original Version: 1911) / Le Sacre du Printemps
The Cleveland Orchestra

CD 37: Symphony of Psalms* / Symphony in 3 Movements /Symphonies of Wind Instruments
Rundfunkchor Berlin,* Berliner Philharmoniker
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HARRISON BIRTWISTLE: The Triumph of Time 27:43 (Decca)
BBC Symphony Orchestra

CD 38: Ebony Concerto / 3 Pieces for Clarinet Solo / Concertino for String Quartet / 8 Miniatures
Concerto in E flat for Chamber Orchestra “Dumbarton Oaks”/ Elégie for Viola Solo / Epitaphium
Double Canon for String Quartet
Michel Arrignon, clarinet
Ensemble InterContemporain

CD 39: Songs

CD 40 KAROL SZYMANOWSKI

CD 40: Violin Concerto No. 1 op. 35 (1916) / Symphonie No. 3 op. 27 »Song of the night
Piesn o nocy«
Christian Tetzlaff, violin
Steve Davislim, tenor
Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien
Wiener Philharmoniker

CD 41 EDGARD VARÈSE

CD 41: Amériques / Arcana / Déserts /Ionisation
Chicago Symphony Orchestra

CD 42 – 44 ANTON WEBERN

CD 42: Passacaglia für Orchester op. 1 / 5 Movements op. 5 (Version for Orchestra) /6 Pieces for Orchestra op. 6 /Im Sommerwind/ Fuga (Ricercata) / German Dances
Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 43: Symphonie op. 21 / Cantatas Nos. 1 & 2 / 3 Songs/ Das Augenlicht op. 26 / Variations op. 30 / 5 Pieces for Orchestra
Christiane Oelze, soprano
Gerald Finley, bass
BBC Singers, Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 44: Songs and Choruses / Piano Quintet (1907) / „Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen“ op. 2, 2 Lieder op. 8 / 5 Pieces for Orchestra op. 10 / 4 Lieder op. 13, 6 Lieder op. 14, 5 Sacred Songs op. 15, 5 Canons op. 16 / 3 Traditional Rhymes op. 17, 3 Lieder op. 18, 2 Lieder op. 19 / Quartet op. 22/ Concerto op. 24
Françoise Pollet, soprano (opp. 8, 13, 14)
Christiane Oelze, soprano (opp. 15 – 18)
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
BBC Singers (opp. 2, 19)
Ensemble InterContemporain