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Tracks1.1 1. Preludio - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 1.2 2. Scherzo: Allegro - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 1.3 3. Intermezzo: Moderato - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 1.4 4. Marcia Funebre: Maestoso - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 1.5 1. Introduzione (Andante Non Troppo - Allegro Vivace) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 1.6 2. Giuoco Della Coppie (Allegretto Scherzando) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 1.7 3. Elegia (Andante, Non Troppo) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 1.8 4. Intermezzo Interrotto (Allegretto) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 1.9 5. Finale (Pesante - Presto) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.1 1. Moderato - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.2 2. Allegro Molto - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.3 3. Allegro Vivace - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.4 4. Molto Tranquillo - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.5 5. Comodo - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.6 6. Finale (Allegro) - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.7 In Voller BlüTe - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.8 Dorftanz - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.9 1. An Evening in the Village - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.10 2. Bear Melody - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.11 3. Melody - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.12 4. Slightly Tipsy - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.13 5. Swineherd's Dance - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.14 1. Allegro Non Troppo - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.15 2. Molto Adagio - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 2.16 3. Allegro Assai - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.1 Allegro: Introduction - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.2 Moderato: First Decoy Game - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.3 Second Decoy Game - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.4 Sostenuto: Third Decoy Game - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.5 Maestoso: The Mandarin Enters - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.6 Allegro: The Girl Sinks Down to Embrace Him - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.7 Sempre Vivo: The Tramps Leap Out - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.8 Adagio: Suddenly the Mandarin's Head Appears - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.9 Agitato: Again, the Frightened Tramps Discuss How to Eliminate the Mandarin - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.10 Molto Moderato: The Body of the Mandarin Begins to Glow with a Greenish Blue Light - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe 3.11 Piã¹ Mosso - Vivo - She Resists No Longer, - They Embrace. - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.12 1. Andante Tranquillo - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.13 2. Allegro - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.14 3. Adagio - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 3.15 4. Allegro Molto - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 4.1 1. Molto Moderato - John Aler, John Tomlinson, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Chorus 4.2 2. Andante - John Aler, John Tomlinson, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Chorus 4.3 3. Moderato - John Aler, John Tomlinson, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Chorus 4.4 Introduction - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 4.5 1st Dance: Dance of the Princess in the Forest - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 4.6 2nd Dance: Dance of the Trees - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 4.7 3rd Dance: Dance of the Waves - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 4.8 4th Dance: Dance of the Princess with the Wooden Doll - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 4.9 5th Dance: The Princess Pulls and Tugs at the Wooden Prince and Tries to Make Him Dance - Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez 4.10 6th Dance: She Tries to Attract the Real Pri
NotesA cube with striking images of Boulez taken by French photographer Philippe Gontier Sleeves featuring photographs of the composers New booklet text by Wolfgang Sthr a handsome tribute to one of the most iconic musicians of our time. On 26 March 2015 Pierre Boulez reaches his ninetieth year. This great master of music composer, conductor and writer has been an exclusive artist with Deutsche Grammophon for over 20 years: his recording legacy with the label is immense. We celebrate his birthday with a 44-CD box set of his complete DG 20th century music recordings an aspect of his work that lies at the heart of his achievement. COMPOSER OVERVIEW 1 8 Bartk 9 12 Berg 13 14 Birtwistle 15 19 Boulez 20 21 Debussy 22 23 Ligeti 24 25 Messiaen 26 29 Ravel 30 33 Schoenberg 34 39 Stravinsky 40 Szymanowski 41 Varse 42 44 Webern Homage to Pierre Boulez: drawing on his three- or even fourfold authority as a composer, conductor, teacher and essayist, the French musician, who was born in 1925, has undertaken far-reaching reforms of international concert life, while exerting an influence on the repertory that has both pointed the way forward for others and proved stylistically determinative and left a lasting mark on programming policies, on orchestral culture and, last but not least, on the way that leading conductors see themselves. There is a whole generation of us who were completely educated by Boulez, Sir Simon Rattle told Nicholas Kenyon, echoing the view of many, if not most, of his contemporaries. His complete lack of the maestro ethic is utterly irresistible. Of course, Boulez has always had to contend with the reproach that he is above all a cool intellectual and a sober analyst, and yet it is a criticism that Boulez himself knows how to refute in a way that is as elegant as it is witty: Analysis is merely a preliminary stage, a preparation, he explains. An interpretation is not a demonstration. I don't demonstrate vacuum cleaners. You first have to have clear ideas. After that you can be spontaneous. True spontaneity comes only after analysis. Wolfgang Sthr.