Pierre Boulez: Boulez - The Composer Boxset
Created entirely under the composer's supervision, including the choice of performances, Boulez: The Composer presents a survey of the works he considered representative of his compositional art in a single boxed set (13CD). This reissue, produced to mark the composerâs centenary in 2025, is updated with new artwork and includes recordings by Boulez himself; Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky; Christine SchĂ€fer; Severino Gazzelloni; David Tudor; Jeanne-Marie Conquer; Roger DĂ©sormiĂšre; Ensemble intercontemporain; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre National de al RTF; and many more.
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Includes a disc of historical recordings of âLe Marteau sans maĂźtreâ, the 1950 premiere of âLe Soleil des eauxâ and the âSonatineâ, and a disc with an exclusive interview with the composer by musicologist Claude Samuel.
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The accompanying 252-page booklet includes:
⹠A new foreword by Laurent Bayle, who was close to the composer, and is former director of Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris, and successor to Boulez as head of Ircam
âą An introduction by Claude Samuel
âą Comprehensive liners on each work by Claude Samuel with notes from the composer
âą Detailed tracklisting
âą An alphabetical index of works
âą Biographical dates
âą A bibliography
âą A translation of the interview disc (CD 13)
âą Numerous photographs, many from private collections
Dimensions: 5.3â x 5.3â x 1.8â
Tracklist:
CD 1
Douze Notations, pour piano â Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Sonatine, pour flĂ»te et piano â Sophie Cherrier (flĂ»te), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
1Ăšre Sonate, pour piano â Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Le Visage Nuptial, 3Ăšme version â Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Elizabeth Laurence (contralto), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Pierre Boulez
CD 2
2Ăšme Sonate, pour piano â Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Livre pour quatuor, version 1962 â Quatuor Parisii
CD 3
Structures Livre 1, pour deux pianos â Alfons et Aloys Kontarsky (pianos)
Le Soleil des Eaux, 4Ăšme version 1965 â Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Pierre Boulez
Le Marteau sans maĂźtre â Hilary Summers (mezzo), Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
CD 4
Pli selon pli, version dĂ©finitive 1989, pour soprano et orchestra â Christine SchĂ€fer (soprano), Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
CD 5
3Ăšme Sonate, pour piano â Paavali Jumppanen (piano)
Structures Livre 2, pour deux pianos â Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Florent Boffard (pianos)
Figures, Doubles, Prismes, 2e version 1968 â BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
CD 6
Eclat-Multiples â Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Domaines, pour clarinette solo â Alain Damiens (clarinette)
Domaines, pour clarinette et groupes instrumentaux â Michel Portal (clarinette), Ensemble Musique Vivante, Diego Masson
ImprovisĂ© - pour le Dr Kalmus, pour cinq instruments â Ensemble intercontemporain (Emmanuelle OphĂšle, Alain Billard, SĂ©bastien Vichard, Odile Auboin, Eric Maria Couturier)
CD 7
cummings ist der dichter, 2Ăšme version 1986 â BBC Singers, Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Livre pour cordes â Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna â BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Messagesquisse, sur le nom de Paul Sacher â Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Ensemble de Violoncelles de Paris, Pierre Boulez
Notations I-IV & VII â Ensemble Modern Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
MĂ©moriale (...explosante-fixe... Originel) â Sophie Cherrier (flĂ»te)
CD 8
...explosante-fixe... 4Ăšme version 1995 â Sophie Cherrier (flĂ»te midi solo), Emmanuelle OphĂšle & Pierre-AndrĂ© Valade (flĂ»tes), Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
AnthĂšmes 1, pour violon solo â Jeanne-Marie Conquer (violon)
AnthĂšmes 2 pour violon et dispositif Ă©lectronique (1997) â Hae-Sun Kang (violon), RĂ©alisation Ă©lectro-acoustique: Andrew Gerzso (Ircam)
CD 9
RĂ©pons â Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Dialogue de l'ombre double â Alain Damiens (clarinette)
CD 10
DĂ©rive I â Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
DĂ©rive II â Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
CD 11
Incises â Dimitri Vassilakis (piano)
sur Incises (1996-1998) â Solistes de l'Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Une page d'Ă©phĂ©mĂ©ride â Hideki Nagano (piano)
CD 12 (Bonus: historical recordings)
Le Marteau sans maĂźtre â Jeanne Deroubaix (contralto), Severino Gazzelloni (flĂ»te), Georges van Gucht (xyrimba), Claude Ricou (vibraphone), Jean Batigne (percussions), Anton Stingly (guitare), Serge Collot (alto), Pierre Boulez
Le Soleil des Eaux, 2e version 1950 â IrĂšne Joachim (soprano), Joseph Peyron (tĂ©nor), Pierre Mollet (baryton), Orchestre National de al RTF, Roger DĂ©sormiĂšre
Sonatine, pour flĂ»te et piano â Severino Gazzelloni (flĂ»te), David Tudor (piano)
CD 13
Interview de Pierre Boulez par Claude Samuel
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Pierre Boulez: Boulez - The Composer Boxset
Pierre Boulez: Boulez - The Composer Boxset
Created entirely under the composer's supervision, including the choice of performances, Boulez: The Composer presents a survey of the works he considered representative of his compositional art in a single boxed set (13CD). This reissue, produced to mark the composerâs centenary in 2025, is updated with new artwork and includes recordings by Boulez himself; Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky; Christine SchĂ€fer; Severino Gazzelloni; David Tudor; Jeanne-Marie Conquer; Roger DĂ©sormiĂšre; Ensemble intercontemporain; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre National de al RTF; and many more.
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Includes a disc of historical recordings of âLe Marteau sans maĂźtreâ, the 1950 premiere of âLe Soleil des eauxâ and the âSonatineâ, and a disc with an exclusive interview with the composer by musicologist Claude Samuel.
Â
The accompanying 252-page booklet includes:
⹠A new foreword by Laurent Bayle, who was close to the composer, and is former director of Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris, and successor to Boulez as head of Ircam
âą An introduction by Claude Samuel
âą Comprehensive liners on each work by Claude Samuel with notes from the composer
âą Detailed tracklisting
âą An alphabetical index of works
âą Biographical dates
âą A bibliography
âą A translation of the interview disc (CD 13)
âą Numerous photographs, many from private collections
Dimensions: 5.3â x 5.3â x 1.8â
Tracklist:
CD 1
Douze Notations, pour piano â Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Sonatine, pour flĂ»te et piano â Sophie Cherrier (flĂ»te), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
1Ăšre Sonate, pour piano â Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Le Visage Nuptial, 3Ăšme version â Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Elizabeth Laurence (contralto), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Pierre Boulez
CD 2
2Ăšme Sonate, pour piano â Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Livre pour quatuor, version 1962 â Quatuor Parisii
CD 3
Structures Livre 1, pour deux pianos â Alfons et Aloys Kontarsky (pianos)
Le Soleil des Eaux, 4Ăšme version 1965 â Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Pierre Boulez
Le Marteau sans maĂźtre â Hilary Summers (mezzo), Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
CD 4
Pli selon pli, version dĂ©finitive 1989, pour soprano et orchestra â Christine SchĂ€fer (soprano), Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
CD 5
3Ăšme Sonate, pour piano â Paavali Jumppanen (piano)
Structures Livre 2, pour deux pianos â Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Florent Boffard (pianos)
Figures, Doubles, Prismes, 2e version 1968 â BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
CD 6
Eclat-Multiples â Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Domaines, pour clarinette solo â Alain Damiens (clarinette)
Domaines, pour clarinette et groupes instrumentaux â Michel Portal (clarinette), Ensemble Musique Vivante, Diego Masson
ImprovisĂ© - pour le Dr Kalmus, pour cinq instruments â Ensemble intercontemporain (Emmanuelle OphĂšle, Alain Billard, SĂ©bastien Vichard, Odile Auboin, Eric Maria Couturier)
CD 7
cummings ist der dichter, 2Ăšme version 1986 â BBC Singers, Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Livre pour cordes â Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna â BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Messagesquisse, sur le nom de Paul Sacher â Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Ensemble de Violoncelles de Paris, Pierre Boulez
Notations I-IV & VII â Ensemble Modern Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
MĂ©moriale (...explosante-fixe... Originel) â Sophie Cherrier (flĂ»te)
CD 8
...explosante-fixe... 4Ăšme version 1995 â Sophie Cherrier (flĂ»te midi solo), Emmanuelle OphĂšle & Pierre-AndrĂ© Valade (flĂ»tes), Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
AnthĂšmes 1, pour violon solo â Jeanne-Marie Conquer (violon)
AnthĂšmes 2 pour violon et dispositif Ă©lectronique (1997) â Hae-Sun Kang (violon), RĂ©alisation Ă©lectro-acoustique: Andrew Gerzso (Ircam)
CD 9
RĂ©pons â Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Dialogue de l'ombre double â Alain Damiens (clarinette)
CD 10
DĂ©rive I â Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
DĂ©rive II â Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
CD 11
Incises â Dimitri Vassilakis (piano)
sur Incises (1996-1998) â Solistes de l'Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Une page d'Ă©phĂ©mĂ©ride â Hideki Nagano (piano)
CD 12 (Bonus: historical recordings)
Le Marteau sans maĂźtre â Jeanne Deroubaix (contralto), Severino Gazzelloni (flĂ»te), Georges van Gucht (xyrimba), Claude Ricou (vibraphone), Jean Batigne (percussions), Anton Stingly (guitare), Serge Collot (alto), Pierre Boulez
Le Soleil des Eaux, 2e version 1950 â IrĂšne Joachim (soprano), Joseph Peyron (tĂ©nor), Pierre Mollet (baryton), Orchestre National de al RTF, Roger DĂ©sormiĂšre
Sonatine, pour flĂ»te et piano â Severino Gazzelloni (flĂ»te), David Tudor (piano)
CD 13
Interview de Pierre Boulez par Claude Samuel
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Created entirely under the composer's supervision, including the choice of performances, Boulez: The Composer presents a survey of the works he considered representative of his compositional art in a single boxed set (13CD). This reissue, produced to mark the composerâs centenary in 2025, is updated with new artwork and includes recordings by Boulez himself; Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky; Christine SchĂ€fer; Severino Gazzelloni; David Tudor; Jeanne-Marie Conquer; Roger DĂ©sormiĂšre; Ensemble intercontemporain; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre National de al RTF; and many more.
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Includes a disc of historical recordings of âLe Marteau sans maĂźtreâ, the 1950 premiere of âLe Soleil des eauxâ and the âSonatineâ, and a disc with an exclusive interview with the composer by musicologist Claude Samuel.
Â
The accompanying 252-page booklet includes:
⹠A new foreword by Laurent Bayle, who was close to the composer, and is former director of Cité de la musique - Philharmonie de Paris, and successor to Boulez as head of Ircam
âą An introduction by Claude Samuel
âą Comprehensive liners on each work by Claude Samuel with notes from the composer
âą Detailed tracklisting
âą An alphabetical index of works
âą Biographical dates
âą A bibliography
âą A translation of the interview disc (CD 13)
âą Numerous photographs, many from private collections
Dimensions: 5.3â x 5.3â x 1.8â
Tracklist:
CD 1
Douze Notations, pour piano â Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Sonatine, pour flĂ»te et piano â Sophie Cherrier (flĂ»te), Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
1Ăšre Sonate, pour piano â Pierre-Laurent Aimard (piano)
Le Visage Nuptial, 3Ăšme version â Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Elizabeth Laurence (contralto), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Pierre Boulez
CD 2
2Ăšme Sonate, pour piano â Maurizio Pollini (piano)
Livre pour quatuor, version 1962 â Quatuor Parisii
CD 3
Structures Livre 1, pour deux pianos â Alfons et Aloys Kontarsky (pianos)
Le Soleil des Eaux, 4Ăšme version 1965 â Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Pierre Boulez
Le Marteau sans maĂźtre â Hilary Summers (mezzo), Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
CD 4
Pli selon pli, version dĂ©finitive 1989, pour soprano et orchestra â Christine SchĂ€fer (soprano), Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
CD 5
3Ăšme Sonate, pour piano â Paavali Jumppanen (piano)
Structures Livre 2, pour deux pianos â Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Florent Boffard (pianos)
Figures, Doubles, Prismes, 2e version 1968 â BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
CD 6
Eclat-Multiples â Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Domaines, pour clarinette solo â Alain Damiens (clarinette)
Domaines, pour clarinette et groupes instrumentaux â Michel Portal (clarinette), Ensemble Musique Vivante, Diego Masson
ImprovisĂ© - pour le Dr Kalmus, pour cinq instruments â Ensemble intercontemporain (Emmanuelle OphĂšle, Alain Billard, SĂ©bastien Vichard, Odile Auboin, Eric Maria Couturier)
CD 7
cummings ist der dichter, 2Ăšme version 1986 â BBC Singers, Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Livre pour cordes â Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna â BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Messagesquisse, sur le nom de Paul Sacher â Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Ensemble de Violoncelles de Paris, Pierre Boulez
Notations I-IV & VII â Ensemble Modern Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
MĂ©moriale (...explosante-fixe... Originel) â Sophie Cherrier (flĂ»te)
CD 8
...explosante-fixe... 4Ăšme version 1995 â Sophie Cherrier (flĂ»te midi solo), Emmanuelle OphĂšle & Pierre-AndrĂ© Valade (flĂ»tes), Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
AnthĂšmes 1, pour violon solo â Jeanne-Marie Conquer (violon)
AnthĂšmes 2 pour violon et dispositif Ă©lectronique (1997) â Hae-Sun Kang (violon), RĂ©alisation Ă©lectro-acoustique: Andrew Gerzso (Ircam)
CD 9
RĂ©pons â Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Dialogue de l'ombre double â Alain Damiens (clarinette)
CD 10
DĂ©rive I â Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
DĂ©rive II â Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
CD 11
Incises â Dimitri Vassilakis (piano)
sur Incises (1996-1998) â Solistes de l'Ensemble intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Une page d'Ă©phĂ©mĂ©ride â Hideki Nagano (piano)
CD 12 (Bonus: historical recordings)
Le Marteau sans maĂźtre â Jeanne Deroubaix (contralto), Severino Gazzelloni (flĂ»te), Georges van Gucht (xyrimba), Claude Ricou (vibraphone), Jean Batigne (percussions), Anton Stingly (guitare), Serge Collot (alto), Pierre Boulez
Le Soleil des Eaux, 2e version 1950 â IrĂšne Joachim (soprano), Joseph Peyron (tĂ©nor), Pierre Mollet (baryton), Orchestre National de al RTF, Roger DĂ©sormiĂšre
Sonatine, pour flĂ»te et piano â Severino Gazzelloni (flĂ»te), David Tudor (piano)
CD 13
Interview de Pierre Boulez par Claude Samuel











