Boulez at 70

Album by Pierre Boulez

Boulez at 70 is a compilation album by French conductor and composer Pierre Boulez, released in 1995. The collection surveys Boulez's modernist and contemporary classical repertoire with performances that emphasise rigorous structures, complex textures and timbral clarity, issued as a retrospective marking his seventieth birthday and underlining his longstanding role in promoting post-war avant-garde music.
First released: 15th February 1995

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Fireworks
    3:49
  2. 2.
    Pierre Boulez and Stephen Plaistow in conversation
    10:38
  3. 3.
    Nocturnes: Nuages
    6:15
  4. 4.
    Pierre Boulez and Stephen Plaistow in conversation
    3:55
  5. 5.
    Symphony no. 6: Allegro ma non troppo
    9:24
  6. 6.
    Pierre Boulez and Stephen Plaistow in conversation
    2:22
  7. 7.
    Vier Lieder, op. 13
    7:03
  8. 8.
    Pierre Boulez and Stephen Plaistow in conversation
    2:31
  9. 9.
    Orchestral Pieces, op. 12: Scherzo
    6:10
  10. 10.
    Pierre Boulez and Stephen Plaistow in conversation
    1:49
  11. 11.
    Chronochromie: Antistrophe I
    2:52
  12. 12.
    Pierre Boulez and Stephen Plaistow in conversation
    1:43
  13. 13.
    Violin Concerto: Praeludium
    4:08
  14. 14.
    Pierre Boulez and Stephen Plaistow in conversation
    2:48
  15. 15.
    Une barque sur l'ocean
    8:01
  16. 16.
    Pierre Boulez and Stephen Plaistow in conversation
    1:00

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