Latest News: Classical, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
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Obituary,
Pierre Boulez (1925-2016) 6th January 2016
The French composer and conductor has died aged 90.
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Recording of the Week,
The Complete Works of Pierre Boulez on Deutsche Grammophon 17th June 2013
Assembled under the composer’s personal supervision (and featuring many of his own recordings with Ensemble InterContemporain), this 13-CD collection includes several works which have not previously appeared on CD and features fearless pianism from Pierre-Laurent Aimard and Maurizio Pollini.
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Recording of the Week,
Mahler and Berg from Boulez 11th March 2013
Anna Prohaska is on mesmerising form in Berg’s Lulu-Suite, whilst the veteran conductor’s trademark attention to detail and balance pays huge dividends in Mahler’s early cantata Das klagende Lied, featuring outstanding contributions from Johan Botha, Anna Larsson and Dorothea Röschmann.
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Recording of the Week,
New Mahler 8 from Pierre Boulez 22nd October 2007
A ‘challenging and enlightening’ account of the ‘Symphony of a Thousand’. with the Staatskapelle Berlin and soloists including Erin Wall, Johan Botha and Robert Holl.
