Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Pierre Boulez
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th February 2012
No composer-conductor is more sensitive than Pierre Boulez to the divergent responses to Wagner's Tristan that can be traced in Debussy's opera and Schoenberg's symphonic poem...Boulez brings...
Schoenberg: Pelleas und Melisande
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Pierre Boulez
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th February 2012
No composer-conductor is more sensitive than Pierre Boulez to the divergent responses to Wagner's Tristan that can be traced in Debussy's opera and Schoenberg's symphonic poem...Boulez brings...
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Pierre Boulez, renowned for championing the most daring music of the 20th century, leads this 2003 Tokyo concert, played in the presence of Japan’s Emperor and Empress. Schoenberg’s Pelleas and Melisande could have received no treatment more royal than Boulez gives it at Suntory Hall with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra
The Guardian observed, “For a quarter of a century now Boulez’s performances of all the modernists have set benchmarks . . . he remains unrivalled in the works of the Second Viennese School, and in Schoenberg in particular”
Contents and tracklist
- Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
- Pierre Boulez
- Recorded: 2003-04
- Recording Venue: Suntory Hall, Tokyo
- Alexander Meraviglia-Crivelli (videoscripteditor), Othmar Eichinger (videoscripteditor)
- Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester
- Pierre Boulez
- Recorded: 2003-04
- Recording Venue: Suntory Hall, Tokyo
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Schoenberg and Berg
13th Feb 2012
Isabelle Faust pairs the Berg and Beethoven violin concertos to great effect with Orchestra Mozart and Claudio Abbado, whilst Pierre Boulez brings breathtaking clarity to Schoenberg’s densely-orchestrated Pelleas et Melisande with the Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week13th February 2012
May 2012
No composer-conductor is more sensitive than Pierre Boulez to the divergent responses to Wagner's Tristan that can be traced in Debussy's opera and Schoenberg's symphonic poem...Boulez brings out the best aspects of its formal flexibility and textural richness...The rapport between seasoned maestro and youthful players has never been more satisfying.
13th February 2012
Boulez’s recordings have always impressed me with their clarity, and this one is no exception. While just occasionally I still felt that the brass overwhelmed the climaxes ever so slightly, this is certainly the most successful performance I’ve yet heard on disc, and is a very fine account of this piece indeed.
22nd March 2012
Boulez wonderfully captures the sense of the young Schoenberg's overflowing creativity and the way in which the wealth of his musical ideas can hardly be contained within the orchestral frame, and the playing of the GMJO is suitably exuberant. It makes for a thrilling experience
