Boulez conducts Mahler & Berg

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The Vienna Philharmonic strings bring dewy beauty to the late-Romantic canvas [of the Mahler], but there's little Götterdämmerung-like wildness...Boulez is more assured in the Lulu Suite: irradiating... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 4th Mar 2013
Catalogue No: 4779891
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Series: Pierre Boulez Mahler cycle
Length: 64 minutes

Presto Recording of the Week

11th March 2013

Mahler: Das klagende Lied

Work length35:32

$6.80

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Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Anna Larsson (contralto), Johan Botha (tenor), Jörn H. Andresen (chorus master)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsoper
Pierre Boulez
Recorded: 2011-07-31
Recording Venue: Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg

Beim Weidenbaum, im kühlen Tann

Track length5:35

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Ein Spielmann zog einst des Weges daher

Track length5:40

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Ach Spielmann, lieber Spielmann mein!

Track length5:31

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Von hohen Felsen erglänzt das Schloß

Track length4:01

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Was ist der König so stumm und bleich

Track length4:51

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Ach Spielmann, lieber Spielmann mein!

Track length2:32

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Auf springt der König von seinem Thron

Track length1:07

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Ach Bruder, lieber Bruder mein!

Track length6:15

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Berg: Lulu-Suite (Five Symphonic Pieces) for soprano and orchestra

Work length28:53

$4.25

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Anna Prohaska (soprano)
Wiener Philharmoniker
Pierre Boulez
Recorded: 2011-07-31
Recording Venue: Grosses Festspielhaus, Salzburg

I. Rondo

Track length12:18

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II. Ostinato

Track length3:19

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III. Lulu's Song

Track length2:33

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IV. Variations

Track length3:18

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V. Adagio

Track length7:25

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Pierre Boulez is an icon of today’s classical scene and closely associated with the works of Mahler.

Featuring the acclaimed Vienna Philharmonic and the chorus of the Vienna State Opera – historically connected to Mahler, Berg and Boulez.

These performances were recorded live at the opening concert of the prestigious Salzburg Festival in 2011, conceived as a tribute to Gustav Mahler, and will be released to coincide with the maestro’s 88th birthday in March.

Mahler’s 2-act Das Klagende Lied is a mythical tale of fratricide, guilt and retribution, based on stories by the Grimm brothers and Ludwig Bechstein.

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August 2013

The Vienna Philharmonic strings bring dewy beauty to the late-Romantic canvas [of the Mahler], but there's little Götterdämmerung-like wildness...Boulez is more assured in the Lulu Suite: irradiating the many singable melodic strains, finding a word- and pitch-perfect soprano in Anna Prohaska

August 2013

Boulez's recordings become more precious the less we hear from him...Here he explores the life-stories teeming beneath the shells of two musical organisms with murder in mind

May 2013

This new performance...is remarkable for its transparency, but Boulez has added actual drama to his mastery of Mahler's early orchestration...There's real atmosphere here...The choir, perfectly trained and singing with impeccable diction and attention to dynamics, cannot be praised highly enough. The Lulu-Suite that follows receives a marvellous reading as well...this new Boulez is a major entry.

28th May 2013

Boulez is a splendid guide to both these scores and if you don’t mind having a foreshortened account of Das klagende Lied this disc is a compelling proposition.

11th March 2013

What I always like about Boulez’s recordings of Mahler is his attention to balance and texture, and this is certainly true here, with all the small details and colours impressively brought out...The singing from both chorus and soloists is really thrilling, too: the choir clearly revels in the variety of moods that Mahler’s writing offers...Every moment of this recording [of the Lulu-Suite] is exceptional.

14th March 2013

[the Mahler's] its brightly lit orchestral effects have always brought the best out of his conducting; the performance has both spaciousness and finely focused detail...The Lulu Suite is even more remarkable, for there's an emotional breadth to Boulez's approach now that just wasn't there in his earlier, pioneering performances. His balance between rigour and expressiveness exactly mirrors Berg's music

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