Hommage à Boulez
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez
Awards:
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
A superb tribute comprising live recordings of solo and chamber pieces…Le Marteau sans maître [is] conducted with age-defying vigour by Boulez himself and exquisitely sung by Hilary Summers…Dérive...
Hommage à Boulez
West-Eastern Divan Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez
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Awards:
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
A superb tribute comprising live recordings of solo and chamber pieces…Le Marteau sans maître [is] conducted with age-defying vigour by Boulez himself and exquisitely sung by Hilary Summers…Dérive...
About
Hommage à Boulez celebrates Daniel Barenboim’s and Pierre Boulez’ association, starting in June 1964, that for length and multifariousness, has few parallels in the history of music. Boulez became the first musician that Barenboim invited to share in conducting the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra (in 2007, at the Salzburg Festival). Features a selection of Boulez’ most iconic works out of live recordings from the BBC Proms Beethoven-Boulez cycle of concerts (London, Royal Albert Hall, July 2012), and Boulez’s 85th birthday concert (Berlin, Staatsoper Unter den Linden, 4 April 2010), all performed by members of the West Eastern Divan orchestra. Boulez conducts members of the WEDO and Hilary Summers in his own work Le Marteau sans maître.
Contents and tracklist
- West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
- Daniel Barenboim
- Recorded: 2012-07-20
- Recording Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London
- Jussef Eisa (clarinet), IRCAM (electro-acousticrealization)
- Recorded: 2012-07-21
- Recording Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London
- Guy Eshed (flute)
- West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
- Daniel Barenboim
- Recorded: 2012-07-23
- Recording Venue: Royal Albert Hall, London
- Hilary Summers (alto)
- West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
- Pierre Boulez
- Recorded: 2010-04-04
- Recording Venue: Staatsoper, Berlin
- Michael Barenboim (violin), IRCAM (electro-acousticrealization)
- Recorded: 2010-04-04
- Recording Venue: Staatsoper, Berlin
- Hassan Moataz El Molla (cello)
- West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
- Daniel Barenboim
- Recorded: 2010-04-04
- Recording Venue: Staatsoper, Berlin
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Awards and reviews
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The New York TimesRecordings of the Year 2017
July 2017
A superb tribute comprising live recordings of solo and chamber pieces…Le Marteau sans maître [is] conducted with age-defying vigour by Boulez himself and exquisitely sung by Hilary Summers…Dérive 2 is simply breathtaking: in compositional scope and its precise yet fluid performance by the 11 virtuosos soloists under Barenboim’s taut direction
16th March 2017
By my reckoning, this is Boulez’s fifth recording of [Le Marteau Sans Maître] that defines his own music better than any other; it’s perhaps more expressively flexible than earlier ones, but just as precise, and Summers makes a compelling soloist.
New York Times 13th December 2017
Boulez, who died in 2016, gets quite the tribute here with more than two hours of music, including “Le Marteau Sans Maître.” That score might frighten some young musicians; here, the contralto Hilary Summers and members of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra are fearless.
