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Pierre Boulez

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Real Name:Pierre Boulez
Profile:Boulez was born at Montbrison, France, 26 March 1925.
He studied with Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire (1942-1945) and privately with Andrée Vaurabourg and René Leibowitz, inheriting Messiaen's concern with rhythm, non-developing forms and extra-European music along with the Schönberg tradition of Leibowitz. The clash of the two influences lies behind such intense, disruptive works as his first two piano sonatas (1946, 1948) and Livre pour quatuor for string quartet (1949). The violence of his early music also suited that of René Char's poetry in the cantatas Le visage nuptial (1946) and Le soleil des eaux (1948), though through this highly charged style he was working towards an objective serial control of rhythm, loudness and tone colour that was achieved in the Structures for two pianos (1952). At this time he came to know Stockhausen, with whom he became a leader of the European avantgarde, teaching at Darmstadt (1955-67) and elsewhere, and creating one of the key postwar works in his Le marteau sans maître (1954). Once more to poems by Char, the work is for contralto with alto flute, viola, guitar and percussion: a typical ensemble of middle-range instruments with an emphasis on struck and plucked sounds. The filtering of Boulez's earlier manner through his 'tonal serialism' produces a work of feverish speed, unrest and elegance.

In the mid-1950s Boulez extended his activities to conducting. By the mid-1960s he was appearing widely as a conductor, becoming chief conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra (1971-1974) and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra (1971-1978). Meanwhile his creative output declined. Under the influence of Mallarmé he had embarked on three big aleatory works after Le marteau, but of these the Third Piano Sonata (1957) remains a fragment and Pli selon pli for soprano and orchestra (1962) has been repeatedly revised; only a second book of Structures for two pianos (1961) has been definitively finished. Other works, notably Eclat/Multiples for tuned percussion ensemble and orchestra, also remain in progress, as if the openendedness of Boulez's proliferating musical world had committed him to incompleteness. Only the severe memorial Rituel for orchestra (1975) has escaped that fate.

Since the mid-1970s Boulez has concentrated on his work as director of the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique, a computer studio in Paris where his main work has been "Répons" for orchestra and digital equipment.
URLs:http://www.frenchculture.org/music/events/boulez/index.html
Name Variations: All | Pierre Boulez | Boulez
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Releases:
Klavierkonzerte Nr.1 Und Nr.3 (LP) His Master's Voice, EMI Electrola  
Le Marteau Sans Maître (LP) Turnabout  
Le Marteau Sans Maître / Nr. 5 Zeitmasse For Five Woodwinds (LP) Odyssey  
Le Marteau Sans Maître / Nr. 5 Zeitmasse For Five Woodwinds (LP) Columbia Masterworks  
Le Marteau Sans Maître / Sonatine / 7 Haïkaï (CD) Disques Adès  
Le Sacre Du Printemps / 4 Études Pour Orchestre (LP) Guilde Internationale Du Disque  
Parsifal (3xCD) Deutsche Grammophon  
Structures For Two Pianos: First And Second Books (LP, Album) Mace Records  
Structures Pour Deux Pianos (LP) Wergo  
La Mer + Prélude À L'Après-Midi D'un Faune + Jeux (LP) CBS 1966
Le Sacre Du Printemps (LP) CBS 1969
Structures II / Improvisation II Sur Mallarmé (10") Fratelli Fabbri Editori 1969
Domaines (LP) RCA Red Seal 1971
Concerto For Orchestra (LP, Gat) CBS 1973
Symphonie Fantastique Op. 14 (LP) CBS 1973
Daphnis Et Chloé (LP) CBS 1975
Bluebeard's Castle / Le Chateau De Barbe-Bleue / Herzog Blaubarts Burg (Box + LP) CBS Masterworks 1976
Boulez Conducts Varèse: Amériques / Arcana / Ionisation (LP, Album) Columbia Masterworks 1977
Pierre Boulez Parle De Pierrot Lunaire (7") CBS Disques 1978
Rituel / Éclats-Multiples (LP) CBS Schallplatten GmbH 1983
The Perfect Stranger (LP) Pathé Marconi EMI 1984
Première Sonate Pour Piano / Deuxième Sonate Pour Piano / Troisième Sonate Pour Piano (CD) WERGO 1985
Chamber Concerto / Ramifications / String Quartet No. 2 / Aventures / Lux Aeterna (CD, RE, RM) Deutsche Grammophon 1988
Domaines (CD, Album, RE) Harmonia Mundi 1988
Le Marteau Sans Maître / Notations / Structures Pour Deux Pianos, Livre II (CD) CBS Masterworks 1989
Arcana • Amériques • Ionisation • Offrandes • Density 21.5 • Octandre • Intégrales (CD) Sony Classical, Sony Classical 1990
Corale / Chemins II & IV / Ritorno Degli Snovidenia / Points On The Curve To Find (CD) Sony Classical 1990
Das Chorwerk (2xCD) Sony Classical 1990
Lulu Suite / Der Wein / Lyric Suite (CD) Sony Classical 1990
Rituel / Éclat / Multiples (CD) Sony Classical 1990
Complete Works Opp 1-31 / Das Gesamtwerk / L'Oeuvre Intégrale (3xCD, RM) Sony Classical 1991
Das Klagende Lied (CD) Sony Classical 1991
Sonatine Pour Flûte Et Piano / Première Sonate Pour Piano / Dérive / Mémorial / Dialogue De L'Ombre Double / Cummings Ist Der Dichter (CD) Erato 1991
Songs (CD) Deutsche Grammophon 1991
The Firebird Suite / Pulcinella Suite / Scherzo Fantastique / Suites Nos. 1 & 2 (CD, Album) Sony Classical 1991
The Miraculous Mandarin / Four Orchestral Pieces / Three Village Scenes (CD, Album) Sony Classical 1991
Cantata Profana Sz 94 / The Wooden Prince Sz 60 (Op. 13) (CD) Deutsche Grammophon 1992
Pétrouchka · Le Sacre Du Printemps (CD) Deutsche Grammophon 1992
Phlegra / Jalons / Keren / Nomos Alpha / Thalleïn (CD) Erato 1992
The Perfect Stranger (CD, Album) Zappa Records 1992
The Perfect Stranger (CD, Album) Rykodisc 1992
Die Glückliche Hand / Variations, Op. 31 / Verklärte Nacht (CD) Sony Classical 1993
Die Jakobsleiter / Chamber Symphony No. 1 / Begleitmusik Zu Einer Lichtspielszene (CD) Sony Classical 1993
Four Orchestral Pieces Op. 12 / Concerto For Orchestra (CD) Deutsche Grammophon 1993
Moses Und Aron • Chamber Symphony No. 2 (2xCD) Sony Classical 1993
Pierrot Lunaire - Lied Der Waldtaube - Erwartung (CD) Sony Classical 1993
Serenade - 5 Pieces For Orchestra - Ode To Napoleon (CD) Sony Classical 1993
Suite, Op. 29 / Verklärte Nacht / 3 Pieces (CD) Sony Classical 1993
The Firebird / Fireworks - Orchestral Fantasy Op. 4 / Four Studies (CD) Deutsche Grammophon 1993
Concertos For Cello·Violin·Piano (CD, Album) Deutsche Grammophon 1994
Alban Berg: Kammerkonzert / Igor Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto - Dumbarton Oaks - 8 Miniatures (CD, Album) Deutsche Grammophon 1995
Boulez Conducts Boulez: ...Explosante-Fixe... / Notations / Structures II (CD) Deutsche Grammophon 1995
Boulez Conducts Webern: Songs & Choruses · 5 Pieces Op. 10 · Concerto · Quartet · Piano Quintet (CD) Deutsche Grammophon 1995
Chamber Concerto - Three Orchestral Pieces, Op. 6 - Violin Concerto (CD) Sony Classical 1995
Piano Sonatas Nos. 1 - 3 (CD) Naxos 1995
Rückert-Lieder · Wesendonck-Lieder · Das Liebesmahl Der Apostel (CD) Sony Classical 1995
Schoenberg / Berio / Carter / Kurtág / Xenakis (5xCD) Erato 1995
Secret Theatre · Tragœdia · Five Distances · 3 Settings Of Celan (CD) Deutsche Grammophon 1995
Moses Und Aron (2xCD) Deutsche Grammophon 1996
The Miraculous Mandarin Op. 19, Sz 73 / Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta Sz 106 (CD) Deutsche Grammophon 1996
Dal Niente (CD, Album, Sli) ECM New Series 1997
Variations (CD, Album, Sli) ECM New Series 1997
Répons / Dialogue De L'Ombre Double (CD, Dig) Deutsche Grammophon 1999
Symphony Of Psalms - Symphony In Three Movements - Symphonies Of Wind Instruments (CD) Deutsche Grammophon 1999
Bolero / La Valse / Rapsodie Espagnole / Pavane (2xCD) Deutsche Grammophon 2000
Complete Webern (6xCD + Box) Deutsche Grammophon 2000
Orchestral Works & Chamber Music (CD) Col Legno 2000
Sept Haikai, Couleurs De La Cité Céleste, Un Vitrail Et Des Oiseaux, Oiseaux Exotiques (CD) Montaigne 2000
Sur Incises / Messagesquisse / Anthèmes 2 (CD, Dig) Deutsche Grammophon 2000
Xenakis (2xCD) Erato 2000
Das Lied Von Der Erde (CD, Album) Deutsche Grammophon 2001
Domaines (CD, Album, RE) Harmonia Mundi 2001
Pli Selon Pli (CD, Dig) Deutsche Grammophon 2002
The Three Piano Sonatas (CD, Album) Deutsche Grammophon 2005
Sur Incises / Messagesquisse / Anthèmes 2 (CD, RE) Deutsche Grammophon 2007
Appears On:
A Garland For Dr. K. (LP) Universal Edition, Interdisc (4)  
Equivalences (7") Disques Adès  
Kuschelklassik 10 (2xCD, Comp) Feuerwerksmusik - La P... Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Germany)  
The Rite Of Spring (LP) Nonesuch  
Nones / Allelujah II / Concerto For Two Pianos (LP) RCA 1976
Amériques / Arcana / Ionisation (LP, Gat) CBS Masterworks 1978
The Rite Of Spring (LP) CBS 1982
Ircam: Un Portrait (LP) Repons Ircam 1983
Antiphysis / Mortuos Plango, Vivos Voco / Modulations (LP) Antiphysis For Leading... Erato 1984
Dinner Classics: Breakfast In Bed (CD) Daybreak CBS Masterworks 1990
Piano Concertos (CD) Lento-Andante-Allegro-... Sony Classical 1990
Contemporaneo Piano 1991 (2xCD) Explosante Fixe Contempo Records 1992
Gruppen / Carré (CD) Stockhausen-Verlag 1992
40 Jahre Donaueschinger Musiktage 1950-1990 (4xCD) Structures Pour Deux P... Col Legno 1993
Classikon 100: Musik Des 20. Jahrhunderts II (CD) Deutsche Grammophon 1994
Konzerte Für Klavier - Celo - Violine (CD, Enh, Single, Nov) Boulez Conducts Ligeti 1994
Miles Of Classical (CD) Music For The Royal Fi... Sony Music Entertainment (UK) 1994
Ceux Qui M'Aiment Prendront Le Train (CD, Album, Comp) Adagio De La Symphonie... Barclay 1998
Rückblick Moderne - Orchestermusik Im 20. Jahrhundert (8xCD, Sli) Col Legno 1999
Les Meilleurs Extraits Des Diapason D'Or De Mai 2001 (CD, Promo, Smplr) Sonatine Pour Flûte E... Diapason 2001
Aventures (CD, RE, RM, Dig) Deutsche Grammophon 2002
Lieder (CD) Deutsche Grammophon 2004
LateNightTales (CD) Ravel: Pavane Pour Une... Thrive Records 2006
Tracks Appear On:
A Garland For Dr. K. (LP) Pour Le Dr. Kalmus Universal Edition, Interdisc (4)  
The New Music Vol. 2 (LP, Mono) Sonatine RCA Victrola 1968
New Music For String Quartet (LP, Gat) Ia, Ib, II, V Mainstream Records 1972
Die Neue Musik Und Ihre Neuesten Entwicklungen (LP) Improvisation Sur Mall... Opus Musicum 1975
Piano Space (3xLP) Première Sonate Pour ... CP² Recordings 1976
Ircam: Un Portrait (LP) Repons Ircam 1983
Computer-Musik (LP) Répons IBM 1984
Création Ircam: Les Années 80 (CD) Dialogue De L'Ombre Do... Ircam 1990
20 Ans De Musique Contemporaine A Metz (Box + 5xCD) Rituel In Memoriam Bru... Col Legno 1991
40 Jahre Donaueschinger Musiktage 1950-1990 (4xCD) Polyphonie X, Poésie ... Col Legno 1993
Donaueschinger Musiktage 1997 (3xCD) Anthèmes Col Legno 1998
Ircam: Les Années 90 (3xCD) Répons, Anthèmes 2, Ex. Ircam 1998
Rückblick Moderne - Orchestermusik Im 20. Jahrhundert (8xCD, Sli) Cummings Ist Der Dichter Col Legno 1999
Les Meilleurs Extraits Des Diapason D'Or De Mai 2001 (CD, Promo, Smplr) Sonatine Pour Flûte E... Diapason 2001
Archives GRM (5xCD + Box) Étude 1, Étude 2 INA-GRM 2004
Unofficial Releases:
Archival Series - Musique Concréte Soundtracks To Experimental Short Films 1956-1978 - Volume One (CD, Mini) Symphonie Mechanique New England Electric Music Company 2001

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