Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez was born in 1925 in Montbrison, France. He first studied mathematics, then music at the Paris Conservatory, where his teachers included Olivier Messiaen and René Leibowitz. In 1954, with the support of Jean-Louis Barrault, he founded the “Domaine musical” in Paris – one of the first concert series dedicated entirely to the performance of modern music – and remained their director until 1967. Boulez began his conducting career in 1958 with the Südwestfunk Orchestra in Baden-Baden, Germany. From 1960 to 1962 he taught composition at the Music Academy in Basle. As a composer, conductor and teacher, Pierre Boulez has made a decisive contribution to the development of music in the 20th century and inspired generations of young musicians with his pioneering spirit. His recordings have earned him a total of 26 Grammys and vast numbers of other prestigious awards. 1966 Makes Bayreuth debut with Parsifal, returning to conduct Wagner’s final work again in 1967, 1968 and 1970. 1967 Named principal guest conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra (until 1972). 1969 In the pit at Covent Garden for a pioneering new production of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande. 1971 Appointed principal conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra (until 1975) and the New York Philharmonic (until 1977); release of his first Deutsche Grammophon recording: Parsifal, from live performances at the 1970 Bayreuth Festival. 1976 Music director of the landmark 100th anniversary production of Wagner’s Ring at Bayreuth; returns to conduct the cycle again at the next four festivals. 1977 From now until his resignation as director in 1992, he devotes himself to the newly created Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and founds the Ensemble Intercontemporain (EIC), which becomes one of the world’s finest contemporary music ensembles. 1989 Signs an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. 1992 Conducts Peter Stein’s new staging of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande with Welsh National Opera on a European tour (released as a video in 1994 and as DVD in 2002 by DG). 1993 Conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker for the first time in almost 30 years; releases include Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra and Four Orchestral Pieces, with the Chicago Symphony. 1994 Appears with the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Berlin Festival in an all-Ravel programme; CD releases: Ligeti Concertos for Cello, Violin and Piano, Boulez conducting the EIC and works by Ravel with the Berliner Philharmoniker. 1995 As “co-founder” of the music centre “Cité de la musique” in Paris, he directs its opening concert with works by Mahler and Rameau; named principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; named “Artist of the Year” by Gramophone, and honoured on the occasion of his 70th birthday at the Victoires de la musique in France; the wealth of new CD releases this year includes numerous prize-winning recordings of works by Debussy, Bartók, and Boulez himself. 1996 Receives the Berlin Arts Prize; CD releases include Bartók with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mahler with the Cleveland Orchestra and Schoenberg with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. 1998 Conducts Bluebeard’s Castle at Aix-en-Provence in celebration of the festival’s 50th anniversary; the opera is recorded with Jessye Norman, László Polgár and the Chicago Symphony and released on DG; also issued: Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire and Boulez’s Répons and Dialogue de l’ombre double, and Ravel’s Piano Concertos with Krystian Zimerman and the Cleveland Orchestra. 2000 “Boulez 2000” – a year of touring with the London Symphony Orchestra and EIC and concerts with the great orchestras of Cleveland and Chicago; CD releases include prize-winning works by Boulez. 2002 CD release of Boulez’s ultimate realization of his Pli selon Pli, with soprano Christine Schäfer and the EIC, and another Boulez masterpiece, the early Le Marteau sans maître, are recorded under his direction. 2003 Easter tour of Japan and concerts in Lucerne with Boulez conducting the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Autumn appearances include an all-Janáček programme with the Orchestre de Paris. New on CD: Mahler’s Third Symphony with the Wiener Philharmoniker and Anne Sofie von Otter; also released this year: Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette and Les Nuits d’été with the Cleveland Orchestra. 2004 Apart from numerous concerts all over the globe, Boulez conducts a new production of Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival. CD releases works by Ravel and Debussy with the Cleveland Orchestra, and, with Ensemble Modern, music by Sir Harrison Birtwistle to celebrate the composer’s 70th birthday. 2005 Deutsche Grammophon celebrates his 80th birthday with a host of major new releases conducted by Boulez: Mahler song cycles with Anne Sofie von Otter, Violeta Urmana, Thomas Quasthoff and the Wiener Philharmoniker; the Bartók Piano Concertos with Krystian Zimerman and the Chicago Symphony, Leif Ove Andsnes and the Berliner Philharmoniker, and Hélène Grimaud and the LSO; his own early masterpiece, Le Marteau sans mâitre, plus Dérives 1 & 2 with the EIC; and the three Piano Sonatas, played by Paavali Jumppanen. His own concerts in the anniversary year feature Boulez with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at London’s Barbican, the LSO at New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Chicago Symphony at Symphony Center and on an extensive European tour, a European tour with the EIC, the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall, as well as appearances at the Lucerne, Vienna and Bayreuth Festivals (Parsifal). His legendary centennial recording of Wagner’s Ring from the 1976 Bayreuth Festival is re-released in June on DVD. Boulez is appointed honorary member of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien, named honorary member of the Wiener Philharmoniker, and honorary conductor of the Staatskapelle Berlin. 2006 Boulez takes a sabbatical leave to devote himself to composition for several months. In April he conducts the Ensemble Intercontemporain in his own compositions at the Printemps des Arts in Monaco and in May he leads the Staatskapelle Berlin in Mahler’s Symphony no. 8 in Berlin. He resumes his intensive conducting activities in June with the Orchestre de Paris and Jessye Norman (Bluebeard’s Castle) and returns to the Aix-en-Provence Festival with Renard (Stravinsky), Tréteaux de Maître Pierre (Falla) and Pierrot lunaire (Schoenberg). Boulez’s traversal of Mahler’s Symphonies continues with the CD release of no. 2, the “Resurrection” (Wiener Philharmoniker) which is planned for May. 2007 Concerts with the Staatskapelle Berlin, Wiener Philharmoniker, Ensemble Intercon¬temporain (including their 30th-anniversary concert in Paris), the Berliner Philhar¬moniker, Orchestre de Paris, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra and the Ensemble Modern. Release of the final recording in his cycle of Mahler’s Symphonies, no. 8 (Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 2007). 2008 Concerts in the USA with the Chicago and Cleveland orchestras; appearances in Europe with major orchestras including the Ensemble Intercontemporain, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Wiener Philharmoniker (Salzburg Festival), BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Staatskapelle Berlin. On DVD: Janáček’s From the House of the Dead with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra; completion of his Bartók cycle with the audio release of the concertos for viola (Yuri Bashmet), violin (Gidon Kremer), and for two pianos and percussion (Pierre-Laurent Aimard/Tamara Stefanovich).
ALBUM
Una raccolta completa degli album di Pierre Boulez, dalle prime produzioni ai successi più recenti.
Pierre Boulez
Boulez A-Z: Berg - Birtwistle
Vol. 2
Pierre Boulez
Boulez A-Z: Boulez - Bruckner
Vol. 3
Pierre Boulez
Boulez A-Z: Debussy - Liszt
Vol. 4Pierre Boulez
Boulez - The Composer
Pierre Boulez
Boulez A-Z: Messiaen - Ravel
Vol. 6
Pierre Boulez
Boulez A-Z: Schoenberg - Strauss
Vol. 7The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Messiaen: Chronochromie Pour Grand Orchestre; La Ville D'En Haut; Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum Pour Orchestre De Bois, Cuuivres Et Percussion Métalliques
Pierre Boulez
Boulez - The Conductor : Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon and Decca
Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Bruckner: Symphony No. 8
Live from Stiftskirche St. Florian / Visual Album
Mitsuko Uchida, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Schoenberg: Piano Concerto
48 / New UPCPierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez at 80: The Conductor and The Composer
Anne Sofie von Otter, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Mahler: Symphony No. 3
Dolby Atmos
Maria João Pires, Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Europakonzert from Lisbon 2003
Live / Visual Album
Yvonne Loriod, Orchestre Du Domaine Musical, Pierre Boulez
Mozart: Piano concertos No. 1-4
Yvonne Loriod, Les Percussions De Strasbourg, Orchestre Du Domaine Musical
Messiaen: Sept haïkaï
Yvonne Loriod, Marcel Naulais, Guy Deplus
Schoenberg: Suite, Op. 29 / Henze: Concerto per il Marigny / Webern: Variations, Op. 27
The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez & The Cleveland Orchestra
Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Ravel: Boléro; Rapsodie espagnole; Ma mère l'Oye
Manfred Jung, Donald McIntyre, Gwyneth Jones
Wagner: Siegfried
3 CDs
Pierre Boulez, Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jung
Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Gwyneth Jones, Jeannine Altmeyer, Hanna Schwarz
Wagner: Die Walküre
3 CDsSiegfried Jerusalem, Helmut Pampuch, Heinz Zednik
Wagner: Das Rheingold
2 CDs
Michael Barenboim, Daniel Barenboim, Wiener Philharmoniker
Schoenberg: Violin & Piano Concerti
Bayreuther Festspielorchester, Pierre Boulez
Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
12 CDsRoyal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Schoenberg: Moses und Aron
2 CDsStaatskapelle Berlin, Pierre Boulez
Mahler: Symphony No. 8
Gil Shaham, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2; Rhapsodies
Pierre Boulez
Bartók
8 CDsBBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Bartók: The Wooden Prince; Cantata Profana
Melanie Diener, Kenneth Tarver, Denis Sedov
Hector Berlioz: Romeo & Juliette / Les Nuits d'éte
2 CD setJessye Norman, László Polgár, Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Bartók: Duke Bluebeard's Castle
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Bartók: Divertimento; Dance Suite; Two Pictures; Hungarian Sketches
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Orchestral Pieces, Op. 12
Pierre Boulez
Le Domaine Musical
Pierre Boulez
Une histoire d'amitiés... + IIIè concert - Saison 1956
Component 9/9Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Birtwistle: Secret Theatre; Tragoedia; Five Distances; 3 Settings of Celan
The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Messiaen: Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum; Chronochromie; La Ville d'en haut
Christiane Oelze, Gerald Finley, Berliner Philharmoniker
Webern: Symphony Op.21
Pierre Boulez
Boulez - Mahler
Pierre Boulez
The Artist's Album - Pierre Boulez
The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Stravinsky: The Rite Of Spring - The Works
Dorothea Röschmann, Anna Prohaska, Anna Larsson
Mahler: Das klagende Lied / Berg: Lulu-Suite
Live From Festspielhaus, Salzburg / 2011
Christine Schäfer, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
Hilary Summers, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Boulez: Le Marteau Sans Maître
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Varèse: Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation
BBC Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Sir Andrew Davis
Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Pierre Boulez
Schoenberg: Pelleas And Melisande
Daniel Barenboim, Staatskapelle Berlin, Pierre Boulez
The Liszt Concertos
Berliner Philharmoniker, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, La Valse
CD 2
Steve Davislim, Christian Tetzlaff, Wiener Philharmoniker
Szymanowski: Violin Concerto No.1, Op.35; Symphony No.3, Op.27 "Song of the Night"
Magdalena Kožená, Christian Gerhaher, The Cleveland Orchestra
Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Adagio from Symphony No.10
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Ravel: The Piano Concertos; Miroirs
Mitsuko Uchida, Christian Tetzlaff, Ensemble Intercontemporain
Mozart: Gran Partita / Berg: Kammerkonzert
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Stravinsky: Songs
The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
1991 - Pierre Boulez
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Boulez: ... Explosante-fixe...
Ensemble Modern, Pierre Boulez, Martyn Brabbins
Birtwistle: Theseus Game; Earth Dances
Hagen Quartett, LaSalle Quartet, Ensemble Intercontemporain
Ligeti: String Quartets / Ramifications etc
Claudio Abbado, James Levine, Pierre Boulez
Alban Berg Collection
Gerd Zacher, Alfons Kontarsky, Aloys Kontarsky
Ligeti: Volumina; Organ Study No.1; Three Pieces for Two Pianos; Aventures; Nouvelles Aventures; Mysteries
Christine Schäfer, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Pierre Boulez: Pli selon Pli
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Varése: Amériques; Arcana; Déserts; Ionisation
Franz Crass, Gerd Nienstedt, Bayreuther Festspielchor
Wagner: Opera Choruses
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Ensemble De Violoncelles De Paris, Pierre Boulez
Boulez: Sur Incises; Messagesquisse; Anthèmes 2
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Strauss, R.: Also sprach Zarathustra
Françoise Pollet, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Joela Jones
Messiaen: Poèmes pour Mi; Sept Haïkaï; Le Réveil des oiseaux
Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Boulez conducts Webern III
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Boulez conducts Boulez - ...explosante-fixe...; Notations I-XII; Structures II
Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Boulez conducts Webern II
Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Boulez conducts Webern
Jean-Guihen Queyras, Saschko Gawriloff, Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Ligeti: Cello Concerto; Violin Concerto; Piano Concerto
BIOGRAFIA
Pierre Boulez was born in 1925 in Montbrison, France. He first studied mathematics, then music at the Paris Conservatory, where his teachers included Olivier Messiaen and René Leibowitz. In 1954, with the support of Jean-Louis Barrault, he founded the “Domaine musical” in Paris – one of the first concert series dedicated entirely to the performance of modern music – and remained their director until 1967. Boulez began his conducting career in 1958 with the Südwestfunk Orchestra in Baden-Baden, Germany. From 1960 to 1962 he taught composition at the Music Academy in Basle. As a composer, conductor and teacher, Pierre Boulez has made a decisive contribution to the development of music in the 20th century and inspired generations of young musicians with his pioneering spirit. His recordings have earned him a total of 26 Grammys and vast numbers of other prestigious awards.
1966
Makes Bayreuth debut with Parsifal, returning to conduct Wagner’s final work again in 1967, 1968 and 1970.
1967
Named principal guest conductor of the Cleveland Orchestra (until 1972).
1969
In the pit at Covent Garden for a pioneering new production of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande.
1971
Appointed principal conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra (until 1975) and the New York Philharmonic (until 1977); release of his first Deutsche Grammophon recording: Parsifal, from live performances at the 1970 Bayreuth Festival.
1976
Music director of the landmark 100th anniversary production of Wagner’s Ring at Bayreuth; returns to conduct the cycle again at the next four festivals.
1977
From now until his resignation as director in 1992, he devotes himself to the newly created Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM) at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and founds the Ensemble Intercontemporain (EIC), which becomes one of the world’s finest contemporary music ensembles.
1989
Signs an exclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft.
1992
Conducts Peter Stein’s new staging of Debussy’s Pelléas et Mélisande with Welsh National Opera on a European tour (released as a video in 1994 and as DVD in 2002 by DG).
1993
Conducts the Berliner Philharmoniker for the first time in almost 30 years; releases include Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra and Four Orchestral Pieces, with the Chicago Symphony.
1994
Appears with the Berliner Philharmoniker at the Berlin Festival in an all-Ravel programme; CD releases: Ligeti Concertos for Cello, Violin and Piano, Boulez conducting the EIC and works by Ravel with the Berliner Philharmoniker.
1995
As “co-founder” of the music centre “Cité de la musique” in Paris, he directs its opening concert with works by Mahler and Rameau; named principal guest conductor of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra; named “Artist of the Year” by Gramophone, and honoured on the occasion of his 70th birthday at the Victoires de la musique in France; the wealth of new CD releases this year includes numerous prize-winning recordings of works by Debussy, Bartók, and Boulez himself.
1996
Receives the Berlin Arts Prize; CD releases include Bartók with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Mahler with the Cleveland Orchestra and Schoenberg with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
1998
Conducts Bluebeard’s Castle at Aix-en-Provence in celebration of the festival’s 50th anniversary; the opera is recorded with Jessye Norman, László Polgár and the Chicago Symphony and released on DG; also issued: Schoenberg’s Pierrot lunaire and Boulez’s Répons and Dialogue de l’ombre double, and Ravel’s Piano Concertos with Krystian Zimerman and the Cleveland Orchestra.
2000
“Boulez 2000” – a year of touring with the London Symphony Orchestra and EIC and concerts with the great orchestras of Cleveland and Chicago; CD releases include prize-winning works by Boulez.
2002
CD release of Boulez’s ultimate realization of his Pli selon Pli, with soprano Christine Schäfer and the EIC, and another Boulez masterpiece, the early Le Marteau sans maître, are recorded under his direction.
2003
Easter tour of Japan and concerts in Lucerne with Boulez conducting the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra. Autumn appearances include an all-Janáček programme with the Orchestre de Paris. New on CD: Mahler’s Third Symphony with the Wiener Philharmoniker and Anne Sofie von Otter; also released this year: Berlioz’s Roméo et Juliette and Les Nuits d’été with the Cleveland Orchestra.
2004
Apart from numerous concerts all over the globe, Boulez conducts a new production of Parsifal at the Bayreuth Festival. CD releases works by Ravel and Debussy with the Cleveland Orchestra, and, with Ensemble Modern, music by Sir Harrison Birtwistle to celebrate the composer’s 70th birthday.
2005
Deutsche Grammophon celebrates his 80th birthday with a host of major new releases conducted by Boulez: Mahler song cycles with Anne Sofie von Otter, Violeta Urmana, Thomas Quasthoff and the Wiener Philharmoniker; the Bartók Piano Concertos with Krystian Zimerman and the Chicago Symphony, Leif Ove Andsnes and the Berliner Philharmoniker, and Hélène Grimaud and the LSO; his own early masterpiece, Le Marteau sans mâitre, plus Dérives 1 & 2 with the EIC; and the three Piano Sonatas, played by Paavali Jumppanen. His own concerts in the anniversary year feature Boulez with the BBC Symphony Orchestra at London’s Barbican, the LSO at New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Chicago Symphony at Symphony Center and on an extensive European tour, a European tour with the EIC, the Cleveland Orchestra at Severance Hall, as well as appearances at the Lucerne, Vienna and Bayreuth Festivals (Parsifal). His legendary centennial recording of Wagner’s Ring from the 1976 Bayreuth Festival is re-released in June on DVD. Boulez is appointed honorary member of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien, named honorary member of the Wiener Philharmoniker, and honorary conductor of the Staatskapelle Berlin.
2006
Boulez takes a sabbatical leave to devote himself to composition for several months. In April he conducts the Ensemble Intercontemporain in his own compositions at the Printemps des Arts in Monaco and in May he leads the Staatskapelle Berlin in Mahler’s Symphony no. 8 in Berlin. He resumes his intensive conducting activities in June with the Orchestre de Paris and Jessye Norman (Bluebeard’s Castle) and returns to the Aix-en-Provence Festival with Renard (Stravinsky), Tréteaux de Maître Pierre (Falla) and Pierrot lunaire (Schoenberg). Boulez’s traversal of Mahler’s Symphonies continues with the CD release of no. 2, the “Resurrection” (Wiener Philharmoniker) which is planned for May.
2007
Concerts with the Staatskapelle Berlin, Wiener Philharmoniker, Ensemble Intercon¬temporain (including their 30th-anniversary concert in Paris), the Berliner Philhar¬moniker, Orchestre de Paris, Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra and the Ensemble Modern. Release of the final recording in his cycle of Mahler’s Symphonies, no. 8 (Record Academy Prize, Tokyo, 2007).
2008
Concerts in the USA with the Chicago and Cleveland orchestras; appearances in Europe with major orchestras including the Ensemble Intercontemporain, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Wiener Philharmoniker (Salzburg Festival), BBC Symphony Orchestra, and Staatskapelle Berlin. On DVD: Janáček’s From the House of the Dead with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra; completion of his Bartók cycle with the audio release of the concertos for viola (Yuri Bashmet), violin (Gidon Kremer), and for two pianos and percussion (Pierre-Laurent Aimard/Tamara Stefanovich).
ULTIME NEWS
26.01.2022
PIERRE BOULEZ: THE CONDUCTOR
Per la prima volta l’integrale delle registrazioni di Pierre Boulez come direttore d'orchestra realizzate per Deutsche Grammophon e Decca sono raccolte in un unico cofanetto a tiratura limitata. 84 CD con le registrazioni di riferimento di Bartók, Mahler, Ravel, Stravinsky e Schoenberg. Contiene 4 Blu-Ray Video con il leggendario Ring di Wagner nell’ineguagliabile edizione Bayreuth/Chéreau rimasterizzato in HD con audio DTS-HD Master Audio Surround 5.1 e PCM stereo a 24 bit. Materiale bonus: prima pubblicazione internazionale del CD con le interviste realizzate da Pierre Boulez su Debussy, Mahler, Webern. Il box è corredato da un libretto di 208 pagine che include l’elenco completo di brani, l'indice del repertorio, foto e articoli critici.
20.02.2015
Le incisioni mozartiane di Arthur Grumiaux
Un cofanetto dedicato a tutte le registrazioni di Arthur Grumiaux, uno dei più eleganti e raffinati violinisti del secolo scorso. Dai Concerti completi alle Sonate accompagnato al pianoforte dalla grandiosa Clara Haskil, e ancora molta musica da camera (Duetti, Quartetti) in cui Grumiaux ha lasciato un segno indelebile per le sue interpretazioni. Il box sarà disponibile dal 3 marzo, ma è già prenotabile su Amazon, cliccando sull'immagine qui sotto!
11.06.2013
Cinque stelle per Pierre Boulez su Musica
"L'esecuzione del lavoro mahleriano è bellissima" afferma Musica, riguardo a Das klagende Lied, contenuta in questo CD che riprende il concerto che Pierre Boulez tenne il 28 luglio 2011 a Salisburgo. "Sotto ogni aspetto superba è invece la Lulu-Suite (di Berg) che appare la migliore versione lasciata in disco da Boulez e una delle migliori mai ascoltate". Un disco fortemente raccomandato da Musica, ricordando che in questi giorni esce anche la raccolta DG dedicata a a tutte le composizioni di Boulez, intitolata "The complete works".
05.06.2013
Pierre Boulez: "The complete works" e l'estensione del contratto con Deutsche Grammophon
Al Café Pleyel di Parigi si è tenuta ieri la conferenza dedicata al compositore francese, che ha da poco pubblicato "The complete works", una raccolta dedicata alle migliori opere della sua carriera, per la prima volta pubblicate tutte assieme in un solo box. Boulez ha presentato questo album definendolo "una retrospettiva istantanea", ed una "testimonianza della storia delle sue opere". In seguito Mark Wilkinson, presidente Deutsche Grammophon, ha annunciato l'estensione del contratto tra Pierre Boulez e Deutsche Grammophon, che continua la lunga e proficua collaborazione e che celebra la sua incredibile carriera.
22.05.2012
A Pierre Boulez il Leone d'Oro alla carriera per il settore Musica
E' stato attribuito al compositore e direttore d'orchestra Pierre Boulez e al regista Luca Ronconi il Leone d'oro alla carriera per i settori Musica e Teatro della Biennale di Venezia. La cerimonia di consegna del Leone d'oro alla carriera per la Musica avra' luogo nel corso del 56° Festival Internazionale di Musica Contemporanea (dal 6 al 13 ottobre), quella per il Teatro nel corso del Laboratorio Internazionale delle Arti (dal 4 al 12 agosto). A proposito del Leone d'oro alla carriera a Pierre Boulez, il direttore del Settore Musica Ivan Fedele ha affermato che "e' un riconoscimento al valore assoluto di un artista che ha attraversato la storia della musica contemporanea offrendo al mondo intero composizioni considerate, dai musicologi e artisti di tutto il mondo, veri e propri capolavori della modernita'. L'attivita' del Maestro si e' anche espressa in campo teorico attraverso libri esemplari che sono stati guida e modello per generazioni di giovani compositori. Inoltre, Boulez ha offerto, come direttore d'orchestra, interpretazioni del repertorio classico e contemporaneo ritenute di riferimento".
26.07.2011
Decca e Deutsche Grammophon agli Echo Awards 2011
La Phono-Akademie tedesca ha appena annunciato i vincintori dei suoi ambiti premi ECHO, sicuramente tra i più prestigiosi riconoscimenti nel mondo della musica classica. Siamo lieti di annunciare che gli artisti Decca e Deutsche Grammophon, tra gli altri Cecilia Bartoli, Lisa Batiashvili,Pierre Boulez, Hilary Hahn, René Pape, Rolando Villazón and Yuja Wang,si sono aggiudicati il più alto riconoscimento in ben nove categorie. La cerimonia degli ECHO Awards avrà luogo il 2 Ottobre a Berlino presso la Konzerthaus. Congratulazioni!
26.10.2010
Pierre Boulez disco del mese su Audio Review.
Ennesimo riconoscimento per il nuovo disco di Pierre Boulez, che con quest’ultima registrazione completa il ciclo delle sinfonie e dei Lieder con orchestra di Gustav Mahler per Deutsche Grammophon. Numerosi complimenti sul numero di Audio Review di ottobre per l’interpretazione che il Maestro ha dato di questa parte del repertorio mahleriano, alla direzione dell’Orchestra di Cleveland, e che a detta del critico Filippo Gonnelli rappresenta “una grande esecuzione, che resterà come riferimento nella discografia mahleriana”.
15.10.2010
Massimo dei voti su Classic Voice per il disco di Boulez dedicato a Mahler.
Ottima recensione per il nuovo disco di Pierre Boulez, che con quest’ultima registrazione completa il ciclo delle sinfonie e dei Lieder con orchestra di Gustav Mahler per Deutsche Grammophon. Molto apprezzata in questo lavoro la cui uscita è coincisa con il 150° anniversario del compositore austriaco, “l’interpretazione magistrale, di meravigliosa chiarezza e interiorizzata intensità” del direttore francese.
27.09.2010
Ottima recensione su Gramophone per il disco di Pierre-Laurent Aimard e Pierre Boulez dedicato a Ravel.
Il critico della celebre rivista specializzata di musica classica elogia l’interpretazione di Pierre Boulez del Concerto per mano sinistra e del Concerto in Sol di Ravel, definendolo uno dei pochi direttori d’orchestra in grado di riportare in vita l’arte ed il talento del compositore e pianista francese. Grandi complimenti anche per il pianista Pierre-Laurent Aimard, protagonista della seconda parte del disco in cui questi si cimenta nell’esecuzione di Miroirs, suite composta poco meno di 30 anni prima dei concerti.
25.08.2010
Boulez dirige Mahler e Szymanowski.
E’ la prima volta che Pierre Boulez registra Szymanowski e Deutsche Grammophon ha voluto sottolineare l’evento realizzando una PRESTIGE EDITION in 2 CD A PREZZO SPECIALE, il tutto racchiuso in un digipak brossurato con ampio booklet dove il direttore francese spiega il suo approccio alla musica del compositore polacco. Anche in questo siamo di fronte ad una straordinaria registrazione dal vivo dove orchestra e solisti sono esaltati dall’ineguagliabile visione musicale di uno dei più grandi artisti del nostro tempo. Il virtuosismo di Christian Tetzlaff, mai fine a se stesso, entusiasma nel Concerto per violino mentre nella Sinfonia n. 3 “Song of the Night”, ispirata ad un poema persiano del XIII° sec., i Wiener Philharmoniker seguono perfettamente. la rotta tracciata da Boulez che ne esalta il fascino mistico.
27.10.2009
