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Pierre Boulez
Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez was a French composer, conductor and writer, and the founder of several musical institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of post-war contemporary classical music. Born in Montbrison, in the Loire department of France, the son of an engineer, Boulez studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Olivier Messiaen, and privately with Andrée Vaurabourg and René Leibowitz. He began his professional career in the late 1940s as music director of the Renaud-Barrault theatre company in Paris. He was a leading figure in avant-garde music, playing an important role in the development of integral serialism in the 1950s, controlled chance music in the 1960s and the electronic transformation of instrumental music in real time from the 1970s onwards. His tendency to revise earlier compositions meant that his body of work was relatively small, but it included pieces considered landmarks of twentieth-century music, such as Le Marteau sans maître, Pli selon pli and Répons. His uncompromising commitment to modernism and the trenchant, polemical tone in which he expressed his views on music led some to criticise him as a dogmatist. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Ravel: Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
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Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, CD 87a
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Ravel: La valse, M. 72 - Choreographic poem, for Orchestra: La valse, M. 72
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Daphnis et Chloé, M. 57, Pt. 3: X. Lever du jour "Daybreak"
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Mahler: Symphony No. 5: IV. Adagietto. Sehr langsam

Albums

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Barenboim A-Z: Beethoven - Berg (The Solo Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon)

2026
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Boulez A-Z: Debussy - Liszt

2025
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Lyrinx Archives (1958·61·75) Zino Francescatti, New York, Dec. 16, 1975: The Last Performance

2023
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Boulez A-Z: Bartók

2025
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Boulez A-Z: Messiaen - Ravel

2025
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Historical Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat Major, Op. 55 "Eroica"

2023
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Boulez A-Z: Berg - Birtwistle

2025
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Boulez A-Z: Schoenberg - Strauss

2025
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Boulez A-Z: Boulez - Bruckner

2025
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Gazouillements

2024

Singles & EPs

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Messagesquisse

Single2023
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Schoenberg: Pierrot lunaire - Webern: 2 Lieder, 5 Canons - Boulez: Improvisations sur Mallarmé Nos 1-2

EP2014
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Bel Edifice Et Les Pressentiments

Single2019
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Carter: Concerto for Orchestra (Recorded 1975)

EP2017
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Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time

Single2011
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Druckman: Lamia (Revised Version) (Recorded 1975)

EP2017
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Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms

EP1999
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Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Flute Concerto In D Minor, Wq. 83

Single2015
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Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Le Sacre du Printemps

Single1992

Videos

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Дебюссі - Післеполудневий відпочинок фавна - ноти

Anna Naumova2.6K views
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Rudolph Nureyev : 'L'apres-midi d'un Faune'

Patricia Forkin541K views
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Ravel - Boléro | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (Waldbühne 2024)

EuroArtsChannel32K views
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Dukas: La Péri – Fanfare ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Marie Jacquot

hr-Sinfonieorchester – Frankfurt Radio Symphony124K views
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Pierrot Lunaire, I. "Mondestrunken"

Johann Wolfgang von Bearcat327K views
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Pierre Boulez plays Douze Notations: I. Fantasque – Modéré

Universal Edition71K views
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Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

Alex Dall'Asta980 views
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Edgard Varèse - Ionisation

Precipotato129K views
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Debussy: Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, L. 86, CD 87 (with Score)

symphony752686K views
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Pierre Boulez - Mahler: Symphony No. 2 in C Minor "Resurrection": IV. "Urlicht"

Deutsche Grammophon - DG4.6K views

Live performances

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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé / Rattle · Berliner Philharmoniker

Berliner Philharmoniker45K views
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Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale // LSO Chamber Ensemble & Malcolm Sinclair

London Symphony Orchestra10K views
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Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Jansen · Rattle · Berliner Philharmoniker

Berliner Philharmoniker9.6K views

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