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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 (

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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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Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring, K15, Pt. 2: XIV. Sacrificial Dance

Albums

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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: Le Marteau sans maître - Stockhausen: "Zeitmaße", Op. 5 (1956) (1967 Re-edited Version)

2023
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Boulez A-Z: Boulez - Bruckner

2025
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Gazouillements

2024
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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

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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Richard Wagner Parsifal

Single2021
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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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Bel Edifice Et Les Pressentiments

Single2019
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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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Wieniawski: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Himari · Weigle · Berliner Philharmoniker

Berliner Philharmoniker360K views
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Mahler, Symphony N. 5 Adagietto, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez

nemoris1.1K views
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Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, Mvt 4: Intermezzo Interrotto (Benjamin Zander, Boston Philharmonic)

Boston Philharmonic32K views
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Debussy, Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894)

Alex Dall'Asta957 views
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Edgard Varèse - Ionisation

Precipotato118K views
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Pierrot Lunaire, I. "Mondestrunken"

Johann Wolfgang von Bearcat317K views
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Pierre Boulez plays Douze Notations: I. Fantasque – Modéré

Universal Edition65K views
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Varèse Ionisation Boulez, Ensemble InterContemporain

Mundo Musical4.1K views
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Boulez - 12 Notations pour piano (1946) (with score)

Contemporary Classical2.8K views

Featured on

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Presenting Debussy

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Classical Workout

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