Boulez conducts Bartok - The Complete DG Recordings (8 CDs)

Bela BARTOK (1881-1945)

Boulez conducts Bartók

Complete Recordings

on Deutsche Grammophon

Zimerman · Grimaud

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Berliner Philharmoniker

London Symphony Orchestra a.o.

Track List

CD 1: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Orchestral Pieces, Op.12

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

Four Orchestral Pieces op.12 (Sz 51)

Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Boulez

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CD 2: Bartók: Divertimento; Dance Suite; Hungarian Sketches; Two Pictures

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

Dance Suite, Sz. 77

2 Pictures, (Op.10) Sz. 46

Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97

Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113

Chicago Symphony Orchestra,

Pierre Boulez

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CD 3: Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos.1 - 3

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

Piano Concerto No.1, BB 91, Sz. 83

Krystian Zimerman, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Piano Concerto No.2, BB 101, Sz. 95

Leif Ove Andsnes, Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez

Piano Concerto No.3, BB 127, Sz. 119

Hélène Grimaud, 

London Symphony Orchestra, 

Pierre Boulez

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CD 4: Bartók: Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra; Violin Concerto No.1; Viola Concerto

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra, Sz.115

Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich, Neil Percy, Nigel Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Violin Concerto No.1 (Op.posth), Sz36

Gidon Kremer, Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez

Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, op.post.

Version: Tibor Serly

Yuri Bashmet 

Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez

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CD 5: Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2; Rhapsodies Nos.1 & 2

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112

Rhapsody No.1 for Violin and Orchestra, Sz. 87

Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra no.2 Sz 90

Gil Shaham, 

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 

Pierre Boulez

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CD 6: Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48 (Op.11)

Jessye Norman, László Polgár, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Total Playing Time 57:59

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CD 7: Bartók: Cantata profana, Sz94; The Wooden Prince, Op.13

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

Cantata Profana, BB.100, Sz.94 - The Nine Splendid Stags

John Aler, 

John Tomlinson, 

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 

Pierre Boulez, 

Chicago Symphony Chorus,

 Margaret Hillis

The Wooden Prince, Sz. 60 (Op.13)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Boulez

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CD 8: Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op.19; Music for Strings, Precussion and Celesta, Sz 106

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)

The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73 (Op.19)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 

Pierre Boulez,

 Chicago Symphony Chorus, 

Duain Wolfe

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, 

Pierre Boulez

About:

The 2009 Kyoto Prize for Music, bestowed once every four years since 1985 by the Inamori Foundation, has been awarded to Pierre Boulez. This great distinction, similar in intent to the Nobel Prize, recognizes outstanding achievement in the fields of philosophy, arts, science, and technology. Awards are to leaders in their respective fields as well as individuals whose work has contributed significantly to humanity.

In honouring Pierre Boulez as a leader “in the world of Western music since World War II”, the Inamori Foundation has referred to his all-embracing and path-breaking activities as composer, conductor, writer, teacher, lecturer, and founder/director of musical institutions as well as to the creative stimulus and influence he has exerted and continues to exert in each of these aspects of his extraordinary career. Congratulations to Maestro Boulez on the receipt of this singular honour!

"As composer and conductor, Boulez has done more than any other person alive to define the idea of what modern music is, and how it should sound.” The Guardian

Over the past 18 years Pierre Boulez has made a series of critically acclaimed recordings (including two Grammys) for Deutsche Grammophon of Bartók’s major orchestral works (principally with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), the complete concertos with leading international soloists and complete stage works. Here is the entire collection on eight CDs, gathered together in a single specially-priced box for the first time

The major orchestral works, complete concertos, complete stage works.

Soloists: Gil Shaham, Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet, Krystian Zimerman, Leif Ove Andsnes, Hélène Grimaud, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich & Jessye Norman in Bluebeard’s Castle.

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"As composer and conductor, Boulez has done more than any other person alive to define the idea of what modern music is, and how it should sound." -- The Guardian

Over the past 18 years Pierre Boulez has made a series of critically acclaimed recordings (including two Grammys) for Deutsche Grammophon of Bartók's major orchestral works (principally with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), the complete concertos with leading international soloists and complete stage works. Here is the entire collection on eight CDs, gathered together in a single specially-priced box for the first time.