Gustav Mahler - Ruckert Lieder; Richard Wagner - Wesendonck Lieder, Das Liebesmahl der Apostel

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Rückert Lieder (1901-1902)

Richard WAGNER (1813-1883)

Wesendonck Lieder (1857-1858)

Das Liebesmahl der Apostel (1843)

Yvonne Minton (mezzo-sop) 

Westminster Choir 

London Symphony Orchestra

New York Philharmonic Orchestra

Pierre Boulez

Tracks 1-10 recorded in London, EMI Studios, May 1979.

Tracks 11-16 recorded in New York City, Manhattan Center, October 6, 1975.

Harrison Birtwistle - Secret Theatre; Tragoedia; Five Distances; 3 Settings of Celan

Harrison BIRTWISTLE (1934-2022)

Tragoedia (1965)

Five Distances for Five Instruments (1992) 

Three Settings of Celan (1989-1996)

Secret Theatre (1984)

Christine Whittlesey (soprano)

Ensemble InterContemporaine

Pierre Boulez

Recorded in Paris, IRCAM-Studio/ESPRO, 6/1993

Arnold Schoenberg - Chorus Music; A Survivor from Warsaw

Arnold SCHONBERG (1874 -1971)

Chorus Music with "A Survivor From Warsaw"

Friede auf Erden, Op.13

Kol Nidre, Op.39

Drei Volkslieder,Op.49

Zwei Kanons nach Goethe

Drei deutsche Volkslieder

Vier Stucke, Op.27

Drei Satiren, Op.28

Sechs Stucke, Op.35

Dremial tousend Jahre, Op.50A

Psalm 130, Op.50B

Modern Psalm No.1, Op.50C

A Survivor from Warsaw, Op.46 

John Shirley-Quirk (Narrator) 

Günther Reich (Narrator)

BBC Singers  

BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra 

Pierre Boulez

Tracks 1-1, 2-1 to 2-7, 2-14 and 2-15 recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, 8 September 1982.

Tracks 1-2, 2-8 to 2-13 and 2-16 recorded at BBC Maida Vale Studios, 19 February 1984.

Tracks 1-3 to 1-10 recorded at EMI Studios, London, 26 October 1986.

Track 2-17 recorded at EMI Studios, London, 23 September 1976.

The Alban Berg Collection (8 CDs)

Alban BERG (1885-1935)

The Alban Berg Collection

Artists

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Aribert Reimann (piano)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, LaSalle Quartet, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Claudio Abbado, Pierre Boulez

8 CDs

Works:

CD 1

Drei Orchesterstücke, Op. 6

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Lyric Suite - three movements for string orchestra (1928)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935)

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

James Levine

CD2

Chamber Concerto for Piano and Violin with 13 Wind Instruments

Daniel Barenboim (piano), Pinchas Zukerman (violin)

Ensemble Intercontemporain

Pierre Boulez

Piano Sonata, Op. 1

Daniel Barenboim (piano)

Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5

Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Oleg Maisenberg (piano)

Adagio from Chamber Concerto 

Gidon Kremer (violin), Oleg Maisenberg (piano), Sabine Meyer (clarinet)

Strauss, J, II: Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333 (Arr. Alban Berg)

Boston Symphony Chamber Players

CD 3

Lyric Suite - for string quartet (1926)

LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)

String Quartet, Op. 3

LaSalle Quartet (string quartet)

Sieben frühe Lieder

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Bengt Forsberg (piano)

Schliesse mir die Augen beide

Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

An Leukon

Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Schliesse mir die Augen beide (1925 version)

Margaret Marshall (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano)

Vier Lieder, Op. 2

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Aribert Reimann (piano)

CD 4

Sieben frühe Lieder

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

5 Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg, Op. 4

Juliane Banse (soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Der Wein

Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

Lulu-Suite (Five Symphonic Pieces) for soprano and orchesta

Juliane Banse (soprano)

Wiener Philharmoniker

Claudio Abbado

CDs 5, 6 and 7

Lulu 

Jules Bastin (bass), Gerd Nienstedt (bass), Pierre-Yves Le Maigat (baritone), Teresa Stratas (singer), Teresa Stratas (soprano), Franz Mazura (baritone), Toni Blankenheim (baritone), Yvonne Minton (mezzo-soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Kenneth Riegel (tenor), Helmut Pampuch (tenor), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano), Jane Manning (soprano), Claude Meloni (tenor), Anna Ringart (mezzo-soprano), Ursula Boese (mezzo-soprano)

Orchestre de l'Opéra de Paris

Pierre Boulez

CDs 7 and 8

Wozzeck 

Aage Haugland (bass), Franz Grundheber (baritone), Viktoria Lehner (soprano), Hildegard Behrens (soprano), Walter Raffeiner (tenor), Heinz Zednik (tenor), Philip Langridge (tenor), Anna Gonda (alto), Alfred Sramek (bass), Alexander Maly (baritone), Werner Kamenik (tenor), Peter Jelosits (tenor), Helmut Froschauer (chorus master)

Wiener Staatsoper, Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben

Claudio Abbado

Arnold Schoenberg - Moses und Aron; Chamber Symphony No.2

Arnold SCHOENBERG (1874-1951)

Moses und Aron

Opera in Three Acts

Chamber Symphony No.2, Op.38*

Günther Reich (Moses)

Richard Cassilly (Aron)

BBC Singers; Orpheus Boy's Choir

BBC Symphony Orchestra

Ensemble InterContemporain*

Pierre Boulez

Recording: West Ham Central Mission, London. November 30 and December 3,5 and 6, 1974 (Moses un Aron)

IRCAm, Centre Georges Pompidu, Paris, April 5, 1980 (Symphony)

Franz Liszt - The Concertos

Franz LISZT (1811-1880)

The Concertos

Piano Concerto No. 2 In A Major, S. 125

Piano Concerto No. 1 In E Flat Major, S. 124

Encores

Consolation No. 3 In D Flat Major, S. 172/3

Valse Oubliée No. 1 In F Sharp Major, S. 215

Daniel Barenboim

Staatskapelle Berlin

Pierre Boulez

Live Recording made at the Ruhr Piano Festival at the Essen Philharmonie 2011.

Alban Berg - Songs

Alban BERG (1885-1935)

Songs

Seven Early Songs
Five Orchestral Songs
Youthful Songs*
Two Songs

Jessye Norman (Soprano)
Ann Schein (Piano)*

London Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Boulez

Boulez - Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna; Messagesquisse; Notations 1-4

Pierre BOULEZ (1925-2016)

Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna

Orchestre de Paris 

Daniel Barenboim

Messagesquisse 

for 7 cellos

Albert Tetard (Cello), Jeanine Tétard (Cello), Hikaru Sato (Cello), 

Pierre Degenne (Cello), Guy Besnard (Cello), Etienne Péclard (Cello), 

Jean-Luc Bourré (Cello)  

Notations (12) for Orchestra: Nos.1-4 

Orchestre de Paris

Daniel Barenboim 

Alban Berg - Wozzeck

Alban BERG (1885-1935)

Wozzeck

Walter Berry 

Isabel Strauss 

Paris National Opera 

Pierre Boulez 

Schoenberg - Die glückliche Hand; Variations for Orchestra; Verklärte Nacht

Arnold Schoenberg

Die glückliche Hand Op.18

Variations for Orchestra Op.31

Verklärte Nacht for String Orchestra, Op. 4

Siegmund Nimsgern

BBC Symphony Orchestra

BBC Singers

New York Philharmonic 

Pierre Boulez

Maurice Ravel - Songs

Maurice Ravel: 

Songs

Shéhérazade

Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé

Chansons madécasses

Don Quichotte à Dulcinée

Cinq Mélodies populaires grecques

Jose van Dam; Jill Gomez; Heather Harper; Jessye Norman

BBC Symphony Orchestra; members of The Ensemble Intercontemporain

Pierre Boulez

Elliott Carter - Oboe Concerto; Espirit Rude/ Espirit Doux; A Mirror in which to Dwell

Elliott Carter: 

Oboe Concerto 

Espirit Rude// Espirit Doux

A Mirror in which to Dwell

Penthode

Heinz Holliger (Performer), Sophie Cherrier (Performer), Trouttet (Artist), Phyllis Bryn-Julson (Performer), Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez (Conductor)

Elliott Carter - Oboe Concerto and other Orchestral Works

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

Mahler - Das Klagende Lied

 Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)

Das Klagende Lied

Soloists, London Symphony Orchestra

Pierre Boulez