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First, the stupid part. For no sane reason, Sony has […]
If you want all of Messiaen’s orchestral and vocal-orchestral music
Ah, the delicious irony of it all! Here we have
There’s something strangely provincial about this production. It’s beautifully packaged, with an extra CD in which Boulez discusses–in three languages–his “discovery” of Szymanowski, and it
This is the best Boulez recording in quite a while. He offers the canonic 12 Wunderhorn songs, meaning no Urlicht and no Das himmlische Leben
Pierre-Laurent Aimard’s playing and Boulez’s conducting are both very good–but just a touch flat as compared to the best of the competition. In the Left
Pierre Boulez has become a “grand old man”, and for the past decade or so he has conducted like one. He used to be fabulous
The classical music business is a wild and wacky thing. Imagine, Two new recordings of Pierrot Lunaire within a few months! After all, it’s not
Bartók’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion is one of his most impressive works, bracing in its intensity. Unfortunately, Bartók’s reworking of the piece as
It’s good to be able to report that Pierre Boulez ends his protracted Mahler Symphony cycle (the first installment appeared in 1995) on a decided
