My NTS
Live now

Pierre Boulez

NTS default image

Pierre Boulez

Pierre Boulez has been played on NTS over 20 times, featured on 28 episodes and was first played on 14 January 2017.

Pierre Boulez (26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor, prolific writer, and pianist. He was also the founder and former director of the Paris based Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (IRCAM).

In his early career, Boulez played a key role in the development of integral serialism, controlled chance and electronic music. This, coupled with his highly polemical views on the evolution of music, gained him the image of an enfant terrible.

As a conductor, Boulez was known mainly for…

tracks
MOST PLAYED TRACKS
La Mer
Boulez, Debussy, The New Philharmonia Orchestra
CBS Masterworks1967
La Mer
Boulez, Debussy, The New Philharmonia OrchestraCBS Masterworks1967
Discogs
Miroirs
Ravel, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Deutsche Grammophon2010
Miroirs
Ravel, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, The Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre BoulezDeutsche Grammophon2010
Discogs
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Arnold Schoenberg, Ensemble InterContemporain, Pierre Boulez
CBS Masterworks1985
Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Arnold Schoenberg, Ensemble InterContemporain, Pierre BoulezCBS Masterworks1985
Discogs
Alborada Del Gracioso
Ravel, Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Deutsche Grammophon1994
Alborada Del Gracioso
Ravel, Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre BoulezDeutsche Grammophon1994
Discogs
Daphnis Et Chloé, Part II
Pierre Boulez, Ravel
Sony Classical, Sony Music2015
Daphnis Et Chloé, Part II
Pierre Boulez, RavelSony Classical, Sony Music2015
Discogs
Dupree's Paradise
Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemporain, The Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Consort, Frank Zappa
EMI1984
Dupree's Paradise
Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemporain, The Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Consort, Frank ZappaEMI1984
Discogs
Études Pour Piano (1er Livre)
Ligeti, Donatoni, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Erato1987
Études Pour Piano (1er Livre)
Ligeti, Donatoni, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre BoulezErato1987
Discogs
Three Songs From William Shakespeare
Stravinsky, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Ann Murray, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre Boulez
Deutsche Grammophon1982
Three Songs From William Shakespeare
Stravinsky, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Ann Murray, Robert Tear, John Shirley-Quirk, Ensemble Intercontemporain, Pierre BoulezDeutsche Grammophon1982
Discogs
Symphonie No. 5
Mahler, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Deutsche Grammophon1997
Symphonie No. 5
Mahler, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre BoulezDeutsche Grammophon1997
Discogs
Suite Op. 29
Varèse, Schönberg, Pierre Boulez
Vega1960
Suite Op. 29
Varèse, Schönberg, Pierre BoulezVega1960
Discogs
MORE TRACKS