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1. Michael Jarrell: Cassandre (2009)
performed by Ensemble InterContemporain, Susanna Mälkki (conductor)
composed by Michael JarrellIt's stretching the conventional, technical definition of the term to call Swiss composer Michael Jarrell's spoken monodrama Cassandre an opera, but ... More
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4. Boulez Conducts Boulez (2005)
performed by Ensemble InterContemporain, Hilary Summers (mezzo-soprano), Pierre Boulez (conductor)
composed by Pierre BoulezOf all Pierre Boulez's works, only Le Marteau sans maître (1953-1955) has achieved worldwide recognition as a modern masterpiece, partly because of ... More
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5. Boulez: Sur Incises; Messagesquisse; Anthèmes 2 (2000)
performed by Ensemble de violoncelles, Hae Sun Kang (violin), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Members of the Ensemble InterContemporain, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
composed by Pierre BoulezIf one characteristic stands out in the contemporary works of Pierre Boulez, it is the remarkable depths of sonority he achieves through methods of ... More
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7. Schoenberg (2005)
performed by Accentus, Caroline Chassany (soprano), Ensemble InterContemporain, Paul-Alexandre Dubois (bass)
composed by Arnold SchoenbergThis compelling collection of Arnold Schoenberg's choral music works well as a sampler of the composer's varied interests and changing methods, and ... More
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8. Philippe Manoury: Fragments pour un portrait; Partita No. 1 (2009)
performed by Christophe Desjardins (viola), Diemo Schwarz (electronics), Ensemble InterContemporain
composed by Philippe ManouryPhilippe Manoury (born 1952) is an unashamed modernist, but his works have an immediate sensual and intellectual appeal that should make them of ... More
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9. Boulez: Pli selon Pli (2002)
performed by Christine Schäfer (soprano), Ensemble InterContemporain, Pierre Boulez (conductor)
composed by Pierre BoulezThis recording of Pli selon Pli may be considered definitive. Pierre Boulez worked on this massive composition from 1957 to 1989, and over those ... More
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10. Boulez Conducts Boulez: Notations; Structures; ...explosante-fixe... (1995)
performed by Andrew Gerzso (electro-acoustics), Emmanuelle Ophèle (flute), Ensemble InterContemporain, Sophie Cherrier (midi flute)
composed by Pierre BoulezDie-hard fans of Pierre Boulez's music may find no difficulty in this disc's selections, though others less familiar with the composer's music may ... More
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13. György Ligeti: Clear or Cloudy (2006)
performed by Alfons Kontarsky (piano), Aloys Kontarsky (piano), Douglas Boyd (oboe), Ensemble InterContemporain, Gerd Zacher (organ), Gianluca Cascioli (piano), Hagen Quartett, Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Jacques Zoon (flute), James Sommerville (horn)
composed by György LigetiList of all editionsDeutsche Grammophon's budget-priced, four-CD collection of all the works by György Ligeti in its catalog has many things to commend it, beginning ... More
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14. Alberto Posadas: Oscuro abismo de llanto y de ternura; Nebmaat; Cripsis; Glossopoeia (2011)
performed by Alain Billard (clarinet), Alain Damiens (clarinet), Alexis Descharmes (cello), Béatrice Gendek (viola), Christophe Grindel (horn), Diego Tosi (violin), Ensemble InterContemporain, Eric-Maria Couturier (cello), Frédéric Bevilacqua (electronics)
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15. Varese: Arcana; Ameriques; Ionization; Offrandes; Density 21.5; Octandre; Integrales (1990)
performed by Ensemble InterContemporain, Lawrence Beauregard (flute), New York Philharmonic, Rachel Yakar (soprano), Pierre Boulez (conductor)
composed by Edgard VarèseList of all editionsPierre Boulez's insightful interpretations of Varèse's music were important additions to a once meager catalog of recordings. The 1977 release of ... More
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16. Mozart13Berg (2008)
performed by Christian Tetzlaff (violin), Ensemble InterContemporain, Mitsuko Uchida (piano), Pierre Boulez (conductor)
composed by Alban Berg, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartList of all editionsAs far as can be determined by perusing the international catalogs, this 2008 Decca disc contains post-modernist composer/conductor Pierre Boulez's ... More
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17. Unsuk Chin: Akrostichon-Wortspiel (2005)
performed by Dimitri Vassilakis (piano), Ensemble InterContemporain, Piia Komsi (soprano), Samuel Favre (percussion), Unsuk Chin (electronics)
composed by Unsuk ChinList of all editionsIn 2004, Korean-born composer Unsuk Chin pulled off what might seem impossible -- she won the prestigious Grauemeyer Award for her Violin Concerto ... More
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19. Hèctor Parra: Hypermusic Prologue (2010)
performed by Charlotte Ellet (soprano), Ensemble InterContemporain, James Bobby (baritone), Clement Power (conductor)
composed by Hèctor Parra, Spoken WordList of all editionsHypermusic Prologue: A projective opera in seven planes, with an English libretto by Harvard physics professor Lisa Randall and music by Spanish ... More
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22. Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire; Lied der Waldtaube; Erwartung (1993)
performed by Antony Pay (clarinet), Antony Pay (clarinet), Daniel Barenboim (piano), Janis Martin (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Members of the Ensemble InterContemporain, Michel Debost (piccolo flute), Michel Debost (flute), Pinchas Zukerman (violin)
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23. Boulez Conducts Stravinsky (2010)
performed by Alain Damiens (clarinet), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Ensemble InterContemporain, Gérard Caussé (viola), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Michel Arrignon (clarinet), Phyllis Bryn-Julson (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Berlin Radio Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Igor StravinskyList of all editionsThe years have seen Pierre Boulez record for CBS, Erato, EMI, and Philips, among other labels, but his most consistent and critically praised work ... More
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24. Unsuk Chin: Fantaisie Mécanique; Xi; Akrostichon-Wortspiel; Double Concerto (2011)
performed by Dimitri Vassilakis (piano), Ensemble InterContemporain, Piia Komsi (soprano), Samuel Favre (percussion)
composed by Unsuk ChinList of all editionsKorean-born composer Unsuk Chin studied with Ligeti in the later part of his career and is sometimes classed as his disciple. But he is only one of ... More
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25. Complete Webern (2000)
performed by Christiane Oelze (soprano), Clemens Hagen (cello), David Finckel (cello), Emerson String Quartet, Ensemble InterContemporain, Eric Schneider (piano), Francoise Pollet (soprano), Gerald Finley (bass), Gianluca Cascioli (piano), Gidon Kremer (violin)
composed by Anton Webern, Johann Sebastian Bach

