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| CD 1: | |
| PIERRE BOULEZ | |
| 1. Sonatine for Flute and Piano, Op. 1 (1946; revised 1949) Severino Gazzelloni: flute; David Tudor: piano | |
| - Piano Sonata No. 2 (1948) Yvonne Loriod: piano | |
| 2. Extrêmement rapide (extremely fast) | |
| 3. Lent (slow) | |
| 4. Modéré, presque vif (moderate, almost lively) | |
| 5. Vif (lively) | |
| - Polyphonie X for Ensemble (1950–51); withdrawn. | |
| 6. Modéré | |
| 7. Lent | |
| 8. Vif | |
| Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Hans Rosbaud | |
| - Polyphonie X for Ensemble (1950–51); withdrawn. | |
| 9. Polyphonie X (Part 1) | |
| Symphony Orchestra of the RAI (Radiotelevisione italiana) Conductor: Bruno Maderna | |
| - Deux études de musique concréte For Magnetic Tape (1951-2) | |
| 10. Étude 1 Sur un son | |
| 11. Étude 2 Sur un accord de sept sons | |
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| CD 2: | |
| PIERRE BOULEZ | |
| - Le Soleil des eaux (The Sun and the Waters) for Soprano, Chorus and Orchestra (1948; revised 1950; revised 1958; revised 1965); text: two poems by René Char | |
| 1. Complainte du lézard amoureux | |
| 2. La Sorgue (Chanson pour Yvonne) | |
| Irène Joachim: soprano; Joseph Peyron: tenor; Pierre Mollet: baritone. RTF National Orchestra Conductor: Roger Désormière | |
| - Structures Book 1 for Two Pianos (1951–52) | |
| 3. Premier mouvement | |
| 4. Deuxième mouvement | |
| 5. Troisième mouvement | |
| Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky: pianos | |
| - Le Marteau sans maître for Alto Voice and Six Instruments (1953–55; revised 1957) | |
| 6. Avant "l'Artisanat furieux" | |
| 7. Commentaire I de "Bourreaux de solitude" | |
| 8. "L'Artisanat furieux" | |
| 9. Commentaire II de "Bourreaux de solitude” | |
| 10. "Bel édifice et les pressentiments", double | |
| 11. "Bourreaux de solitude" | |
| 12. Après "L'Artisanat furieux" | |
| 13. Commentaire III de "Bourreaux de solitude" | |
| 14. Bel édifice et les pressentiments - Double | |
| Marie-Thérèse Cahn: contralto. Solistes du Domaine Musical. Conductor: Pierre Boulez | |
| 15. La Symphonie mécanique musique concrète, for a film by Jean Mitry (1955) | |
| 16. Poésie pour pouvoir (Poems for Power), for Orchestra and Tape, | |
| (from the Poem by Henri Michaux) (1955/58); withdrawn | |
| Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra. Conductors: Hans Rosbaud, Pierre Boulez. | |
| Michel Bouquet: voice | |
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| CD 3: | |
| PIERRE BOULEZ | |
| - Pli selon pli (Fold by Fold), for Soprano and Orchestra (1957–58, as Improvisations sur Mallarmé I and II; completed 1959–62; revised 1983; revised 1989) | |
| 1. Pli selon pli: No. 2, Improvisation I sur Mallarmé | |
| 2. Pli selon pli: No. 3, Improvisation II sur Mallarmé Eva Maria Rogner: soprano; Maria Bergmann: piano. Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI di Roma. Conductor: Pierre Boulez | |
| 3. Tombeau à la mémoire du Prince Max Egon zu Fürstenberg (1959) | |
| Eva-Maria Rogner: soprano. Ensemble Domaine Musical Paris. Conductor: Pierre Boulez | |
| - Structures Book II for Two Pianos (1961) | |
| 4. Chapitre I | |
| 5. Chapitre II / Version 1 | |
| 6. Chapitre II / Version 2 | |
| Yvonne Loriod, Piere Boulez: pianos | |
| KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN | |
| 7. Kontra-Punkte for Ten Instruments, Op. 1 (1952-1953) | |
| Solistes du Domaine musical. Conductor: Pierre Boulez | |
| ANTON WEBERN | |
| Symphony, Op.21 (1928) | |
| 8. Ruhig schreitend | |
| 9. Variationen | |
| Orchestre du Domaine musical. Conductor: Pierre Boulez | |
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| CD 4: | |
| IGOR STRAVINSKY | |
| 1. Concertino for Twelve Instruments (arrangement of the original work for a string quartet (1920), made by Igor Stravinsky in 1952) | |
| Conductor: Pierre Boulez | |
| 2. Symphonies of Wind Instruments (1920, | |
| version 1947) | |
| Orchestre du Domaine musical. Conductor: Pierre Boulez | |
| EDGARD VARÈSE | |
| 3. Intégrales for Orchestra and Percussion (1923-1925) | |
| Orchestre du Domaine musical. Conductor: Pierre Boulez | |
| LUCIANO BERIO | |
| 4. Serenata 1 for Flute and Fourteen Instruments (1957) | |
| Severino Gazzeloni: flute. Conductor: Pierre Boulez | |
| LUIGI NONO | |
| 5. Incontri, for Twenty-Four Instruments Orchestre Du Domaine Musical. Conductor: Pierre Boulez | |
| KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN | |
| 6. Zeitmasse (Time Measures), for Five Woodwinds Op.5 (1956) | |
| Conductor: Pierre Boulez | |
| ARNOLD SCHOENBERG | |
| - Septet (Suite) in E flat major, Op. 29 (1926) | |
| 7. Ouverture. Allegretto. Sehr flott | |
| 8. Tanzschritte | |
| 9. Thema mit Variationen 10 Gigue | |
| Conductor: Pierre Boulez | |
