Boulez, The Conductor: Complete Recordings On DG And Decca

Homage to a passionate structuralist and exceptional conductor

Pierre Boulez' legacy as a conductor includes plenty of exceptional recordings: his Mahler Symphony cycle, the Chéreau "Bayreuth Centenary Ring " from 1976-1980, his take on classic 20th century composers from Bartok to Stravinsky to mention some highlights. Being a splendid intellectual, Boulez was regarded as a "national cultural institution" in France during his lifetime and celebrated all over the world as a conductor of outstanding clarity, analytical thinking and absolute precision of execution. Boulez is a central musical figure of the 20th century.

• 84 CD Original Jackets Collection: the first edition to comprise all of Pierre Boulez’ recordings as a conductor on Deutsche Grammophon, Philips and Decca
• Includes a legendary staging on video: the unrivaled Bayreuth Centenary Ring by Boulez/Chéreau on 4 Blu-ray Discs in HD-quality, with audio layers in 24-bit PCM Stereo 2.0 and Surround 5.1
• Presents Boulez’ benchmark recordings of Bartók, Mahler, Ravel, Stravinsky, Schoenberg and others
• Insightful bonus material: first international release of the interview CD Pierre Boulez on Debussy, Mahler, Webern
• The booklet includes full tracklistings, a repertoire index, many photos, and substantial articles in English, French and German by Wolfgang Stähr

Tracklist:

BARTÓK
CD 1 4 Orchestral Pieces · Concerto for Orchestra
CD 2 Dance Suite · 2 Pictures · Hungarian Sketches · Divertimento
CD 3 The Miraculous Mandarin · Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta
CD 4 Cantata profana Aler · Tomlinson · The Wooden Prince
CD 5 Piano Concertos
CD 6 Concerto for 2 Pianos / Violin Concerto No. 1 / Viola Concerto
CD 7 Violin Concerto No. 2 / Violin Rhapsodies Nos. 1 & 2
CD 8 Bluebeard’s Castle
CD 9 BERG: Chamber Concerto · Lulu Suite
CD 10–12 BERG: Lulu
CD 13 BERLIOZ: Symphonie fantastique · Tristia
CD 14–15 BERLIOZ: Roméo and Juliette · Les Nuits d’été
CD 16 BIRTWISTLE: Theseus Game · Earth Dances
CD 17 BIRTWISTLE: Tragoedia · 5 Distances · 3 Settings of Celan

BOULEZ
CD 18 Notations · Structures, Livre II · …explosante-fixe…
CD 19 Le Marteau sans maitre · Dérive 1 · Dérive 2
CD 20 Pli selon Pli
CD 21 Répons / Dialogue de l’ombre double
CD 22 Sur Incises / Messagesquisse / Anthèmes 2
CD 23 BRUCKNER: Symphony No. 8
CD 24 DEBUSSY: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune · Images · Printemps
CD 25 DEBUSSY: Nocturnes · Première Rhapsodie · Jeux · La Mer
CD 26 LIGETI: Chamber Concerto · Ramifications · Aventures · Nouvelles Aventures
CD 27 LIGETI: Piano Concerto / Cello Concerto / Violin Concerto
CD 28 LISZT: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 · Consolation No. 3 · Valse oubliée No. 1

MAHLER
CD 29 Symphony No. 1 “Titan” · Totenfeier
CD 30 Symphony No. 2 “Resurrection”
CD 31–32 Symphony No. 3 / Das klagende Lied
CD 33 Symphony No. 4 Banse
CD 34 Symphony No. 5
CD 35 Symphony No. 6 “Tragic”
CD 36 Symphony No. 7
CD 37–38 Symphony No. 8 “Symphony of a Thousand”
CD 39 Symphony No. 9
CD 40 Des Knaben Wunderhorn / Symphony No. 10
CD 41 Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen / Rückert-Lieder / Kindertotenlieder
CD 42 Das Lied von der Erde
CD 43 Symphony No. 6 “Tragic”
CD 44 MESSIAEN: Poèmes pour Mi / Le Réveil des oiseaux / Sept Haikai
CD 45 MESSIAEN: Chronochromie / La Ville d’en haut / Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
CD 46 MOZART: Gran Partita · BERG: Chamber Concerto

RAVEL
CD 47 Ma Mère l’oye / Une Barque sur l’océan / Alborada del gracioso / Rhapsodie espagnole / Boléro
CD 48 Daphnis et Chloé / La Valse
CD 49 Piano Concerto / Valses nobles et sentimentales / Piano Concerto for the Left Hand
CD 50 Shéhérazade / Le Tombeau de Couperin / Pavane pour une infante défunte / DEBUSSY: Danses

SCHOENBERG
CD 51 Pelleas und Melisande / Piano Concerto
CD 52 Pierrot lunaire / Herzgewächse / Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte
CD 53–54 Moses und Aron
CD 55 SCRIABIN: Le Poème de l’extase · Piano Concerto / Prométhée – Le Poème du feu
CD 56 STRAUSS: Also sprach Zarathustra · MAHLER: Totenfeier

STRAVINSKY
CD 57 Scherzo fantastique / Le Roi des étoiles / Le Chant du Rossignol / L’Histoire du Soldat
CD 58 L’Oiseau de feu / Feu d’artifice / 4 Études
CD 59 Pétrouchka / Le Sacre du printemps
CD 60 Symphonies d’instruments à vent / Symphonie de psaumes / BIRTWISTLE: The Triumph of Time
CD 61 Ebony Concerto / Concertino / 8 Instrumental Miniatures / “Dumbarton Oaks” / Double Canon
CD 62 Songs
CD 63 SZYMANOWSKI: Violin Concerto No. 1 / Symphony No. 3 “Song of the Night”
CD 64 VARÈSE: Amériques / Arcana / Déserts / Ionisation

WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen
CD 65–66 Das Rheingold
CD 67–69 Die Walküre
CD 70–72 Siegfried
CD 73–76 Götterdämmerung
CD 77–79 WAGNER: Parsifal

WEBERN
CD 80 Passacaglia / Movements / 6 Pieces for Orchestra / Bach & Schubert Orchestrations
CD 81 5 Pieces for Orchestra / 3 Orchestral Songs / Symphony / Cantata Nos. 1 & 2 / Variations
CD 82 Piano Quintet / Entflieht auf leichten Kähnen / 5 Pieces for Orchestra / Songs / Quartet / Concerto

BONUS
CD 83 Pierre Boulez on Debussy, Mahler, Weber [interview with musical excerpts]
CD 84 RAVEL Piano Concerto / Piano Concerto for the Left Hand & WAGNER: Prelude from Tristan und Isolde

WAGNER: Der Ring des Nibelungen
BD 1 Das Rheingold
BD 2 Die Walküre
BD 3 Siegfried
BD 4 Götterdämmerung