classical music: Pierre Boulez     classical music:     Pierre Boulez      Bartok: Violin Concertos, Viola Concerto, 6 Duo for 2 Violins, Violin Rhapsodies; Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin, Bela Bartok, ... EMI Classics, 2004 As good as it gets First you have to like Bartok. Not everyone enjoys the 20th century extention of classical music. If you do like Bartok and want to hear his violin compositions - then buy this CD and hear a true master at work.             Berg: Chamber Concerto; Three Orchestral Pieces, Op. 6; Violin Concerto Alban Berg, Pierre Boulez, ... Sony, 1995 Exemplary Berg It remains to be seen how kindly history will judge Pierre Boulez the composer. However, by virtue of this release alone, his credentials as a conductor are the stuff of which legends are made. Of the atonalists, Berg is in some ways the most "messy." He was not as ...             Ravel: The Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales Maurice Ravel, Pierre Boulez, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1999 Peerless Ravel-Astounding, Heart Stopping I have adored the 2 Ravel Piano Concerti since high school and I have heard every existing recording of these masterpieces. Nothing compares to the interepretations of Zimmerman, especially in the Left Hand Concerto. The opening solo cadenza is truly breathtaking and ...             Stravinsky, Prokofiev, Webern, etc / Maurizio Pollini Stravinsky, Prokofiev, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1996 One of the top piano discs of my collection This is one amazing disc of piano-playing, one that never ceases to leave my mouth hanging open every time I listen to it. Do yourself a favor if you read music and find a score of the Stravinsky. Follow along as Pollini plays and be amazed, truly amazed. Amazed ...             Leos Janacek - From the House of Dead / MCO, ASC, Boulez, Chereau (Festival Aix-en-Provence 2007) Olaf Bär, Peter Straka Deutsche Grammophon, 2008 A searing and memorable final production from Boulez and Chereau Janacek's final opera, composed in 1927-28 and given its posthumous premiere two years later, is based on the Dostoyevsky novel written in 1861-62 in which the author renders his own prison experiences. The story as seen in the opera is not presented in a linear ...             Debussy's Greatest Hits Claude Debussy, Andrew Litton, ... Sony, 1994 THIS IS THE STUFF RIGHT HERE! I BOUGHT THIS BECAUSE I WAS TRYING EXPAND MY HORIZONS, YOU KNOW? CULTURALLY AND MENTALLY, YOU KNOW? SERIOUSLY THOUGH I WAS IN THE SHOP AND I WAS HAVING A GAZE AROUND THE PLACE AND THEN THIS PICTURE JUST JUMPS OUT AT ME, AND I PICKED IT UP AND IT WAS THIS DEBUSSY CHAP ...             Ravel: Greatest Hits Maurice Ravel, Andrew Litton, ... Sony, 1994 Bolero aside, sheer perfection I do not like Bolero. I have never liked Bolero. I don't think I will ever enjoy Bolero. I say this only to offer a reason for my lack of mention of that piece (beyond this, obviously). In fairness, Ravel at least once described Bolero as trivial, "a piece for ...             Debussy: La Mer / Nocturnes / Jeux / Rhapsodie pour clarinette et orchestre - The Cleveland Orchestra / ... Claude Debussy, Pierre Boulez, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1995 Best "La Mer" I've ever heard I join the throng of five-star reviews for this fabulous CD of Debussy specialties including "La Mer" and "Nocturnes". While Pierre Boulez clearly has the training, background, intuition and temperament to define these exquisite works, it is hard to imagine the bad ...             Handel: Water Music (Complete); Music for the Royal Fireworks George Frederick Handel, Pierre Boulez, ... Sony, 2003 simply the reference version I'll say it: this is one of the finest recordings I've ever had the huge pleasure of owning. Great piece, superbly conceived by Boulez, and magnificently played by John Cerminaro, horn, and the entire ensemble. Ok, I'm a former player, so I know. What Cerminaro ...             Schoenberg: Piano Concerto Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, ... Philips, 2001 Among Uchida's Best A little perspective: I am a 21-year old pianist who has made it his obligation in the past couple of years to thoroughly internalize Schoenberg's Op. 11 and 19, both of which are found on this CD. I am a stickler for following every little marking Schoenberg wrote, ...             Stravinsky: Petrouchka; Le Sacre de printemps Igor Stravinsky, Pierre Boulez, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1992 80 YEARS ON Both Petrushka and the Rite date from 1911, and these performances of them were recorded in 1991. By that date Boulez himself was not in the springtime of his youth, and it may well be, as some comment seems to suggest, that his readings are less incisive than in ...             G. Mahler: Symphony no. 8 Pierre Boulez DG, 2008 Great performance -- but not for everyone This a fine performance, but, as with many of Boulez's Mahler recordings, many listeners will likely resist the conductor's departures from the more traditional approaches exemplified by Bernstein, Solti, Kubelik, or Gielen. What this performance occasionally lacks in ...             Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen / Pierre Boulez, Bayreuth Opera (Complete Ring Cycle, Parts 1-4) Peter Hofmann (II), Matti Salminen Deutsche Grammophon, 2005 The Best Video Staging of Wagner's Ring As much as this production detracts from the teutonic tradition that Wagner designed the Ring for, this centenniary production of the Ring with Patrice Chereau as the director, Pierre Boulez as conductor, and Brian Large as the very talented producer, is possibly the ...             Mahler: Symphony No. 1 Gustav Mahler, Pierre Boulez, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 1999 Youthful Mahler Gustav Mahler is well known for his symphonies. Most know that they are usually lengthy, but there is more to it; each of his symphonies are an experience, rather than enjoying a simple artistic musical work. Mahler's sense of dramatic timing is evident in his ...             Alban Berg Collection / Various (Coll) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Sabine Meyer, ... Deutsche Grammophon, 2004 Real Estate Saver This little box is an elegant, SPACE-SAVING means of acquiring classic performances (all of them stellar) from the DG catalog of Berg's major works, including two by my adored Lasalle Quartet that I believe have recently gone OOP. The set contains eight CD's housed in ...          products you might be interested in   search for classical music aix-en-provence, clarinette, petrouchka, rhapsodies, sentimentales, stravinsky      geepe.com    web randomly chosen book: Awareness