Label: Bridge
Format: CD
Barcode: 0090404945625
Catalog number: BRIDG 9456
Releasedate: 22-01-16
Format: CD
Barcode: 0090404945625
Catalog number: BRIDG 9456
Releasedate: 22-01-16
- on these discs, Marc Ponthus plays all of Boulez's solo piano music, including the expanded 2001 version of Incises
- Pierre Boulez died January 5th 2016 at the age of 90 years
- Pierre Boulez died January 5th 2016 at the age of 90 years
Pierre Boulez's solo keyboard output remains heavily weighted in favor of the most radical, intransigent phase of his development—his twenties—although it is no coincidence that these were also his most productive, self-assured years as a composer. As Charles Rosen, one of Boulez’s important early interpreters, observed, the piano “is a traditional outlet for experimentation: it allows an immediate control over the musical idea,” one that “often indicates at once the nature of the revolution and suggests its limits.” Those limits would be reached in earnest with the unfinished Third Sonata, one of the essential termini of the postwar avant-garde project in its most “heroic” phase, and in many respects the decisive venture of Boulez’s creative life. On these discs, Marc Ponthus plays all of Boulez's solo piano music, including the expanded 2001 version of Incises.
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1Deuxième SonateI. Extrêmement rapide - Encore plus vif...05:22
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2Deuxième SonateII. Lent - Un peu plus vif...11:20
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3Deuxième SonateIII. Modéré, presque vif - Mouvement dédoublé - Modéré, presque vif02:13
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4Deuxième SonateIV. Vif - Très modéré - Modéré... (progressively until)10:01
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5Douze NotationsI. Fantasque - Modéré00:54
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6Douze NotationsII. Très vif00:22
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7Douze NotationsIII. Assez lent00:55
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8Douze NotationsIV. Rythmique00:30
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9Douze NotationsV. Doux et improvisé00:31
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10Douze NotationsVI. Rapide00:25
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11Douze NotationsVII. Hiératique01:17
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12Douze NotationsVIII. Modéré jusqu'à très vif00:52
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13Douze NotationsIX. Lointain - Calme01:33
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14Douze NotationsX. Mécanique et très sec00:35
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15Douze NotationsXI. Scintillant00:45
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16Douze NotationsXII. Lent - Puissant et âpre01:05
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1Incises10:02
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2Première SonateI. Lent - Beaucoup plus allant - Lent...03:58
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3Première SonateII. Assez large - Rapide - Modéré sans lenteur - Plus vif...05:07
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4Une page d'éphéméride03:54
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5Troisième SonateI. Formant 3: Constellation-Miroir11:12
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6Troisième SonateII. Formant 2: Trope07:26