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8-CD Box!
Over the past 18 years Pierre Boulez has made a series of critically acclaimed recordings (including two Grammys) for Deutsche Grammophon of Bartók's major orchestral works (principally with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra), the complete concertos with leading international soloists and complete stage works. Here is the entire collection on eight CDs, gathered together in a single specially-priced box for the first time. |
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ARTISTS
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Pierre Boulez |
TRACKS
CD 1: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Orchestral Pieces, Op.12
Four Orchestral Pieces op.12 (Sz 51)
1 1. Preludio
2 2. Scherzo: allegro
3 3. Intermezzo: Moderato
4 4. Marcia funebre: Maestoso
Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116
5 1. Introduzione (Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace
6 2. Giuoco della coppie (Allegretto scherzando)
7 3. Elegia (Andante, non troppo)
8 4. Intermezzo interrotto (Allegretto)
9 5. Finale (Pesante - Presto)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
CD 2: Bartók: Divertimento; Dance Suite; Hungarian Sketches; Two Pictures
Dance Suite, Sz. 77
1 1. Moderato
2 2. Allegro molto
3 3. Allegro vivace
4 4. Molto tranquillo
5 5. Comodo
6 6. Finale (Allegro)
2 Pictures, (Op.10) Sz. 46
7 In voller Blüte
8 Dorftanz
Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97
9 1. An Evening in the Village
10 2. Bear Melody
11 3. Melody
12 4. Slightly Tipsy
13 5. Swineherd's Dance
Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113
14 1. Allegro non troppo
15 2. Molto adagio
16 3. Allegro assai
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
CD 3: Bartók: Piano Concertos Nos.1 - 3
Piano Concerto No.1, BB 91, Sz. 83
1 1. Allegro moderato - Allegro
2 2. Andante
3 Allegro - 3. Allegro molto
Krystian Zimerman, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Piano Concerto No.2, BB 101, Sz. 95
4 1. Allegro
5 2. Adagio - Più adagio - Presto
6 3. Allegro molto
Leif Ove Andsnes, Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Piano Concerto No.3, BB 127, Sz. 119
7 1. Allegretto
8 2. Adagio religioso
9 3. Allegro vivace
Hélène Grimaud, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
CD 4: Bartók: Concerto for Two Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra; Violin Concerto No.1; Viola Concerto
Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion, and Orchestra, Sz.115
1 Assai lento - Allegro molto
2 Lento ma non troppo
3 Allegro ma non troppo
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Tamara Stefanovich, Neil Percy, Nigel Thomas, London Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
Violin Concerto No.1 (Op.posth), Sz36
4 1. Andante sostenuto
5 2. Allegro giocoso
Gidon Kremer, Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, op.post.
Version: Tibor Serly
6 1. Moderato - Lento parlando
7 2. Adagio religioso - Allegretto
8 3. Allegro vivace
Yuri Bashmet, Berliner Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez
CD 5: Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2; Rhapsodies Nos.1 & 2
Violin Concerto No.2, Sz.112
1 1. Allegro non troppo
2 2. Andante tranquillo
3 3. Allegro molto
Rhapsody No.1 for Violin and Orchestra, Sz. 87
4 1. Moderato
5 2. Allegretto moderato
Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra no.2 Sz 90
6 1. Lassú: Moderato
7 2. Friss: Allegro moderato
Gil Shaham, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
CD 6: Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle
Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48 (Op.11)
1 Prologue - Opening Scene. "Megérkeztünk"
2 "Ez a Kékszakállú véra?"
3 "Nagy csukott ajtókat"
4 Door 1. "Jaj!" "Mit látsz? Mit látsz?" "Láncok, kések"
5 Door 2. "Mit látsz?" "Százkegyetlen szörnyü fegyver"
6 Door 3. "Oh, be sok kincs! Oh, be sok kincs!"
7 Door 4. "Oh! virágok! Oh! ilatoskert!"
8 Fifth Door. Kékszakállú: "Nézd hogy derül már a váram"
9 Door 6. "Csendes fehér tavat látok"
10 "Az utolsót nem nyitom ki"
11 "Tudom, tudom, Kékszakállú"
12 Door 7. "Lásd a régi aszszonyokat"
Jessye Norman, László Polgár, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
CD 7: Bartók: Cantata profana, Sz94; The Wooden Prince, Op.13
Cantata Profana, BB.100, Sz.94 - The Nine Splendid Stags
1 1. Molto moderato
2 2. Andante
3 3. Moderato
John Aler, John Tomlinson, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis
The Wooden Prince, Sz. 60 (Op.13)
4 Introduction
5 1st Dance: Dance of the Princess in the Forest
6 2nd Dance: Dance of the Trees
7 3rd Dance: Dance of the Waves
8 4th Dance: Dance of the Princess with the Wooden Doll
9 5th Dance: The Princess pulls and tugs at the Wooden Prince and tries to make him dance
10 6th Dance: She tries to attract the real Prince with her seductive dancing
11 7th Dance: Dismayed, the Princess attempts to hurry after the Prince, but the Forest bars her way
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
CD 8: Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op.19; Music for Strings, Precussion and Celesta, Sz 106
The Miraculous Mandarin, BB 82, Sz. 73 (Op.19)
1 Allegro: Introduction
2 Moderato: First decoy game
3 Second decoy game
4 Sostenuto: Third decoy game
5 Maestoso: The Mandarin enters
6 Allegro: The girl sinks down to embrace him
7 Sempre vivo: The tramps leap out
8 Adagio: Suddenly the Mandarin's head appears
9 Agitato: Again, the frightened tramps discuss how to eliminate the Mandarin
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez
10 Molto moderato: The body of the Mandarin begins to glow with a greenish blue light
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Duain Wolfe
11 Più mosso - Vivo - She resists no longer, - they embrace
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106
12 1. Andante tranquillo
13 2. Allegro
14 3. Adagio
15 4. Allegro molto
Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez |
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