Credits:

Britten, B.

Description:

First complete recording of the complete piano works of Boulez! Michael Wendeberg, pianist of the Ensemble Intercontemporain! Bastille Musique presents the first complete recording of the piano works of Pierre Boulez (1925-2016), including first drafts, alternate drafts, and unfinished works! Performed by contemporary music experts Michael Wendeberg and Nicholas Hodges, and recorded at the Pierre Boulez Saal in collaboration with Deutschlandfunk Kultur, this luxurious box set is of a quality worthy of a complete edition. This is the world premiere recording of the first draft of the first movement of "Piano Sonata No. 1," a different draft of the second chapter of "Structure No. 2," and Formant 1 of "Piano Sonata No. 3" (unfinished). The 64-page booklet (in English, French, and German) includes commentary by musicologists Martin Czenk and Olaf Wilhelmer, interviews with the artists and producers, and a leaflet printed with photographs and autographs of the composers and artists.Michael Wendeberg, the main piano player, is a German conductor & pianist who has served as music director of the Ensemble Contrechain (Geneva), permanent conductor of the Yerevan Opera House (Armenia), and Kapellmeister of the Halle Opera House (Germany) From 2000-2005, He worked intensively with Boulez as pianist of the Ensemble Intercontemporain, which Boulez founded, and is a specialist in performing all his piano works, including Boulez's 90th anniversary in 2015. Tokyo M-Plus