Pierre Boulez

France
March 26, 1925 – January 5, 2016

Pierre Louis Joseph Boulez CBE (26 March 1925 – 5 January 2016) was a French composer, conductor, writer and founder of institutions. He was one of the dominant figures of the post-war classical music world.

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13 countries

Pierre Boulez top songs

1	La Mer: II. Jeux de vagues
2	Also Sprach Zarathustra, Op.30: Einleitung
3	Piano Concerto for the Left Hand in D, M. 82
4	Le Sacre du Printemps: The Harbingers of Spring, Dance of the Adolescents
5	Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19 (Orchestral Version)
6	Le Sacre du Printemps: Mock Abduction
7	Le Sacre du Printemps: Dance of the Earth
8	Passacaglia for Orchestra, Op. 1
9	The Song of the Nightingale: Chant du Rossignol
10	Ramifications for String Orchestra or 12 Solo Strings
11	The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu) - Ballet (1910): Infernal dance of all Kashchei's subject's
12	The Song of the Nightingale: Marche Chinoise
13	The Song of the Nightingale: Introduction
14	Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61: II. Assez lent - avec une expression intense
15	Piano Concerto in G Major, M.83: 1. Allegramente
16	La ville d'en haut
17	Le tombeau de Couperin, M.68: 4. Rigaudon
18	Chronochromie For Large Orchestra: 5. Antistrophe II
19	Nocturnes, L. 91 (Orchestral Version): III. Sirènes
20	Le Sacre du Printemps: III. Glorification of the Chosen One
21	Pulcinella Suite for Orchestra: IIIb. Allegro
22	Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351 : V. La Réjouissance. Allegro
23	Hyperprism
24	Le Sacre du Printemps: VI. Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen One)
25	The Firebird (L'oiseau de feu): Ivan Tsarevich captures the Firebird

Pierre Boulez quotes

I always admired very much the virtuosity in Strauss because, really, he's a master of using the orchestra. And I like virtuosity, I must say, even if the taste of the music is not always mine.