The 1st, 6th, 9th-10th, 12th-13th works originally for solo piano; 18th work originally for voice and piano. Title from disc label. Various performers ; Pierre Boulez, conductor (all except Concerto for piano and orchestra in G major). Recorded between 1964 and 1979.
Contents:
disc 1. Menuet antique ; La valse (New York Philharmonic) ; Daphnis et Chloé (Camerata Singers ; New York Philharmonic) -- disc 2. Shéhérazade (Ouverture) (New York Philharmonic) ; Rapsodie espagnole (The Cleveland Orchestra) ; Valses nobles et sentimentales ; Ma mère l'oye (New York Philharmonic) -- disc 3. Fanfare for the ballet L'Éventail de Jeanne (New York Philharmonic) ; Alborada del gracioso (The Cleveland Orchestra) ; Le tombeau de Couperin (New York Philharmonic) ; Piano concerto for the left hand (Philippe Entremont, piano ; The Cleveland Orchestra) ; Pavane pour une infante défunte (The Cleveland Orchestra) ; Une barque sur l'océan ; Boléro (New York Philharmonic) -- disc 4. 3 poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé (Jill Gomez, soprano ; members of the BBC Symphony Orchestra) ; Chansons madécasses (Jessye Norman, soprano ; members of the Ensemble intercontemporain) ; Don Quichotte à Dulcinée (BBC Symphony Orchestra) ; 5 mélodies populaires grecques (José van Dam, baritone ; BBC Symphony Orchestra) -- disc 5. Daphnis et Chloé. Suite no. 2 (The Cleveland Orchestra & Chorus) ; Concerto for piano and orchestra in G major (Philippe Entremont, piano ; The Philadelphia Orchestra ; Eugene Ormandy, conductor) ; Shéhérazade (3 poems) (Heather Harper, soprano ; BBC Symphony Orchestra).
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