Works. Selections Métamorphoses nocturnes. Harmonies. Big turtle fanfare from the South China Sea.
Notes:
Subtitle from container. Various performers. Recordings previously released 1968-1996. Recorded at various locations 1968-1996. Compact discs. Program notes by Sid McLauchlan and Paul Griffiths in English, German, and French (20 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
Contents:
CD 1. Sonata for solo cello (1948-53) (Matt Haimovitz, violoncello) (8:42) -- 6 bagatelles for wind quintet (1953) (Jacques Zoon, flute ; Douglas Boyd, oboe ; Richard Hosford, clarinet ; James Sommerville, horn ; Matthew Wilkie, bassoon) (11:47) -- String quartet no. 1 (1953-54) : Métamorphoses nocturnes (Hagen Quartett) (20:00) -- 10 pieces for wind quintet (1968) (Wiener Bläsersolisten) (12:52) -- String quartet no. 2 (1968) (Lasalle Quartet) (20:57). CD 2. Atmosphères : for large orchestra (1961) (Wiener Philharmoniker ; Claudio Abbado, conductor) (9:05) -- Volumina : for organ (1961-61, rev. 1966) (Gerd Zacher, organ) (17:28) -- Lux aeterna : for 16-voice a cappella mixed chorus (1966) (Chor des Norddeutschen Rundfunks ; Helmut Franz, conductor) (7:59) -- Organ study no. 1 : Harmonies (1967) (Gerd Zacher, organ) (9:04) -- Lontano : for large orchestra (1967) (Wiener Philharmoniker ; Claudio Abbado, conductor) (12:44) -- Ramifications : for string orchestra or 12 solo strings (1968-69) (Ensemble Intercontemporain ; Pierre Boulez, conductor) (8:28) -- Melodien : for orchestra (1971) (London Sinfonietta ; David Atherton, conductor) (13:07). CD 3. Aventures : for 3 singers and 7 instrumentalists (1962, rev. 1963) (12:01) ; Nouvelles aventures : for 3 singers and 7 instrumentalists (1962-65) (11:29) (Jane Manning, soprano ; Mary Thomas, mezzo-soprano ; William Pearson, bass ; Ensemble Intercontemporain ; Pierre Boulez, conductor) -- Concerto for violoncello and orchestra (1966) (Jean-Guihen Queyras, violoncello ; Ensemble Intercontemporain ; Pierre Boulez, conductor) (15:09) -- Chamber concerto for 13 instrumentalists (1969-70) (Ensemble Intercontemporain ; Pierre Boulez, conductor) (18:14) -- Mysteries of the macabre (1988) / arr. Elgar Horvath (Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet ; Roland Pöntinen, piano) (6:52) -- Double concerto for flute and oboe (1972) (Jacques Zoon, flute ; Douglas Boyd, oboe ; Chamber Orchestra of Europe ; Claudio Abbado, conductor) (15:59). CD 4. The big turtle fanfare from the South China Sea : for trumpet (1985) (Håkan Hardenberger, trumpet) (0:37) -- 3 pieces for 2 pianos (1976) (Alfons & Aloys Kontarsky, piano) (16:19) -- Etudes pour piano, livre I (1985). Etude 2 (3:36) ; Etude 4 (3:24) (Gianluca Cascioli, piano) -- Concerto for piano and orchestra (1985-1988) (Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano ; Ensemble Intercontemporain ; Pierre Boulez, conductor) (23:24) -- Concerto for violin and orchestra (1989-1993) (Saschko Gawriloff, violin ; Ensemble Intercontemporain ; Pierre Boulez, conductor) (28:25).
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