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Stravinsky, Boulez, French Nat'l Orchestra
4 Etudes for Orchestra
Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. Etudes (4) for orchestra: No. 1, Danse
2. Etudes (4) for orchestra: No. 2, Eccentric
3. Etudes (4) for orchestra: No. 3, Canticle
4. Etudes (4) for orchestra: No. 4, Madrid
5. King of the Stars (Zvezdoliki), cantata for male chorus & orchestra
6. Symphonies of Wind Instruments, for 23 wind instruments (1947 version)
7. A Sermon, a Narrative & a Prayer, cantata for 2 vocal soloists, reciter, chorus & orchestra
8. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra
9. Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring), ballet in 2 parts for orchestra
Track Listings (7) - Disc #2
1. Jeux, ballet, L. 126
2. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101: I. Allegro
3. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101: II. Adagio-Presto-Adagio
4. Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101: III. Allegro molto
5. Pieces (3) for orchestra, Op. 6: No. 1, Prelude
6. Pieces (3) for orchestra, Op. 6: No. 2, Rounds
7. Pieces (3) for orchestra, Op. 6: No. 3, March

CD Details

All Artists: Stravinsky, Boulez, French Nat'l Orchestra
Title: 4 Etudes for Orchestra
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Disques Montaigne
Release Date: 9/24/1993
Genres: Jazz, Special Interest, Classical
Styles: Swing Jazz, Marches, Opera & Classical Vocal, Ballets & Dances, Ballets, Forms & Genres, Concertos, Historical Periods, Modern, 20th, & 21st Century, Instruments, Keyboard, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 3305721588002, 723721388225

CD Reviews

Pierre Boulez Dirige 1963 and 1966 Concerts

06/29/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This French-made, two-CD set was released in 1987 by the Disques Montaigne label as part of its Les Grands Concerts Inedits Du Theatre Des Champs-Elysees series. The first CD features Pierre Boulez conducting Orchestre National and Choeur de la Radio-Television Francaise on 06/18/1963 in the following works by Stravinsky: Quatre Etudes pour Orchestre (1929); Le Roi des Etoiles - cantate pour Choeur d/hommes et orchestre, poeme de K. Balmont (1911-2); Symphonies pour Instruments a vent (1920); Sermon, Narration et Priere - cantate pour soli, choeurs et orchestre (1961) w/ Joanna Peters, contralto, Herbert Handt, tenor & Sebastian Shaw, narrator; Le Sacre du Printemmps, ballet (1913). The second CD also features Pierre Boulez but on 01/30/1966 and conducting Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire in Debussy's Jeux; Bartok's Concerto No 2 pour Piano et Orchestre w/ Jean-Bernard Pommier, piano; Berg's Trois (3) Pieces Op.6."