Pierre Boulez

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Born in Montbrison (Loire), France on 26th March 1925, Pierre Boulez' piano studies took place at Montbrison and Saint-Etienne. At the age of sixteen, the young Boulez took courses in higher mathematics in Lyon and prepare for admission examination at the École Polytechnique and in 1942 settled in Paris to dedicate himself entirely to music. In 1944, Pierre was admited to Olivier Messiaen's harmony class at the Paris Conservatory, two years later he was appointed musical director of the Renaud-Barrault Company and began to compose music seriously.

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Pierre Boulez Discography (31titles)

Debussy: Orchestral Works (La Mer; Nocturnes; Pintemps; Jeux; Images; Prélude a l'après-midi d'un faune) [Great Performances] 10/31/06 88697008162 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite (1910); Pulcinella Suite; Suites Nos. 1 & 2 for Small Orchestra [Classic Library] 8/30/05 SK94736 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Autobahn [Drive Time] 6/28/05 SK94770 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Boulez Conducts Ravel (Boléro, La Valse, Rapsodie Espagnole, Alborada del Gracioso, Daphnis et Chloé Suite No. 2) 8/10/04 SK92758 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Handel: Water Music; Royal Fireworks Music - Expanded Edition 9/30/03 SK93010 CD Longplay BUY NOW	BUY NOW
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Boulez: Pli Selon Pli; and Livre pour Cordes 1/23/96 SMK68335 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Carter: Symphony of Three Orchestras, Varese: Deserts; Equatorial; Hyperprism 1/9/96 SMK68334 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Berg: Chamber Concerto; Three Pieces for Orch.; Concerto for Violin and Orchestra 12/5/95 SMK68331 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Debussy: Orchestral Music 12/5/95 S2K68327 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder (Seven Early Songs); Fünf Orchesterlieder nach Ansichtskartentexten von Peter Altenberg op.4; Jugendlieder (Selection); Zwei Lieder 3/7/95 SK66826 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Stravinsky: Pétrouchka; Rite of Spring 1/24/95 SMK64109 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Greatest Hits Of Ravel 8/9/94 MLK64067 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Schoenberg: Suite, Op. 29, Verklarte Nacht, Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra 7/13/93 SMK48465 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Schoenberg: Serenade, Five Pieces for Orchestra, Ode to Napoleon 7/13/93 SMK48463 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Schoenberg: Die Jakobsleiter, Chamber Symphony No. 1, Accompaniment to a Cinematographic Scene 7/13/93 SMK48462 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Schoenberg: Gurre-Lieder 7/13/93 S2K48459 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Schoenberg: Erwartung, Pierrot Lunaire, Lied der Waldtaube from Gurrelieder 7/13/93 SMK48466 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Schoenberg: Moses und Aron, Chamber Symhony No. 2 7/13/93 S2K48456 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Schoenberg: Die gluckliche Hand, Variations for Orchestra, Verklarte Nacht 7/13/93 SMK48464 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Stravinsky: The Firebird Suite; Pulcinella Suite; Scherzo Fantastique; Suites Nos. 1 & 2 1/7/92 SMK45843 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Berio: Chemins II & Chemins IV; Points on the Curve to Find 3/26/91 SK45862 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Webern: Complete Works, Op. 1 - Op. 31 3/26/91 S3K45845 CD Longplay BUY NOW	VARESE 10/9/90 SMK45844 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Pierre Boulez Conducts His Own Works 10/9/90 SMK45839 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Boulez Conducts Berg 10/9/90 SMK45838 CD Longplay BUY NOW	Ravel: The Orchestral Works 10/9/90 S3K45842 CD Longplay BUY NOW
Schoenberg: Choral Music 8/14/90 S2K44571 CD Longplay BUY NOW