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[EuroArts 2050146] Boulez Conducts Modern Classics

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Channel: Naxos Music · 2010 · Music

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Christine Schäfer, mezzo-soprano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Pierre Boulez

The EuroArts Invitation series presents brilliant Orchestral Music by Berg, Debussy and Stravinsky in a high a quality recording available at an attractive mid-range price. French composer-conductor Pierre Boulez and the Chicago Symphony presented three 20th century works, recorded live in concert at the Philharmonie in Cologne in April 2000. Himself one of the greatest representatives of contemporary composing, Pierre Boulez surveys the broad spectrum of music from the first half of the century in this concert. The Soprano Christine Schäfer exquisitely sings extracts from Alban Bergs Lulu, her signature role, and is also featured in sublime vocal settings by Claude Debussy. Conducting one of the finest American orchestras, Boulez gives Stravinsky's first full-length ballet, The Firebird, an electrifyingly fast reading. After decades of fruitful collaboration with the Symphony Orchestra, the eighty year old has just been appointed Conductor Emeritus of the famous orchestra.

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