4260063121043

Pierre Boulez: Anthemes 1 & 2, Dialogue De L'ombre Double

Carolin Widmann, Jorg Widmann & SWR Experimentalstudio

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Format: SACD

Cat No: NEOS12104

Release Date:  28 May 2021

Label:  Neos

Packaging Type:  Digipak

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  4260063121043

Genres:  Classical  Contemporary Classical  

  • Description

    The program on this CD focuses on two essential aspects of Pierre Boulez's œuvre: his love of theater and his consistent search for ways of spatializing sounds through electronics.

    In "Dialogue de l'ombre double" from 1985 it is still a pre-produced tape – recorded by the interpreter himself – which, together with the live sounds, symbolizes the clarinetist's "double shadow". In "Anthèmes 2", written around ten years later, the acoustic labyrinth in which the soloist finds herself is generated entirely by means of live electronics. The basic idea for this was already laid out in "Anthèmes 1" for solo violin, created in 1991 as a mandatory work for the Yehudi Menuhin competition.

    Pierre Boulez has worked with the SWR Experimental Studio since it was founded in the early 1970s. In this recording the instrumental parts were excellently cast with Carolin and Jorg Widmann.

    CRITICAL ACCLAIM

    " Carolin Widmann gives glistening performances of these texturally fascinating works, while her brother, Jörg, delivers an equally alluring reading of the theatrical Dialogue de l'ombre double (1985), shadowing and reflecting his previously tape-recorded self." Stephen Pettitt, The Sunday Times

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes 1
      • 2. Pierre Boulez: Dialogue De L'Ombre Double - Sigle Initial
      • 3. Pierre Boulez: Dialogue De L'Ombre Double - Strophe I
      • 4. Pierre Boulez: Dialogue De L'Ombre Double - Transition I à II
      • 5. Pierre Boulez: Dialogue De L'Ombre Double - Strophe II
      • 6. Pierre Boulez: Dialogue De L'Ombre Double - Transition II à III
      • 7. Pierre Boulez: Dialogue De L'Ombre Double - Strophe III
      • 8. Pierre Boulez: Dialogue De L'Ombre Double - Transition III à IV
      • 9. Pierre Boulez: Dialogue De L'Ombre Double - Strophe IV
      • 10. Pierre Boulez: Dialogue De L'Ombre Double - Transition IV à V
      • 11. Pierre Boulez: Dialogue De L'Ombre Double - Strophe V
      • 12. Pierre Boulez: Dialogue De L'Ombre Double - Transition V à VI
      • 13. Pierre Boulez: Dialogue De L'Ombre Double - Strophe VI
      • 14. Pierre Boulez: Dialogue De L'Ombre Double - Sigle Final
      • 15. Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes 2 - Libre
      • 16. Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes 2 - I Très Lent
      • 17. Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes 2 - II Rapide, Dynamique
      • 18. Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes 2 - III Lent
      • 19. Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes 2 - IV Agité, Instable
      • 20. Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes 2 - V Très Lent
      • 21. Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes 2 - VI 1 Allant
      • 22. Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes 2 - VI 2
      • 23. Pierre Boulez: Anthèmes 2 - VI 3 Calme