A new recording of the carefully refined, endlessly revised oeuvre of Pierre Boulez is always worth celebrating, but this one stems from a source hitherto unknown in the composer's own instrumentarium: the recorder. In 2011 Boulez granted special permission to the Dutch recorder virtuoso Erik Bosgraaf to make his own transcription of the spectral adventure in musical space that is Dialogue de l'ombre double, originally composed for clarinet (and pre-recorded/live electronics). A later piece along similar lines, AnthÃ¨mes II for violin has become better known, but Dialogue weaves it's own theatrical magic.

Tracklist:

Dialogue I
Dialogue II
Dialogue III
Dialogue IV
Dialogue V
Dialogue VI
Dialogue VII
Dialogue De L'ombre Double: Sigle Initial
Dialogue De L'ombre Double: Strophe I
Dialogue De L'ombre Double: Transition I À II
Dialogue De L'ombre Double: Strophe II
Dialogue De L'ombre Double: Transition II À III
Dialogue De L'ombre Double: Strophe III
Dialogue De L'ombre Double: Transition III À IV
Dialogue De L'ombre Double: Strophe IV
Dialogue De L'ombre Double: Transition IV À V
Dialogue De L'ombre Double: Strophe V
Dialogue De L'ombre Double: Transition V À VI
Dialogue De L'ombre Double: Strophe VI
Dialogue De L'ombre Double: Sigle Final

UPC: 5028421948423
Label: Brilliant Classics
Release Date: 4.28.15
Format: CD

Erik Bosgraaf - Dialogues (CD)