Typically engrossing Boulez, both in composition and in production. The main event on this album is the two part, 37 minute Sur Incises, based on Boulez's earlier solo piano piece Incises. With the addition of two extra pianos, three harps and percussion instruments, the various sonorities and textures of the solo piano are blown out into an incredible macrocosm of sound. Messagesquisse, a shorter work for cellos, provides an interlude and a bridge to the other substantial 'revision' on the album, Anthèmes 2. On this one, a solo violin plays against recorded and electronically-manipulated violin parts to great atmospheric effect. I always find Boulez fun to listen to, and the whole of this album just sounds wonderful.
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Many thanks
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