Boulez – The Composer 13CD

Created entirely under the composer’s supervision, including the choice of performances, this edition presents a survey of the works he considered representative of his compositional art.

Boulez: The Composer brings together the works considered by the composer as sufficiently accomplished, in a single boxed set (13CD).

This reissue, produced to mark the composer’s centenary in 2025, is updated with new artwork.

Includes recordings by Boulez himself; Pierre-Laurent Aimard; Alfons and Aloys Kontarsky; Christine Schäfer; Severino Gazzelloni; David Tudor; Jeanne-Marie Conquer; Roger Désormière; Ensemble intercontemporain; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre National de al RTF; and many more.

Includes a disc of historical recordings of ‘Le Marteau sans maître’, the 1950 premiere of ‘Le Soleil des eaux’ and the ‘Sonatine’.

Also included is a disc with an exclusive interview with the composer by musicologist Claude Samuel. It also is accompanied with a 252-page booklet.