Pierre Boulez: Young Composer and Conductor CD review – hallmark clarity and precision

Menuhin/Concertgebouw/Domaine Musical/BBCSO/Boulez(Praga)Pierre Boulez’s recording career began in earnest in the mid-1960s, when he signed a contract with Columbia (now Sony Classical). But he had been making records for some years before that, especially of his own music and the 20th-century repertoire that mattered most to him. But this collection of works by Stravinsky, Bartók, Debussy and Boulez himself, taken mostly from public concerts in Amsterdam and Paris between 1961 and 196...

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