Sunday, June 14, 2026

SONY CLASSICAL

Does anyone remember this Sony Classical series from the early 1990's?
Performances on contemporary classical music, conducted by Pierre Boulez, with superb album covers and lots of info included?



Searching for additional albums in this series was not easy and it's still far from complete, but I did add some of the below titles on my want list.
  • Stravinsky, Pierre Boulez, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra – Pétrouchka / Le Sacre Du Printemps
  • Stravinsky, Pierre Boulez, BBC Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic – The Firebird Suite / Pulcinella Suite / Scherzo Fantastique / Suites Nos. 1 & 2
  • Ravel - Pierre Boulez – Boléro - Alborada Del Gracioso - Le Tombeau De Couperin - Concerto For The Left Hand - Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte
  • Ravel - Pierre Boulez – Shérérazade / Rapsodie Espagnole / Valses Nobles Et Sentimentales / Ma Mère L'Oye
  • Ravel - Pierre Boulez – Ravel Daphnis Et Cloe
  • Berg - Pierre Boulez – Chamber Concerto - Three Orchestral Pieces, Op. 6 - Violin Concerto
  • Bartók - Pierre Boulez , Scriabin – The Wooden Prince - Music For Strings, Percussion And Celesta - Dance Suite - Le Poème De L'Extase
  • Bartók - Pierre Boulez, New York Philharmonic – The Miraculous Mandarin / Four Orchestral Pieces / Three Village Scenes
  • Schoenberg - Pierre Boulez - John Shirley-Quirk, David Wilson-Johnson, Ensemble Intercontemporain, BBC Symphony Orchestra – Serenade - 5 Pieces For Orchestra - Ode To Napoleon
  • Schoenberg - Pierre Boulez, Members Of The Ensemble InterContemporain* – Suite, Op. 29 / Verklärte Nacht / 3 Pieces
  • Messiaen / Stravinsky - Pierre Boulez – Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum, Couleurs De La Cité Céleste / Symphonies Of Wind Instruments
  • Mahler - Pierre Boulez - Evelyn Lear, Elisabeth Söderström, Grace Hoffman, Stuart Burrows, Ernst Haefliger, Gerd Nienstedt, London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus – Das Klagende Lied

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