Pierre Boulez - Compositions

Compositions

• Piano Sonata No. 1 (1946)
• Le visage nuptial (soprano, alto, female chorus and orchestra, 1946/51/88–89)
• Piano Sonata No. 2 (1947–48)
• Le soleil des eaux (soprano solo, mixed choir, orchestra, 1948/50/58/65)
• Livre pour quatuor (string quartet, 1948–49)
• Polyphonie X (1951)
• Structures, Livres I et II (2 pianos, 1952 and 1961, respectively)
• Le marteau sans maître (alto, alto flute, guitar, vibraphone, xylorimba, percussion and viola, 1953–55)
• Piano Sonata No. 3 (1955–57/63 ...) (Unfinished: only two of the five movements have been published in final form.)
• Pli selon pli (soprano and orchestra, 1957–89)
• Figures, doubles, prismes (large orchestra, 1957–68)
• Éclat/Multiples (ensemble, 1965–70)
• Domaines (clarinet solo, 1968–69)
• Domaines (clarinet and ensemble, 1968–69)
• Cummings ist der Dichter (for chorus and ensemble, 1970)
• Rituel: In Memoriam Bruno Maderna (orchestra, 1974–75)
• Messagesquisse (seven cellos, 1976–77)
• Notations (piano version 1945, orchestral version 1978/1999–...)
• Répons (two pianos, harp, vibraphone, glockenspiel, cimbalom, orchestra and electronics, 1980–84)
• Dialogue de l'ombre double (for clarinet and electronics, 1982–85)
• Dérive 1 (for six instruments, 1984)
• Dérive 2 (for eleven instruments, 1988–2006)
• …explosante-fixe… (first version for flute, clarinet and trumpet, 1972; second version for octet and electronics, 1973–74; third version for vibraphone and electronics, 1985; fourth version for MIDI-flute, chamber orchestra and electronics, 1991–93)
• Sur Incises (3 pianos, 3 harps and 3 percussion parts, 1996–98)
• Dialogue de l'ombre double (transcribed for bassoon and electronics, 1985/1995)
• Anthèmes 2 (violin and electronics, 1998)
• Une page d’éphéméride (piano, 2005)