Boulez Conducts Mahler, Bartók, & Stravinsky

Principal Guest Conductor Pierre Boulez leads the CSO in Stravinsky’s The Firebird. Opening the broadcast is Mahler’s Totenfeier. In between, we hear Bartók’s Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta.

Gustav Mahler Totenfeier
1996 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Pierre Boulez conductor

Béla Bartók Music for Strings, Percussion, and Celesta
1994 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Pierre Boulez conductor

Igor Stravinsky The Firebird
1992 (Deutsche Grammophon)
Pierre Boulez conductor

Production
Brian Wise producer
Charlie Post series engineer
Lisa Simeone host
Michael Schweppe host engineer
Neil Tevault host engineer

26-25

This broadcast was produced by Brian Wise, with assistance from Jiwon Sun, Frank Villella and Logan Goulart. Charlie Post is the series engineer. Vanessa Moss is the executive producer. Lisa Simeone is the series host. 

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