T.D. Posted May 31, 2013 Report Posted May 31, 2013 (edited) Another passing we seem to have missed... NYT obit: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/arts/music/henri-dutilleux-modernist-composer-dies-at-97.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Guardian: http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/may/22/henri-dutilleux I know Ainsi la nuit string quartet the best, also a small box on Erato (various genres incl orchestral, SQ, solo piano) whose details escape me at the moment. Although I enjoyed his music and sometimes recommended it, I never heard any performed live and didn't really "collect" recordings. Edited May 31, 2013 by T.D. Quote
king ubu Posted May 31, 2013 Report Posted May 31, 2013 Not missed here - lenghty obits in the major dailys. Don't know any of his music yet though. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted May 31, 2013 Report Posted May 31, 2013 Can't claim to have got to grips with him yet but I've been listening to and enjoying his symphonies and other music in the last few years. This recent release, including a a late composition, is very good: Quote
T.D. Posted May 31, 2013 Author Report Posted May 31, 2013 (edited) The other Dutilleux piece (in addition to the SQ) I recall fondly is Trois strophes sur le nom Sacher for solo cello, which was on an ECM cello disc as well as the Erato box I have. I think my Erato box is 3 CDs, but it was later reissued as 2. Strange that I never explored his music more...perhaps when I was in my big "new music" phase I gravitated more toward the French "spectralists" (Murail, Grisey, to a lesser extent Dalbavie), to France-based mavericks like Radulescu and Aperghis, and to Barraqué in the Serialist realm. Edited May 31, 2013 by T.D. Quote
StarThrower Posted March 9, 2014 Report Posted March 9, 2014 Anybody picked up one or more of the three box sets available from DG, Erato, Virgin? The 5 disc box is a bit confusing as it displays the Erato logo, but contains EMI and Virgin recordings. The Dutilluex 1916-2013 Erato box is definitely the Erato recordings by Barenboim and Dutilleux's pianist wife, Ms. Joy. The new DG box is the most comprehensive at 6 CDs. Virgin box http://www.amazon.com/Dutilleux-Orchestral-Piano-Chamber-H/dp/B008BT1060/ref=pd_sim_sbs_m_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1HJ64FR65B4RM7QB96P9 Link for DG box. http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/Henri-Dutilleux-Henri-Dutilleux-Edition/hnum/4017981 Erato box http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Erato/2564642755 Quote
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