The New York Philharmonic remembers composer, conductor and former NY Phil Music Director (1971-77) Pierre Boulez who died in January (1925-2016).

Conductor: Pierre Boulez

Ravel: Rigaudon from Le Tombeau de Couperin (excerpt)
Debussy: La Mer (complete) 3/16/88 from NYP Archives
Debussy: Jeux (excerpt)
Berg: Rondo from Lulu Suite (excerpt)
Boulez: Polyphonie X (excerpt) (NYP Archives)
Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion, & Celesta (excerpt)
Stravinsky: Harbingers of Spring from The Rite of Spring (excerpt)
Ravel: Une Barque sur l’ocean (excerpt)
Carter: Symphony of Three Orchestras (NYP Premiere performance)
Varese: Deserts (excerpt)
Berg: Variations from Lulu Suite (excerpt)
Stravinsky: Petrushka’s Room (second tableau) from Petrushka
Berg: Lyric Suite from SMK 45838
Mahler: Symphony No. 3: III (NYP Special Editions)
Boulez: Improvisation I from Pli selon Pli (NYP Archives)
Wagner: Siegfried-Idyll
Wagner: Overture to Tannhauser from SMK 64108
Boulez: Explosante-fixe (excerpt) (NYP-CONTACT recording)