I love Domaines. This is the first piece I really got into by Boulez, when I was about 12 or 13. I got it on a Harmonia Mundi LP, which came in a plain white sleeve that you more readily associate with a 12″ of Dutch techno. It was beautifully recorded, with a huge dynamic range that I found and still find exciting.
I understand what you mean by “episodic” but I relate to Boulez’s music in a very direct, aesthetic sense, in quite a sensual way if you like, without worrying the slightest about the structural details. I still can’t be bothered to work out which cahier is which. Thank you for giving it another run out.
[…] way the piece is performed brings to mind another work for clarinet, Boulez’ Domaines, involving an unspecified order in which fragments of music are to be played. Unlike Domaines, not […]
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I love Domaines. This is the first piece I really got into by Boulez, when I was about 12 or 13. I got it on a Harmonia Mundi LP, which came in a plain white sleeve that you more readily associate with a 12″ of Dutch techno. It was beautifully recorded, with a huge dynamic range that I found and still find exciting.
I understand what you mean by “episodic” but I relate to Boulez’s music in a very direct, aesthetic sense, in quite a sensual way if you like, without worrying the slightest about the structural details. I still can’t be bothered to work out which cahier is which. Thank you for giving it another run out.
[…] way the piece is performed brings to mind another work for clarinet, Boulez’ Domaines, involving an unspecified order in which fragments of music are to be played. Unlike Domaines, not […]