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The Music Room => General Classical Music Discussion => The Polling Station => Topic started by: James on October 26, 2012, 06:22:15 AM

Poll
Question: How much of it have you heard, approximately?
Option 1: 100% votes: 3
Option 2: 75% votes: 2
Option 3: 50% votes: 1
Option 4: 25% votes: 2
Option 5: 10% votes: 2
Option 6: 5% votes: 2
Option 7: 0% votes: 2
Title: Œuvre de Pierre Boulez
Post by: James on October 26, 2012, 06:22:15 AM
Hey folks,

To date .. Pierre Boulez has composed somewhere in the vicinity of 35-45 individual works .. just was curious roughly how much of it folks here at GMG have absorbed? Pick the percentage that's approximately representative. 100% being most of it; 75% being roughly three quarters;  50% about half, et cetera .. 0% being under the 5% mark, meaning hardly anything or in fact nothing yet. My inquiring mind is curious and would like to know.

Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: Œuvre de Pierre Boulez
Post by: North Star on October 26, 2012, 06:32:46 AM
I count 42 works.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compositions_by_Pierre_Boulez

I think I've heard 7, so that's 14% :o
Title: Re: Œuvre de Pierre Boulez
Post by: Sergeant Rock on October 26, 2012, 06:42:24 AM
I own 19 Boulez works...so, 45%

Sarge
Title: Re: Œuvre de Pierre Boulez
Post by: mc ukrneal on October 26, 2012, 06:45:38 AM
Zero. I don't really like him as a conductor, so I have ignored his output, which is silly since I might very well like his works...What do you (others) recommend as a good piece to start with?
Title: Re: Œuvre de Pierre Boulez
Post by: Sergeant Rock on October 26, 2012, 06:48:50 AM
Quote from: mc ukrneal on October 26, 2012, 06:45:38 AM
Zero. I don't really like him as a conductor, so I have ignored his output, which is silly since I might very well like his works...What do you (others) recommend as a good piece to start with?

Rèpons or Pli selon pli.

Sarge
Title: Re: Œuvre de Pierre Boulez
Post by: petrarch on October 26, 2012, 07:12:27 AM
About 90%. I have about 35 of his works on CD, and a handful more on mp3.
Title: Re: Œuvre de Pierre Boulez
Post by: kishnevi on October 26, 2012, 07:55:05 AM
I have Le Marteau sans maitre, and have heard a couple of other works along the way.

Let's just say that I have no plans to increase my holdings of Boulez the composer (as opposed to Boulez the conductor, whom I like rather a lot)