PIERRE-LAURENT AIMARD & GEORGE BENJAMIN
Boulez 100: Piano Sonata No. 1 and Works by Ravel, Obukhov, and Benjamin
© Matthew Lloyd / Marco Borggreve
George Benjamin
Piano
Pierre-Laurent Aimard
Piano
Nikolai Obukhov
Révélation
Pierre Boulez
Piano Sonata No. 1
George Benjamin
Shadowlines for Piano
George Benjamin
New Work for Piano
Maurice Ravel
Le Tombeau de Couperin for Piano
When experiencing Pierre Boulez’s First Piano Sonata, one should leave all listening habits behind and become a blank page, as the composer himself intended to be—says Pierre-Laurent Aimard, long considered one of the most erudite performers of Boulez’s music. He presents this radically unconventional 1946 work together with George Benjamin’s Shadowlines and a new piece for piano duet, for which he is joined by the composer.
Approximate running time: 1h 45m with one intermission
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