List of compositions by Pierre Boulez
A list of works by the French composer Pierre Boulez.
Compositions
Published
- Douze Notations for piano.
- Sonatine for flute et piano.
- Piano Sonata No. 1.
- Le Visage nuptial for soprano, mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra
- Piano Sonata No. 2
- Livre pour quatuor ; two movements were reworked for string orchestra as Livre pour cordes
- Le Soleil des eaux for soprano, chorus and orchestra ; text: 2 poems by René Char
- Deux Études, musique concrète
- Structures I for two pianos
- Le Marteau sans maître for alto voice and six instruments
- La Symphonie mécanique musique concrète for a film by Jean Mitry
- L'Orestie incidental music for Aeschylus' trilogy the Oresteia, for voice and instrumental ensemble
- Piano Sonata No. 3 ; unfinished
- Le Crépuscule de Yang Koueï-Fei musique concrète for the radiophonic play by Louise Fauré
- Pli selon pli for soprano and orchestra
- Structures II for two pianos
- Figures—Doubles—Prismes for orchestra
- Éclat for ensemble
- Domaines for clarinet
- Domaines for clarinet and six instrumental groups
- Cummings ist der Dichter for chorus and ensemble
- Éclat/Multiples ; Éclat followed by a longer piece for a larger ensemble; unfinished
- Rituel – in memoriam Bruno Maderna for orchestra in eight groups
- Ainsi parla Zarathoustra incidental music for voice and ensemble
- Messagesquisse for solo cello and six cellos
- Répons for two pianos, harp, vibraphone, xylophone, cimbalom, ensemble and live electronics
- Dérive 1 for six instruments
- Dialogue de l'ombre double for clarinet and electronics
- Mémoriale for flute and ensemble ; an arrangement of the central section from the withdrawn work ...explosante-fixe...
- Initiale for brass ensemble
- Dérive 2 for eleven instruments
- Anthèmes for violin
- Fanfare for the 80th Birthday of Georg Solti for brass and percussion
- …explosante-fixe… for solo MIDI flute, two "shadow" flutes, chamber orchestra, and electronics ; three of nine projected movements
- Incises for piano
- Anthèmes II for violin and live electronics
- sur Incises for three pianos, three harps and three percussionists
- Une page d’éphéméride for piano
Unpublished
- Nocturne for piano, unpublished.
- Prélude, toccata et scherzo for piano, unpublished.
- Trois Psalmodies for piano ; unpublished, withdrawn.
- Thème et variations for piano, left hand ; unpublished.
- Quatuor pour quatre ondes Martenot, unpublished.
- Onze Notations ; arrangement for chamber ensemble of eleven of the Douze notations, unpublished.
- Symphonie concertante for piano and orchestra ; lost
- Sonata for Two Pianos ; revision of the quartet for Ondes Martenot; withdrawn
- Polyphonie X for ensemble ; withdrawn
- Oubli signal lapidé for 12 solo voices ; withdrawn
- Poésie pour pouvoir for tape and 3 orchestras ; withdrawn
- Strophes for flute ; unfinished
- Improvisé—pour le Dr. Kalmus for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello, unpublished.
- …explosante-fixe… for flute, clarinet, and trumpet ; withdrawn
- …explosante-fixe… new version for flute, clarinet, trumpet, harp, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello, and electronics ; withdrawn
- …explosante-fixe… version for vibraphone and electronics ; withdrawn
Revisions of previous works
- Livre pour cordes ; revision of Livre pour quatuor
- Notations I–IV and VII for orchestra
- Dialogue de l'ombre double
- ''Dialogue de l'ombre double''