Dutilleux (1917-2013): RIP

RiRiIII

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May 22, 2013, 8:57:32 AM5/22/13

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A full life!

RIP.

Oscar

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May 22, 2013, 9:08:31 AM5/22/13

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On May 22, 5:57 am, RiRiIII wrote:
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> RIP

Only Dutilleux I saw in concert was L'arbre des songes (1983-85,
composed for Isaac Stern), with Leonidas Kavakos (vln) and Dudamel/
LAPO in 2011. Challenging, questing, eloquent.

'All in all, the piece grows somewhat like a tree, for the constant
multiplication and renewal of its branches is the lyrical essence of
the tree. This symbolic image, as well as the notion of a seasonal
cycle, inspired my choice of L’arbre des songes as the title of the
piece.' - Henri Dutilleux (1916-2013)

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SPAM- @xs4all.nl HvT

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May 22, 2013, 2:59:13 PM5/22/13

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Seconded! I love his piano music, in particular the performances by Anne
Queffelec.

Henk

Praetorius

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May 23, 2013, 4:31:48 AM5/23/13

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Good, detailed obituary in _The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2013/may/22/henri-dutilleux; briefer _The
New York Times_
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/23/arts/music/henri-dutilleux-modernist-composer-dies-at-97.html?pagewanted=all.

Where to go if you don't know Dutilleux? Maybe the inexpensive EMI 2 CD set
"Dutilleux: Concertos; Orchestral Works,"
http://www.amazon.com/Dutilleux-Concertos-Orchestral-Works-Henri/dp/B0018OAP52/ref=sr_1_3?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1369293652&sr=1-3&keywords=Dutilleux,
with perhaps his "greatest hits," including "M�taboles," the Second Symphony
("Le Double") and the Violin ("L'Arbe des songes") and Cello ("Tout un monde
lointain") Concertos, in good to excellent performances. [For a few bucks
more, you can get the 5 CD Virgin set containing the recordings from the EMI
set plus (among other things) the First Symphony, the String Quartet (Ainsi
la Nuit), the complete solo piano music and some chamber music)] After (or
before?) that, there's "Timbres, espace, mouvement ou la nuit etoil�e" (the
later, three movement version with Interlude) and "Myst�re de l'instant."
Yan Pascal Tortelier's recordings with the BBC Philharmonic on Chandos are
very good, but they are on two separate discs with overlaps of the above
sets (or you could get his 4 CD set of Dutilleux's orchestral works
http://www.amazon.com/Dutilleux-Complete-Orchestral-Works-Henri/dp/B00004YU78/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1369297272&sr=1-2&keywords=Dutilleux+tortelier).

I have not heard any of the Hans Graf/Bordeaux Aquitaine National Orchestra
Dutilleux recordings on Arte Nova.

In closing, I have to mention my favorite recording of "M�taboles," and
perhaps my favorite Dutilleux recording period, Charles Munch/L'Orchestre
National de L'O.R.T.F. on Apex 0927486862 (originally Erato, coupled with
the Honehgger Symphony 4).

Frank Decolvenaere
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"You are no bigger than
the things that annoy you."
Jerry Bundsen

Steve de Mena

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May 23, 2013, 7:21:29 AM5/23/13

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He didn't write that many works. I guess by "full life" you meant he
lived a long time?

Steve

RiRiIII

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May 23, 2013, 10:00:57 AM5/23/13

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His compositions are very significant IMO (some of them also may be mastrerpieces, independently of their number) and he as composer enjoyed appreciation by a wider audience which is not negligible. For these reasons he had a full life, all the more since he lived 97 years.

hiker_rs

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May 23, 2013, 5:41:24 PM5/23/13

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On May 22, 7:57 am, RiRiIII <ec38m...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.lexpress.fr/culture/musique/le-compositeur-henri-dutilleux...
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> A full life!
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> RIP.

A bargain for the interested:

Dutilleux: Complete Orchestral Works (4CDs)

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