Piano sonatas

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  Structures

  Structures I (1952) and Structures II (1961) are two related works for two pianos, composed by the French composer Pierre Boulez. The first book of Structures was begun in early 1951, as Boulez was completing his orchestral work Polyphonie X, and finished in 1952. It consists of three movements, or...
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  Piano Sonata No. 26

  Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 26 in E flat major, opus 81a, known as the Les Adieux sonata, was written during the years 1809 and 1810. The title Les Adieux implies a programmatic nature. The French attack on Vienna, led by Napoléon Bonaparte in 1809, forced Beethoven's patron, Archduke...
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  Le marteau sans maître

  Le marteau sans maître (The hammer without a master) is a composition by the French composer Pierre Boulez. It is a setting of the surrealist poetry of René Char for alto and six instrumentalists. It was first performed in 1955. The work has nine movements, four of which set the text of three poems...

• Incises

  Incises (1994/2001) and Sur Incises (1996/1998) are two related works of the French composer Pierre Boulez. Incises is Boulez's first work for solo piano since his third piano sonata of 1955–57/63. Originally written in 1994, it has been revised twice, most recently in 2001. It plays with contrasts...

• Répons

  Répons is a composition by French composer Pierre Boulez for a large chamber orchestra with 6 soloists and live electronics. It was premiered on the 18th of October in 1981 at the Donaueschingen Festival and subsequently expanded until its completion in 1984. Répons was the first significant work...

• Polyphonie X

  Polyphonie X is a composition by Pierre Boulez for eighteen instruments divided into seven groups, written in 1950-51. It is in three movements. It is one of the first works of Boulez's total serial period. It was composed shortly after "Structure 1a", the opening of the piano duo Structures I ...

• Piano Sonata No. 8

  The Piano Sonata No. 8, opus 66, by Alexander Scriabin, was composed between 1912 and 1913. As one of Scriabin's late piano sonatas, the eighth sonata is highly atonal, though arguably less dissonant than some of his other late works. Scriabin saw some parts of this sonata, which, like the sixth...

• Anthèmes

  Anthèmes is the name of two compositions by the French composer Pierre Boulez. Originally a short piece for violin solo, written for the 90th birthday of Universal Edition's director Alfred Schlee, Boulez later expanded it and reworked it as Anthèmes II, a longer work for violin and live...

• Pli selon pli

  Pli selon pli (Fold by fold) is a piece of classical music by the French composer Pierre Boulez. It is for solo soprano and orchestra, and is based on the poems of Stéphane Mallarmé. At over an hour, it is Boulez' longest work. The composition is in five movements, each based on a poem by Mallarmé:...

• Rituel in Memoriam Bruno Maderna

  Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna (1974–75) is a composition for large chamber ensemble in eight groups by the French composer Pierre Boulez. It was first performed in London, 2 April 1975, by the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Boulez. The work was written after the death of Boulez's fellow...