Title: It's alive
Product review: I was fortunate enough to be present at one of the recording sessions for this CD. It was performed over two nights in Boston Symphony Hall and the recording was assembled from those performances. The performance was first-rate and Dutilleux himself was in attendance. The premiere actually occurred a few months earlier (again in Boston) and the composer made minor tweaks in the score before the recording.This is not the very best of Dutilleux (that's a very high standard), but it's still quite a good piece. It is essentially French--even with its tone rows. The compositional backbone is a little more obvious that some of Dutilleux's other pieces, but we're still fortunate to have the composer doing good work at such a late point in life.The CD is short--holding only this single piece--but well worth a number of hearings.
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