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Review title: Precise but bland
Product review: This is a stunningly clear, perfect, precise reading of the concerto and Four Orchestral Pieces, wherein Boulez demonstrates he has stick technique that's perhaps the finest out there. The violin glissandi in the second movement of the Concerto are particularly exciting and vividly captured by DG. But while he sees not just the trees, but the leaves, the bark and the twigs, he misses the forest completely. These works lack the folksy-excitement of Bartok. It's Bartok under glass. It's a conductor who knows everything there is to know about music--except how to have fun with it. These are pieces of almost unbearable contrast--from mysterious to joyful to blistering to serene. They're not just a test of technique for the conductor but a test of conceptionization as well. Boulez's own earlier take on the music was much better, but for a real treat, hear Dorati and the LSO on Mercury Living Presence, and compare him to Boulez. Pierre, lighten up!
