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Title: Heartless
Review: Boulez has no heart, no emotion, no passion, and (I believe) no understanding, of the monumentality of this work.This is NOT a performance. It's a reading. All the notes are played rhythmically and precisely, without any emotional involvment in the score. The VPO is a great orchestra that produces the results its conductor wants. But when this dud of a recording was finished, the musicians probably left the Musikverrein in total hysterics.For this recording, Boulez is more to be pitied than lionized.It's SIMPLY AWFUL.
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