Pli selon pli, for soprano and orchestra
Pli selon pli (Fold by fold) is a piece of classical music by the French composer Pierre Boulez. It carries the subtitle Portrait de Mallarmé (Portrait of Mallarmé). It is scored for a solo soprano and orchestra and uses the texts of three sonnets of French symbolist poet Stéphane Mallarmé and single lines from two of his other poems. At over an hour, it is Boulez's longest work.
Movements
- Don
- Improvisation I sur Mallarmé
- Improvisation II sur Mallarmé
- Improvisation III sur Mallarmé
- Tombeau
Recommended recordings
- BBC Symphony Orchestra · Pierre Boulez YouTubeSpotify (subscription)
- YouTubeSpotify (subscription)