Credits:

Pierre Boulez

Description:

This is where WERGO beganWERGOs first release: Pierrot Lunaire, conducted by Boulez!WERGO, the renowned German label specializing in contemporary music. Its landmark first release, in 1963, was this LP of *Pierrot Lunaire* conducted by Boulez. This legendary recording, which laid the foundation for the label, has now been remastered and released on CD by WERGO.*Pierrot Lunaire* is a representative work of Schoenbergs atonal period. It is written in the melodrama styleinstrumental music composed to accompany spoken dialogue. The melodrama genre took the 19th century by storm; although it fell out of favor for a time, it regained popularity around 1910. While Schoenbergs composition of this work was not exactly cutting-edge, it shines in history as a quintessential example of the genre.The composition features a 12-tone accompaniment part performed by five musicians playing eight instruments, in