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tracks 3-12 to 3-17 baritone vocals Barry McDaniel
booklet editor [for wlp ltd] Mark Pappenheim
tracks 1-41 to 1-43 cello Gregor Piatigorsky
tracks 4-3 choir Chœur de Radio France
tracks 1-2, 2-27, 2-28, 3-1, 3-8 to 3-10, 3-12 to 3-17 choir John Alldis Choir
tracks 4-3 chorus master Jacques Jouineau
tracks 2-24 to 2-26 clarinet Colin Bradley
tracks 2-33, 2-34 clarinet Robert Marcellus
tracks 1-1 to 3-22 composed by Anton Webern
tracks 4-2 to 5-10 composed by Edgard Varèse
tracks 4-1 composed by Elliott Carter
tracks 3-24 to 3-29 composed by Franz Schubert
tracks 6-1 to 6-5 composed by Luciano Berio
tracks 3-24 to 3-29 conductor Anton Webern
tracks 1-1, 1-2, 1-18 to 1-23, 1-28, 1-29, 1-36 to 1-40, 2-1 to 2-28, 2-31 to 2-34, 2-38 to 2-40, 3-1, 3-8 to 3-23, 4-1 to 5-2, 5-4 to 6-5 conductor Pierre Boulez
design [for wlp ltd], art direction [for wlp ltd] Michael Walters
tracks 5-1, 5-2, 5-6 engineer [recording] Arthur Kendy
tracks 1-1 to 3-23, 5-1, 5-2, 5-6 engineer [recording] Bud Graham
tracks 1-1 to 3-23 engineer [recording] Christopher Parker
tracks 6-1 to 6-5 engineer [recording] Didier Arditi
tracks 1-1 to 3-23 engineer [recording] Hellmuth Kolbe
tracks 1-1 to 3-23 engineer [recording] Keith Grant
tracks 5-1, 5-2, 5-6 engineer [recording] Ray Moore
tracks 1-1 to 3-23 engineer [recording] Robert Gooch
tracks 1-13 to 1-17, 1-30 to 1-35, 3-5 to 3-7 ensemble Juilliard String Quartet
tracks 2-29, 2-30 ensemble Juilliard String Quartet
tracks 2-27, 2-28, 2-38 to 2-40 ensemble Members Of The London Symphony Orchestra
tracks 2-24 to 2-26 guitar John Williams
liner notes Bayan Northcott
liner notes Malcolm Hayes
liner notes [french translation] David Ylla-Somers
liner notes [german translation] Christiane Frobenius
tracks 2-14 lyrics by Anonymous
tracks 1-46 lyrics by August Strindberg
tracks 2-12, 2-25 lyrics by Des Knaben Wunderhorn
tracks 2-4 to 2-10 lyrics by Georg Trakl
tracks 1-45, 2-2, 2-3 lyrics by Hans Bethge
tracks 2-35 to 2-37, 2-41 to 3-1, 3-8 to 3-10, 3-12 to 3-17 lyrics by Hildegard Jone
tracks 1-47, 2-27, 2-28 lyrics by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
tracks 5-5 lyrics by José Juan Tablada
tracks 2-1 lyrics by Karl Kraus
tracks 1-45, 2-3 lyrics by Li Bai
tracks 2-11, 2-13, 2-15, 2-24 lyrics by Peter Rosegger
tracks 1-28, 1-29 lyrics by Rainer Maria Rilke
tracks 1-2 to 1-12 lyrics by Stefan George
tracks 5-4 lyrics by Vicente Huidobro
tracks 2-2 lyrics by Wang-Seng-Yu
tracks 1-44 lyrics by [volkslied] Traditional
tracks , 1-28, 1-29, 2-1 to 2-23, 4-2 to 4-4, 5-4, 5-5, 5-7 to 6-5 orchestra Ensemble Intercontemporain
tracks 3-24 to 3-29 orchestra Frankfurter Funkorchester
tracks 1-1, 1-18 to 1-23, 1-36 to 1-40, 2-31, 2-32, 3-1, 3-8 to 3-23 orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
tracks 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-6 orchestra New York Philharmonic
tracks 3-23 to 3-29 orchestrated by Anton Webern
photography by [cover] Marion Kalter
photography by [cover] akg-images
tracks 1-3 to 1-12, 1-24 to 1-27, 1-41 to 1-47, 2-33 to 2-37, 2-41 to 2-43, 3-2 to 3-4 piano Charles Rosen
tracks 4-1, 5-1, 5-2, 5-6 producer Andrew Kazdin
tracks 4-3, 4-4, 5-3 to 5-5, 5-7 to 6-5 producer Georges Kadar
tracks 1-1 to 3-23 producer Paul Myers
tracks 1-1 to 3-23, 4-2, 5-3 to 5-5, 5-7 to 5-10 producer Roy Emerson
tracks 2-33, 2-34 saxophone Abraham Weinstein
tracks 2-11 to 2-26, 2-41 to 2-43, 3-8 to 3-10, 3-12 to 3-17 soprano vocals Halina Lukomska
tracks 1-3 to 1-12, 1-28, 1-29, 1-44 to 2-10, 2-35 to 2-37 soprano vocals Heather Harper
tracks 5-4, 5-5 soprano vocals Rachel Yakar
tracks 2-33, 2-34 violin Daniel Majeske
tracks 1-24 to 1-27 violin Isaac Stern
Copyright (c) Sony Music Entertainment
Phonographic Copyright (p) Sony Music Entertainment
Distributed By Sony Music Entertainment
© 2009 Sony Music Entertainment. Compilation ℗ 2009 Sony Music Entertainment. ℗ 1977, 1978, 1984, 1990 Sony Music Entertainment.
Distributed by Sony Music Entertainment.
Made in the EU.

Boulez profile and translations © 2009 Sony Music Entertainment.
Introductory note © 2009 Bayan Northcott.
Translations © 2009 Sony Music Entertainment.

Recording locations: Funkhaus, Frankfurt, 29 December 1932 (tracks 3-24 to 3-29); Walthamstow Town Hall, London, 27 June 1967 (track 1-1), 28 May 1969 (tracks 3-12 to 3-17); Olympic Studios, London, 3 November 1967 (tracks 1-28, 1-29, 2-1 to 2-10), 7 January 1969 (tracks 2-11 to 2-26), 6 June 1969 (tracks 1-2, 2-27 & 2-28), 7 June 1969 (tracks 2-38 to 2-40); Barking Town Hall, London, 1 February 1969 (tracks 1-18 to 1-23, 1-36 to 1-40), 2-4 June 1969 (tracks 2-31, 2-32, 3-1, 3-8 to 3-11, 3-18 to 3-23); EMI Studios, London, 13 June 1969 (tracks 3-2 to 3-4), 20 April 1970 (tracks 1-3 to 1-7, 1-44 to 1-47), 21 April 1970 (Tracks 1-8 to 1-12), 5 September 1970 (tracks 2-35 to 2-37, 2-41 to 2-43); Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, 27 February 1970 (tracks 1-13 to 1-17, 1-30 to 1-35, 3-5 to 3-7), 7 May 1971 (tracks 1-24 to 1-27), 14, 20 & 21 May 1971 (tracks 2-29 & 2-30); Cleveland, Ohio, 4 April 1970 (tracks 2-33 & 2-34); Hollywood, California, 29 March 1972 (tracks 1-41 to 1-43); Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 1 December 1975 (track 5-2), 12 February 1977 (tracks 5-1 & 5-6), 22 February 1977 (track 4-1); IRCAM, Paris, 22 & 23 September 1979 (tracks 5-7 to 5-10), 15 November 1979 (track 4-2), 8 April 1983 (tracks 4-4, 5-4 & 5-5), 3 Ocotober 1983 (tracks 4-3 & 5-3), 12, 21, 22, 24 April 1989 (tracks 6-1 to 6-5).

Publishers: Universal Edition, Vienna (Webern, Berio); Associated Music Publishers, Inc. (Carter); Hendon Music/G. Ricordi (Varèse: Déserts, Ecuatorial, Hyperprism); Careers-BMG Music Publishing Inc./G. Ricordi & Co. (Varèse: Ionisation); G. Ricordi & Co. SpA (Varèse: Amériques, Density 21.5, Offrandes, Arcana, Octandre, Intégrales).

Total timing: 6h 52' 36.
- CD1: 71.49
- CD2: 73.32
- CD3: 74.35
- CD4: 48.13
- CD5: 76.44
- CD6: 67.43

Includes a 32-page booklet in English, French & German.

Barcode: 8 86975 64642 5 (Text)
Barcode: 886975646425 (Scanned)
Label Code: LC 06868
SPARS Code: ADD/DDD
Rights Society: BIEM/GEMA