The world premiere of an important work by Pierre Boulez, in a new arrangement!

Recorder virtuoso Erik Bosgraaf was personally granted permission to arrange for recorder Boulez’ “Dialogue de l’ombre double”, originally for clarinet and electronics. Bosgraaf says: ‘I noticed that Mr Boulez liked the texture right away. And he told me why. It reminded him of the origin of the piece, which was a rain song in South East Asia, where they applied a similar kind of melody technique with the human voice.’ The result is a dynamic interplay between Bosgraaf’s recorder and the fascinating electronic timbres and colours.

The second work on this release is a musical dialogue between Bosgraaf and electronic wizard Jorrit Tamminga, creating unheard‐of sounds of the recorder interwoven in electronic sound tapestries. A great addition to the Boulez discography! And a testimony of the versatility of Erik Bosgraaf, equally at home in Baroque as in contemporary music, always curiously finding new expression possibilities for his instrument.