Canon
Where to start with Dutilleux
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralMétaboles
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KeyboardPiano Sonata, op. 1
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Vocal3 Sonnets de Jean Cassou, for voice and piano or orchestra
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ChamberChoral, Cadence et Fugato, for trombone and piano
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OrchestralSymphony no. 2, "Le Double"
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OrchestralTimbres, espace, mouvement, ou La Nuit étoilée, for orchestra
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OrchestralTout un monde lointain, concerto for cello and orchestra
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Keyboard3 Préludes
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KeyboardAu gré des ondes
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KeyboardBergerie
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KeyboardBlackbird
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VocalCorrespondances, for soprano and orchestra
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ChamberDiptyque: Les citations, for oboe, percussion, harpsichord and double bass
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KeyboardFigures de résonances
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ChamberFlute Sonatina
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Dutilleux's catalogueMost Popular
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Symphony No. 2 ”Le Double”
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Cello Concerto ”Tout un monde lointain...”
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Ainsi la Nuit (string quartet)
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Violin Concerto ”L\’arbre des songes”
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Symphony No. 1
Most Acclaimed
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Ainsi la Nuitstring quartet — each movement preceded by a parenthesis
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Metaboles
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Timbres, Espace, Mouvementorchestra — all about sonic transformation over time
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Sur le même accordnight piece for violin and orchestra
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Mystère de l\’instant
Most Weird
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Metaboleseach of the 5 movements transforms the same musical material — the same notes become successively lyrical, colorful, linear, and tonal
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Timbres, Espace, Mouvementinspired by Van Gogh’s Starry Night — nothing resolves
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The Shadows of Timeorchestra — children’s voices whisper throughout
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Résonancespiano — études exploring resonance; dedicated to Messiaen
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Slava\’s Waltzpiano — written for Rostropovich; private and uncharacteristic
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 30
- Orchestral
- Métaboles
- Symphony no. 2, "Le Double"
- Timbres, espace, mouvement, ou La Nuit étoilée, for orchestra
- Tout un monde lointain, concerto for cello and orchestra
- L'arbre des songes, concerto for violin and orchestra
- Mystère de l'instant, for string orchestra, cimbalom and percussion
- Sur le même accord, for violin and orchestra
- Symphony no. 1
- Keyboard
- Piano Sonata, op. 1
- 3 Préludes
- Au gré des ondes
- Bergerie
- Blackbird
- Figures de résonances
- Mini-prélude en éventail
- Petit air à dormir debout
- Resonances
- Tous les chemins
- Vocal
- 3 Sonnets de Jean Cassou, for voice and piano or orchestra
- Correspondances, for soprano and orchestra
- Le temps l'horloge, for voice and piano or orchestra
- The Shadows of Time, for 3 children's voices and orchestra
- Chamber
- Choral, Cadence et Fugato, for trombone and piano
- Diptyque: Les citations, for oboe, percussion, harpsichord and double bass
- Flute Sonatina
- Oboe Sonata
- Sarabande et Cortège, for bassoon and piano
- Sarabande et cortege, for bassoon and piano
- Sonatine, for flute and piano
- Strophes sur le nom de Sacher, for cello solo