List of compositions by Pierre Boulez

A list of works by the French composer Pierre Boulez.

*"Notations" for piano (1945); expanded and reworked for orchestra (1978- )
*"Piano Sonata no.1" (1946)
*"Sonatine" for flute and piano (1946)
*"Le visage nuptial" for soprano, mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra (1946; revised 1951; revised 1988-89)
*"Piano Sonata no.2" (1948)
*"Livre pour quatuor" for string quartet (1948); two movements were reworked for string orchestra as "Livre pour cordes" (1968; revised 1989)
*"Le soleil des eaux" for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1948; revised 1950; revised 1958; revised 1965)
*"Polyphonie X" for ensemble (1950); withdrawn
*"Deux Études", musique concrète (1951–52)
*"Structures I" for two pianos (1951–52)
*"Oubli signal lapidé" for 12 solo voices (1952); withdrawn
*"Le marteau sans maître" for alto and six instruments (1953–55; revised 1957)
*"Poésie pour pouvoir" for tape and orchestra (1955); withdrawn
*"Piano Sonata no.3" (1955-57/63); unfinished
*"Pli selon pli" for soprano and orchestra (1957–58, as "Improvisations sur Mallarmé" 1–2; completed 1959–62; revised 1989)
*"Structures II" for two pianos (1961)
*"Figures-doubles-prismes" for orchestra (1957–58, as "Doubles"; revised 1964; revised 1968)
*"Éclat" for ensemble (1965)
*"Éclat/multiples" (1970); "Éclat" followed by a longer piece for a larger ensemble; unfinished
*"Domaines" for clarinet (1968)
*"Domaines" for clarinet and six instrumental groups (1968)
*"Improvisé—pour le Dr. K" for flute, clarinet, piano, violin, and cello (1969; revised 2005)
*"Cummings ist der Dichter" for chorus and ensemble (1970; revised 1986)
*"...explosante-fixe..." for flute, clarinet, and trumpet (1971-72)
*"...explosante-fixe..." new version for flute, clarinet, trumpet, harp, vibraphone, violin, viola, cello, and electronics (1973-74)
*"Rituel - in memoriam Bruno Maderna" for orchestra in eight groups (1974)
*"Messagesquisse" for solo cello and six cellos (1976)
*"Notations" for orchestra (1978- )
*"Répons" for two pianos, harp, vibraphone, xylophone, cimbalom, ensemble and live electronics (1980; revised and expanded 1982; revised and expanded 1984)
*"Dérive 1" for six instruments (1984)
*"Dialogue de l'ombre double" for clarinet, piano resonance and tape (1984)
*"Mémoriale ("...explosante-fixe..." originel)" for flute and ensemble (1985); an arrangement of the central section from "...explosante-fixe..."
*"...explosante-fixe..." version for vibraphone and electronics (1986)
*"Initiale" for brass ensemble (1987)
*"Dérive 2" for eleven instruments (1988; revised 2002; expanded and completed 2006)
*"Anthèmes" for violin (1991; revised and expanded 1994)
*"...explosante-fixe..." for solo MIDI flute, two "shadow" flutes, chamber orchestra, and electronics (1991–93); three of nine projected movements
*"Incises" for piano (1994; revised and expanded 2001)
*"Anthèmes 2" for violin and live electronics (1997)
*"Sur incises" for three pianos, three harps and three percussionists (1996-1998)
*"Une page d’éphéméride" for piano (2005)