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3 unusual facts about Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger


Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger

Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger is a 1984 album featuring the music of Frank Zappa, conducted, in part, by Pierre Boulez.

The title track was also commissioned by Boulez, and contains references to Zappa's 1971 film, 200 Motels.

Boulez conducts three tracks ("The Perfect Stranger", "Naval Aviation in Art?" and "Dupree's Paradise"), recorded at IRCAM, Paris on January 10 and January 11, 1984, and performed by Boulez's Ensemble InterContemporain.



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