Frank Zappa - Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
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Artist: Frank ZappaBrand: ZAPPA,FRANK/BOULEZ
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2010-01-25
Music Label: Zappa Records
Soundtracks:
- The Perfect Stranger
- Naval Aviation In Art?
- The Girl In The Magnesium Dress
- Dupree's Paradise
- Love Story
- Outside Now Again
- Jonestown
Music reviews of Boulez Conducts Zappa: The Perfect Stranger
Music Review: A Good Zappa Instrumental Album....part orchestra/part synclavier
Rating: 3 Stars
While this is not FZ's greatest instrumental album of orchestral or synclavier pieces, it is still a very good sample of some of Zappa's entertaining pieces that proved he could be just as good a composer of serious music as he could with comedy rock.
Tracks 1, 2, 4 are performed by a Frecnh orchestra conducted by Pierre Boulez while tracks 3, 5, 6 and 7 are performed without any human musicians on the "synclavier" machine.
The best piece on the album is track 4 (Dupree's Paradise). This "Dupree's Paradise" is the definitive version, surpassing the 24 minute version found on YCDTOSA vol. 2 and even the faster, big-band version found on "make a jazz noise here."
In other words, a beautiful, moving and relaxing piece.
Track 1 (The Perfect Starnger) makes its premiere here and is very experimental in the Stravinsky/Varese sort of way that Zappa occasionally emulated. Not a bad piece but nothing special either.
"Naval aviation in art?" is also heard here. However, this version is inferior to the original (and shorter) version found on the "orchestral favorites" album.
While "the girl in the magnesium dress" and "love story" are mediocre synclavier pieces, "Outside now again" is perhaps Zappa's most relaxing, yet simultaneously suspenseful, synclavier piece. ***A perfect track to put on "repeat" while reading or doing chores.
"jonestown" is a synclavier piece that would be the perfect composition in a very scary horror movie.
All in all, a great listen.
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