An authoritative contextual introduction from musicologist Michael Nupin opens the musical door to the work of Edgard Varèse. Renown Maestro Pierre Boulez conducts the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie playing the remarkable "Amériques" and the Ensemble InterContemporain playing the diverse compositions of "Offrandes, Ionisation and Octandre". A must see for the Varèse music scholar.