Frank Zappa - Perfect Stranger, The (Boulez Conducts Zappa)

Tracks 1, 2 & 4 are performed by the Ensemble InterContemporain, conducted by Pierre Boulez. Tracks 3, 5, 6 & 7 are performed by The Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratification Consort. The Ensemble InterContemporain includes: Pierre Boulez (conductor); Lawrence Beauregard, Sophie Cherrier (flute); Lazlo Hadady, Didier Pateau (oboe); Alain Damiens, Paul Meyer (clarinet); Jean-Marie Lamothe (bassoon); Antoine Cure, Jean-Jacques Gaudon (trumpet); Jerome Naulais, Benny Sluchin (trombone); Gerard Buquet (tuba); Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Alain Neveux (piano); Frederic Stochl (acoustic bass); Vincent Bauer, Michel Cerutti, Daniel Ciampolini (percussion). Ensemble InterContemporain recorded at Ircam, Paris, France on Janurary 10-11, 1984. Includes liner notes by Frank Zappa. Half of THE PERFECT STRANGER features works by Frank Zappa conducted by Pierre Boulez utilizing his Ensemble Intercontemporain orchestra and recorded in Paris. The other half is Zappa himself under the moniker of the Barking Pumpkin Digital Gratifi... Minimize