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References
- ↑ "Dialogue de l'ombre double, Pierre Boulez (1985)" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
- 1 2 3 Berio, Boulez, Vincent David, Ensemble Quærendo Invenietis: Dialogue, Chemins, Récit..., æon records AECD 0860, 2008, liner notes
- ↑ "Boulez Dialogue de l'ombre Double", review by Richard Whitehouse of 2015 Bosgraaf recording, Gramophone
- ↑ Jean Henri Huber, Les Amis de la Musique Contemporaine (April 5, 2021). "Dialogue de l'ombre double". musiquecontemporaine.info (in French). Retrieved July 25, 2022.
