Ensemble Intercontemporain
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L'Ensemble Intercontemporain provided the instruments for The Perfect Stranger, conducted by Pierre Boulez. FZ met Boulez after sending him some orchestral scores, hoping that he would be interested in conducting them. According to Zappa: "I bought my first Boulez album when I was in the twelfth grade". Needless to say, Boulez eventually agreed to the project. At the time of the recording, the ensemble consisted of:
- Lawrence Beauregard, Sophie Cherrier: flutes
- Lazlo Hadady, Didier Pateau: oboes
- Alain Damiens, Paul Meyer: clarinets
- Guy Arnaud: bass clarinet
- Jean-Marie Lamothe: bassoon
- Jacques Deleplanque, Jens McManama: horns
- Antoine Cure, Jean-Jacques Gaudon: trumpets
- Jerome Naulais, Benny Sluchin: trombones
- Gerard Buquet: tuba
- Vincent Bauer, Michel Cerutti, Daniel Ciampolini: percussion
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Alain Neveux: pianos
- Marie-Claire Linale, Jacques Ghestem, Maryvonne le Dizes: violins
- Garth Knox, Jean Sulem: violas
- Chrichan Larsson, Pierre Strauch: cellos
- Frederic Stochl: double bass
