 | Igor Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Alexander Scriabin: The Poem of Ecstasy - Valery Gergiev / Kirov Orchestra by Alexander Scriabin
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $7.42 IGOR STRAVINSKY (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Not the "barbaric, heavy-metal" version many described, Gergiev's interpretation is gorgeous, detailed, sprawling, & Debussian.
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 | The British Music Collection: Harrison Birtwistle by Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Buy used from: $110.28 HARRISON BIRTWISTLE (3 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) A 2-disc collection of Birtwistle -- the first disc, 4 pieces performed by Boulez & the EI, is dull, but the second disc with "Earth Dances" is great.
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 | Pulse Shadows by Sir Harrison Birtwistle
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $11.00 HARRISON BIRTWISTLE) Webernesque lieder alternating with string quartet passages by the Arditt Quartet
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 | Gubaidulina - The Canticle of the Sun · Music for Flute Strings and Percussion / Pahud · LSO · London Voices · Rostropovich by Sofia Gubaidulina
Buy used from: $15.98 SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) 2 superb & unique pieces, 1 featuring Rostropich's cello & St. Francis, the other featuring Emmanuel Pahud's flutes & orchestra.
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 | Gubaidulina - Prelude (10) · In Croche · Quaternion by Sofia Gubaidulina
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $14.83 SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (5 STARS) three works for cello with Alexander Ivashkin, the Russian successor to Rostropovich
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 | Johannes Passion by Gennady Bezzubenkov
Buy new: $41.98 / Used from: $24.97 SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (3 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) a huge 2-disc work for orchestra and chorus with Valery Gergiev conducting
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 | Karl Amadeus Hartmann / Béla Bartok by Zehetmair Quartett
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $9.39 KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN/BELA BARTOK (5 STARS) Thomas Zehetmair & his quartet play Hartmann's First and Bartok's Fourth quartets -- excellent performance and recording
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 | Hans Werner Henze: Barcarola per grande orchestra / Symphony No. 7
Buy used from: $3.99 HANS WERNER HENZE (5 STARS -- reissue -- SEE MY REVIEW) Henze's 7th is an epic tragedy, "a German symphony about Germany." EMI should fire its graphic department -- why do Henze and Rattle have blue heads?
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 | The Ligeti Project I: Melodien / Chamber Concerto / Piano Concerto / Mysteries of the Macabre - Schönberg Ensemble / ASKO Ensemble / Reinbert de Leeuw by Reinbert De Leeuw
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $7.92 GYORGY LIGETI (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) great recordings of several Ligeti pieces, continuing where Sony's Ligeti Edition left off
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 | Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde - Violeta Urmana / Michael Schade / Wiener Philharmoniker / Pierre Boulez
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $5.55 GUSTAV MAHLER (5 STARS) Boulez and the Vienna Philharmonic with Mahler's Song of the Earth
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 | Messiaen: Turangalîla - Symphonie / Nagano, Aimard, Kim by Kent Nagano
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $8.89 OLIVIER MESSIAEN (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) superb new recording of Messiaen's massive 1940s work
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 | Luigi Nono: Al gran sole carico d'amore
Buy used from: $76.98 LUIGI NONO (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) premier recording of Nono's early 70s "azione scenica," live in Stuttgart, a tragic epic of failed revolutions
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 | Luigi Nono: Voices of Protest, Vol.1
Buy used from: $149.99 LUIGI NONO (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) featuring "The Forest is young and full of life," (65/66), a radical piece both politically &musically, with Vox Nova and electronic tapes
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 | Luigi Nono: Choral Works
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $11.00 LUIGI NONO (5 STARS) Nono's gorgeous, tragic vocal music -- think Ligeti with leftist politics
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 | Pintscher - Music from Thomas Chatterton / Barainsky · D. Henschel · Eschenbach by Matthias Pintscher
Buy used from: $4.81 MATTHIAS PINTSCHER)
Three works for vocals and orchestra with Claudia Barainsky on soprano and Christoph Eschenbach conducting the NDR-Sinfonieorchester Hamburg.
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 | Prokofiev: 7 Symphonies; Lieutenant Kijé
Buy new: $30.98 / Used from: $19.77 SERGEI PROKOFIEV (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Another 2001 release of Prokofiev, my latest discovery. Fantastic overall -- I think the 2nd and 6th Symphonies are the best.
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 | Rihm: Morphonie / Klangbeschreibung I - III
Buy new: $42.98 / Used from: $18.99 WOLFGANG RIHM (5 STARS) awesomely great orchestral works from Rihm from the 1980s
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 | Terry Riley: In C
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $10.55 TERRY RILEY (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) fantastic new interpretation of Riley's 1964 minimalist masterpiece
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 | Kaija Saariaho: Château de l'âme / Graal Théâtre / Amers by Esa-Pekka Salonen
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $3.04 KAIJA SAARIAHO (5 STARS) "Graal Theatre" is a violin concerto, with the incomparable Gidon Kremer, commissioned by the BBC. The other two compositions feature Dawn Upshaw's soprano voice, and Anssi Karttunen's cello.
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 | Giacinto Scelsi: Natura Renovatur
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $13.48 GIACINTO SCELSI (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) great set of music for strings, including String Quartet No. 4, with Hans Zender conducting the Klangforum Wien
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 | Schnittke: Symphony No. 8/Suite from 'The Census List'
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $8.99 ALFRED SCHNITTKE (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Polyansky is recording Schnittke's symphony cycle (1 -- 8) for Chandos -- here's No. 8. I'm looking forward to No. 3 (10/4/04).
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 | Arnold Schoenberg: Chamber Music for Strings
Buy new: $79.98 / Used from: $120.72 ARNOLD SCHOENBERG (5 STARS) fantastic 5-CD set from the Schoenberg Quartet of all the chamber music for strings -- the 4 quartets, 2 pieces rearranged for string quartet, and more
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 | Ernst Toch: String Quartets 11 & 13
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $10.30 ERNST TOCH (5 STARS) two great quartets from the neglected Toch, the 11th from the 1920s, and the 13th from his American exile, a 12-tone piece
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 | Webern: Complete Works for String Quartet and String Trio by Anton Webern
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $10.00 ANTON von WEBERN (5 STARS) a superb rendition of Webern from the Artis Quartett of Vienna
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 | Xenakis: Orchestral Works, Vol. II by Orchestre Philharmonique du Luxembourg
IANNIS XENAKIS (5 STARS) Second set of Xenakis orchestral pieces on the Timpani label with Boulez-trained Arturo Tamayo conducting -- includes 2 never-before recorded works
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 | Renegade Heaven by Bang on a Can All-Stars
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $3.35 BANG ON A CAN) post-minimalism with guitars
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 | Bartok: Complete String Quartets
Buy new: $27.99 / Used from: $52.64 BELA BARTOK) the acclaimed Quatuor Vegh Bartok cycle, with their Hungarian gypsy interpretation
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 | Truls Mørk ~ Britten - Cello Suites 1-3 by Benjamin Britten
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $32.45 BENJAMIN BRITTEN) Grammy-winner for solo performance
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 | The Adding Machine
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $6.29 ARNOLD DREYBLATT) Reichian and repetitive, but less sleek, more ramshackle, utilizing a distinctive 20-pitch system
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 | Vinko Globokar: Oblak Semen; Discours IX; Zlom
Buy used from: $63.48 VINKO GLOBOKAR) Trombonist/composer/madman, Globokar worked with both Stockhausen and Boulez (IRCAM). Here are three pieces, one a trombone solo, one for two pianos, and "Zlom" for 26 instruments.
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 | Górecki: Symphony No. 2 Copernican; Beatus Vir
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.00 HENRYK GORECKI) If you like Gorecki's well-known Symphony 3, try #2
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 | Sharon Isbin
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $1.98 SHARON ISBIN) two guitar concertos from Sharon Isbin including the Grammy-winner "Concert de Gaudi for Guitar and Orchestra" by Christopher Rouse, along with a piece by Tan Dun
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 | After Mozart by Alexander Raskatov
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $2.41 KREMERATA BALTICA) On this Grammy-winner, Gidon Kremer and his ensemble present a program of Mozart (both Wolfgang and Leopold) interspersed with contemporary works by Alfred Schnittke and Valentin Silvestrov.
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 | Schnittke: Chamber Music
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.50 ALFRED SCHNITTKE) Alexander Ivashkin on cello on this acclaimed Schnittke set from Naxos
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 | Boulez Conducts Varèse
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.45 EDGARD VARESE) Grammy-winner for orchestral recording
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 | Musik in Deutschland 1950-2000 Vol. 172:/Var by Musik in Deutschland 1950-00
Buy new: $39.98 / Used from: $81.79 BOX 3 -- 10 CDs
Angewandte Music (Radio, Film, etc)
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