 | György Ligeti: Clear or Cloudy
Buy new: $29.99 / Used from: $18.58 GYORGY LIGETI (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Ligeti, a late 20th century great, died in June at age 83. Here are all his recordings for the DG label.
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 | John Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur/My Father Knew Charles Ives
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $12.45 JOHN ADAMS (4 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) 2 new works from Adams, including the much-anticipated electric violin concerto DHARMA AT BIG SUR, with Adams conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra
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 | Carter: Oboe Concerto, Esprit Rude - Esprit Doux, a Mirror on Which to Dwell by Trouttet
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $5.45 ELLIOTT CARTER (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) This superb set featuring the "Oboe Concerto" with Heinz Holliger, with Pierre Boulez & the Ensemble Intercontemporain, came out in 1990, was reissued in 2001 in the U.K., and has only appeared in the U.S. in 2006 as a WEA/Apex import
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 | Feldman: String Quartet (1979)
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.18 MORTON FELDMAN (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Naxos reissue of the Group for Contemporary Music's recording of the 1979 "String Quartet" (originally released on the Koch label in 1994) -- still the only recording
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 | Brian Ferneyhough: Shadowtime
Buy new: $48.98 / Used from: $28.98 BRIAN FERNEYHOUGH (4 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) major new work from Brian Ferneyhough, a "thought opera" in Seven Tableaux, based on the life, death & ideas of Walter Benjamin
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![Sofia Gubaidulina: The Deceitful Face of Hope and of Despair; Sieben Worte [Hybrid SACD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FR0YV3ERL._SL75_.jpg) | Sofia Gubaidulina: The Deceitful Face of Hope and of Despair; Sieben Worte [Hybrid SACD]
Buy new: $20.98 / Used from: $9.99 SOFIA GUBAIDULINA (3 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) a flute concerto featuring Sharon Bezaly, the first new composition by Sofia Gubaidulina to be recorded for some time, with Sweden's Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra
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 | Folio
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $5.23 BARRY GUY (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Barry Guy, Renaissance Man, with an extended composition for bass, 2 violins, and a chamber string orchestra
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![Steve Reich: Phases [Box Set]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41EY7UaUG%2BL._SL75_.jpg) | Steve Reich: Phases [Box Set]
Buy new: $34.98 / Used from: $23.07 STEVE REICH (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) Happy Birthday Steve! Nonesuch has released this 5-disc retrospective for Reich's 70th birthday.
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 | Wolfgang Rihm: Chiffre-Zyklus
Buy new: $33.99 / Used from: $12.99 WOLFGANG RIHM (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) a 2-disc live set of chamber music, Stefan Asbury conducting MusikFabrik -- propulsive, convulsive and relentless
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 | Scelsi: Natura Renovatur
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $12.24 GIACINTO SCELSI (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) beautiful new set of Scelsi's string music, featuring Frances-Marie Uitti on cello, a long-time collaborator
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 | Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1; Violin Sonata
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $7.48 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) the young Leila Josefowicz & the CIty of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with the Violin Concerto, plus the Violin Sonata, an all DSCH set
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 | Shostakovich: Sonatas Opp. 134 & 147
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.49 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) DSCH's great Violin & Viola Sonatas arranged for orchestra by Gidon Kremer -- Kremer conducts, and he and Yuri Bashmet perform
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 | Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 6 by Mravinsky
Buy used from: $53.58 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (4 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) live 1984 recording of 5th from Mravinsky and the Leningrad Phil, available once more! (WEA/Elatus reissue import)
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 | Webern: In Sommerwind; Passacaglia Op.1; Orchestral Pieces Op. 6 & 10; Symphony by Sinopoli
Buy used from: $67.36 ANTON WEBERN (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) the 1999 Teldec recording by Giuseppe Sinopoli and the Staatskapelle Dresden (WEA/Elatus reissue)
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 | Mahler: Symphony No. 2 ("Resurrection")
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.69 GUSTAV MAHLER (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) the latest Mahler from Boulez and the Vienna Philharmonic
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![Mahler: Symphony No. 6; Piano Quartet [Hybrid SACD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51KVzo5M4DL._SL75_.jpg) | Mahler: Symphony No. 6; Piano Quartet [Hybrid SACD]
Buy new: $28.98 / Used from: $16.39 GUSTAV MAHLER (4 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) a superbly performed & recorded but slightly stolid new live recording of the "Tragic"
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 | Mahler: Symphony No. 10 (Performing Version by Deryck Cooke) by Gustav Mahler
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $14.98 GUSTAV MAHLER (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) last year Hanssler released a box with Gielen's Symphonies 1-9, and now here's the unfinished No. 10 -- superb!
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 | Nancarrow, Ligeti, Dutilleux: String Quartets
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $10.13 ARDITTI QUARTET) new live recordings of quartets by Conlon Nancarrow (#3), Gyorgy Ligeti (#2) and Henri Dutilleux
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 | Mexico
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $7.95 ARDITTI QUARTET (5 STARS) pieces by young avant Mexican composers
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 | Dutilleux: The Shadows of Time; Cello Concerto; Metaboles by Noras
Buy used from: $47.15 HENRI DUTILLEUX (5 STARS) the acclaimed 1997 "The Shadows of Time" with Seiji Ozawa and the Boston Symphony Orchestra, plus performances of "Metaboles" and the "Cello Concerto" (WEA/Elatus reissue import)
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 | New Music in the D.D.R. 2 by Goldmann
Buy new: $13.98 FRIEDRICH GOLDMANN
Symphonies No. 1 and No. 3 from Goldmann, along with his "Inclinatio temporum: Musik fur Orchester," Volume 2 in the "Neue Musik in der DDR" series from Berlin Classics.
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 | Henze: Violin Concertos Nos. 1 and 3; Five Night Pieces
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $6.73 HANS WERNER HENZE (5 STARS) new recordings of Henze's Violin Concertos 1 & 3 on Naxos, featuring Peter Sheppard Skaerved on violin, in Henze's 80th birthday year
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 | Kafka-Fragmente Op. 24
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $9.61 GYORGY KURTAG (5 STARS) superb new ECM recording of "Kafka Fragments" for soprano and violin in honor of Kurtag's 80th birthday
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 | Kontrakadenz/Klangschatten/Fassade by Lachenmann
Buy used from: $120.49 HELMUT LACHENMANN (5 STARS) three early-1970s recordings of orchestral works with Michael Gielen conducting
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 | Lutoslawski: Concerto For Orchestra; Symphony No. 3 by Barenboim
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $38.52 WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (5 STARS) Daniel Barenboim leads the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in two of Lutoslawski's most acclaimed works (WEA/Elatus reissue import)
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 | Rihm: String Quartets Vol. 4
WOLFGANG RIHM (4 STARS) This is the final installment in the Minguet Quartett's presentation of all of Rihm's quartets on Col Legno. This one seems to taper off -- I'd recommend Vol. 2 as the best (Quartets 5 & 6), and then Vol. 3 next (Quartets 7, 8 & 9).
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 | Schnittke: Concertos for Piano Four Hands; Concerto For Piano & Strings by Postnikova
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $40.12 ALFRED SCHNITTKE (5 STARS) Schnittke's wife Irina on piano and Gennady Rostdhestvensky conducting the London Sinfonietta (WEA/Apex reissue import)
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 | Shostakovich: Sonata For Violin Op.134; Sonata for Viola Op.147 by Mintz
Buy used from: $9.99 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (5 STARS) Shlomo Mintz's acclaimed recordings of the Violin and Viola Sonatas, until now available only in the U.K. (WEA/Elatus reissue import)
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![Shostakovich: The String Quartets [Box Set]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41D7VskEzYL._SL75_.jpg) | Shostakovich: The String Quartets [Box Set]
Buy new: $34.99 / Used from: $34.98 SHOSTAKOVICH CENTENARY (5 STARS) reissue of the Emerson cycle at 1/2 the price of the original 2000 set -- I recently heard the 9th Quartet live played by the Miami String Quartet -- fantastic!
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 | Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen / Punkte by WDR Cologne SO
Buy used from: $50.20 KARLHEINZ STOCKHAUSEN (5 STARS) Karlheinz has been notable by his absence from recordings for lo these many years, choosing to record mainly on his own label, so this excellent disc's appearance is a surprise. Stockhausen died since its release.
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 | Charles Wuorinen: String Sextet; Piano Quintet; Divertimento
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.42 CHARLES WUORINEN (5 STARS) two string quartets, a piano quintet and a sextet for strings -- this looks like an ideal introduction to the American composer, and a budget price from Naxos
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 | ZEMLINSKY: Lyric Symphony op. 18 by Christine Schäfer
ALEXANDER von ZEMLINSKY (5 STARS) a beatiful recording of one of Zemlinsky's most acclaimed works, with Christine Schafer singing soprano and Matthias Goerne singing baritone, with Christoph Eschenbach leading the Orchestre de Paris
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 | Bartok: Strings Quartets Nos. 1-6 by Quatuor Keller
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $36.30 BELA BARTOK (5 STARS)
Yet another Apex reissue, the Keller Quartet's Bartok cycle was originally released in 1995.
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 | Luciano Berio: Sequenzas I-XIV for Solo Instruments
Buy new: $26.99 / Used from: $14.45 LUCIANO BERIO) the complete Sequenzas on Naxos -- there's another new set on Mode as well -- so 2 new recordings to evaluate alongside the DG 20/21 set from 1999
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 | Osvaldo Golijov: Ainadamar
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $4.85 OSVALDO GOLIJOV) Grammy-winner for best composition from the popular Argentinian composer
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 | Music of Peter Lieberson (Rilke Songs, The Six Realms, Horn Concerto)
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $8.95 PETER LIEBERSON) Grammy-winner for best vocal recording
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![Mahler: Symphony No. 7 [Hybrid SACD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41TXP8ST0QL._SL75_.jpg) | Mahler: Symphony No. 7 [Hybrid SACD]
Buy new: $27.98 / Used from: $15.48 GUSTAV MAHLER) Grammy-winner for best orchestral recording from Michael Tilson Thomas conducting his San Francisco Symphony, the latest in the complete cycle from MTT/SFS
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 | Arvo Pärt: Da Pacem by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $16.23 ARVO PART) Grammy-winner for best choral recording from the Estonian "holy minimalist"
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 | Prokofiev: The Complete Symphonies
Buy new: $47.98 / Used from: $32.00 SERGEI PROKOFIEV) acclaimed new set of Prokofiev's symphonies from Valery Gergiev and the London Symphony Orchestra
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 | Musik in Deutschland 1950-2000 Vol. 12:/Var by Musik in Deutschland 1950-00
Buy new: $22.98 / Used from: $51.29 BOX 12 -- 5 CDs
Sologesang mit Orchester
(Solo Vocal with Orchestra)
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