![]() | Robert Simpson: The Complete Symphonies [Box Set]
Buy new: $87.98 ROBERT SIMPSON (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) the greatest symphony cycle since Shostakovich, from the late English composer, 11 symphonies on 7 discs, now in one slimline box set from Hyperion
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![]() | Wolfgang Rihm: Musik für Oboe und Orchester; Styx und Lethe; Dritte Musik; Erster Doppelgesang
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $8.99 WOLFGANG RIHM (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) 4 concertos -- for oboe, violin, viola and cello -- performed by the SWR Baden-Baden & Freiburg Symphony Orchestra, with Hans Zender & Michael Gielen conducting
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![]() | Bruno Maderna: Oboe Concertos
BRUNO MADERNA (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) all three of Maderna's oboe concertos, composed in 1962, 1967 and 1973, recorded in the mid-'90s by Fabian Menzel with the Saarbrucken Radio-Symphony Orchestra -- from Col Legno
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![]() | Boulez: Sur Incises; Messagesquisse; Anthèmes 2
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $11.86 PIERRE BOULEZ (4 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) reissued in DG's new Grand Prix budget series, this disc was originally released in 2000 in the DG 20/21 contemporary series
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![]() | Penderecki: Cello Concerto; Partita; Symphony; Threnody
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.76 KRZYSZTOF PENDERECKI (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) a reissue in EMI's GEMINI series, (2-discs-for-the-price-of-one), of a set originally released in 2001, a collection of early (1959-1974) Penderecki, with the composer conducting the Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, and Symphony No. 1 with the LSO
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![]() | Shostakovich: Viola Sonata; Violin Sonata by Van Keulen: vln
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $38.03 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH (5 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) reissue of 1992 recordings of the brilliant Violin and Viola Sonatas, with piano, from Challenge Classics
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![]() | Tüür: Magma
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $5.41 ERKKI-SVEN TUUR (3 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) "Magma" is Tuur's Symphony No. 4 (31 minutes), with Evelyn Glennie on percussion -- Paavo Jarvi conducts the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra -- also included are two works for choir and orchestra, and a piece for strings dedicated to Arvo Part
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![]() | Xenakis: Phlegra; Jalons; Keren; Nomos Alpha; Thallein; Naama, etc.
Buy new: $21.99 / Used from: $12.00 IANNIS XENAKIS (3 STARS -- SEE MY REVIEW) an Apex 2-disc reissue, with one disc featuring 3 works performed by the Ensemble Intercontemporain plus solo pieces for trombone and cello, and a second disc of 4 works for harpsichord, performed by Elisabeth Chojnacka
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![]() | String Quartets by Bartók & Hindemith
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $11.99 BELA BARTOK/PAUL HINDEMITH (5 STARS) the Zehetmair Quartett with another great pair of 20th century quartets -- in 2001 they ECM released their disc with Bartok's 4th and Hartmann's 1st quartets
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![]() | Harrison Birtwistle: Punch and Judy
Buy used from: $71.60 HARRISON BIRTWISTLE (4 STARS) reissue of Birtwistle's 1966-7 opera from the British NMC label (previously released on Decca, and then on Etcetera)
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![]() | Hugues Dufourt: Le Cyprès Blanc
Buy new: $25.98 / Used from: $18.96 HUGHES DUFOURT
An orchestral work and a large viola concerto from the French composer. (Timpani)
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![]() | Dusapin - Faustus, The Last Night
Buy used from: $24.74 PASCAL DUSAPIN (4 STARS) A new opera from the French composer Dusapin is cause for excitement -- his PERELA (MAN OF SMOKE), released by Naive in 2005, was fantastic (see my review).
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![]() | Gérard Grisey: Vortex Temporum; Périodes
Buy new: $18.98 GERARD GRISEY (5 STARS) one of Grisey's last compositions, 40 minutes long, for a quintet of violin, viola, cello, flute & clarinet
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![]() | Hindemith: Kammermusic 1-7 / Der Schwanendreher
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $27.42 PAUL HINDEMITH (5 STARS) reissue in the 2-disc Gemini series of the acclaimed Claudio Abbado & Berlin Philharmonic recordings of the "Kammermusik" series, generally agreed to be among Hindemith's finest works
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![]() | Janácek, Szymanowski: String Quartets
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $12.93 LEOS JANACEK/KAROL SZYMANOWSKI (5 STARS) the Schoenberg Quartet presents String Quartets 1 & 2 from both the Czech and Polish composers, four in all
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![]() | György Kurtág: Complete Choral Works
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $42.01 GYORGY KURTAG (4 STARS) new on the German Hanssler label
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![]() | Tristan Murail: Winter Fragments
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $57.98 TRISTAN MURAIL (4 STARS) five chamber works from the French spectralist composer now teaching in NYC
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![]() | Nono: Prometeo, Tragedia dell'ascolto [Hybrid SACD]
Buy new: $40.98 / Used from: $32.58 LUIGI NONO) great new recording of Nono's late masterwork in state-of-the-art hybrid SACD format
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![]() | Allan Pettersson: Violin Concerto No. 2
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $8.99 ALLAN PETTERSSON (5 STARS) a new recording of Pettersson's Violin Concerto No. 2 performed by the fantastic Isabelle van Keulen with the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, on CPO
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![]() | Whispers Out of Time: Works for Orchestra by Roger Reynolds
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $11.22 ROGER REYNOLDS (5 STARS) long awaited set of orchestral music by Roger Reynolds, from Mode
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![]() | Musik in Deutschland 1950-2000 Vol. 159:/Var by Musik in Deutschland 1950-00
BOX 15 -- 5 CDs
Orchesterstucke (Orchestral Works)
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![]() | John Cage: Atlas Eclipticalis with Winter Music
Buy new: $50.98 / Used from: $83.11 JOHN CAGE) remastered 4-LP set from Mode now on 3 CDs -- live recordings from 1983 with Cage conducting a chamber ensemble
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![]() | Robin de Raaff: Orchestral Works by Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra;Radio Chamber Orchestra;Ralph van Raat - piano
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $15.79 ROBIN de RAAFF) three orchestral works, one a piano concerto, with Peter Eotvos, George Benjamin and Ed Spanjaard conducting and the RCOA on two pieces (Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam)
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![]() | Osvaldo Golijov: Oceana
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $12.98 OSVALDO GOLIJOV) The title piece is a choral work featuring Brazilian jazz singer Luciana Souza and the Atlanta Symphony Chorus. In addition, Dawn Upshaw sings a song trilogy, and the Kronos Quartet performs a new string quartet on this latest disc from the Argentinian composer.
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![]() | Lou Harrison: In Retrospect by L. Miller; flute; W. Winanat; percussion; H. Sloan; percussion; L. Kromm; baritone; Y. Powers; oboe; A. Gordon; trumpet; N. Fernandez; celesta; E. Wong George; tack piano; S. Tramontozzi; string bass; P. Shelton; cello; L. Duckles; cello
Buy new: $17.99 LOU HARRISON) four compositions by the California composer dating from 1939 to 1987, from New World Records
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![]() | Lorraine Hunt Lieberson sings Peter Lieberson 'Neruda Songs' by Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.25 PETER LIEBERSON) Grammy-winner for classical vocal, sung by the late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, the composer's wife
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![]() | Mahler: Symphony No. 3 by Deyoung
Buy new: $28.98 / Used from: $12.99 GUSTAV MAHLER) new live recording from Bernard Haitink and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the first on their own label, CSO-Resound, following the LSO and SFSO's lead
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![]() | Martinu: Music for Violin & Orchestra Vol.1 by Hogwood; Matousek; Pasquier; Koh; Thomsen
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $15.89 BOHUSLAV MARTINU) First in a series from Hyperion presenting all of the great Czech composer's works for violin and orchestra, with Christopher Hogwood conducting the Czech Philharmonic. (Two more volumes were released in 2008.)
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![]() | Martinu: Complete String Quartets
Buy new: $36.98 / Used from: $74.82 BOHUSLAV MARTINU) reissue of one of the finest performances of one of the finest string quartet cycles of the early 20th century, right up there after Bartok and Shostakovich
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![]() | Luigi Nono: Complete Works for Solo Tape
Buy used from: $79.99 LUIGI NONO) electronic works, never before released as far as I know, on the Italian Stradivarius label
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![]() | Allan Pettersson: Complete Symphonies [Box Set] by BBC Scottish Sym Orch
Buy new: $107.99 / Used from: $99.90 ALLAN PETTERSSON) all of the Swedish composer's symphonies now in one set from the German CPO label
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![]() | Riley: In C
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $12.23 TERRY RILEY) the latest recording of Riley's minimalist classic from the Ars Nova Copenhagen, a vocal ensemble, with 8 marimbas and a gong!
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![]() | Fausto Romitelli: Audiodrome
Buy new: $18.98 FAUSTO ROMITELLI) four orchestral and electronic works by a young Italian composer who died in 2004 at age 42, from the Italian label Stradivarius
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![]() | Giacinto Scelsi: The Orchestral Works 2
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $26.60 GIACINTO SCELSI) more of Scelsi's orchestral works from Mode, this time performed by superb Vienna ensembles, not a high school orchestra like Orchestral Works 1!
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![]() | Arnold Schoenberg - Moses und Aron
Buy new: $29.49 / Used from: $24.66 ARNOLD SCHOENBERG) a 2006 production
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![]() | Ralph Shapey: Radical Traditionalism by Wanda Maximilien(piano) The Lexington Quartet of the Contemporary; Chamber Players of the University of Chicago; New York New Music Ensemble;Robert Black(piano)
Buy new: $35.98 / Used from: $24.99 RALPH SHAPEY) 2-disc reissue of chamber works by the uncompromising American serialist from New World Records
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![]() | Shostakovich: Violin Concertos by Sergey Khachatryan
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $11.24 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH) new recordings of the often-recorded DSCH violin concertos by the latest young Russian violin virtuoso with the National Orchestra of France on the French Naive label
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![]() | Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 1; Concertino; Piano Quintet by Martha Argerich
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $10.98 DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH) Martha Argerich performs DSCH's humorous Piano Concerto No. 1 and the great Piano Quintet
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![]() | Joan Tower: Made in America
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $2.50 JOAN TOWER) Grammy-winner in nearly every Classical category
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![]() | Musik in Deutschland 1950-2000 Vol. 163:/Var by Musik in Deutschland 1950-00
Buy new: $41.98 BOX 14 -- 7 CDs
Traditional Ensembles (Chamber Music)
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