 | Tippett: Concerto for double string orchestra; Piano Concerto; Fantasia concertante on a theme of Corelli
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $5.49 Tippett's Piano Concerto, beautiful multi-stranded lyrical polyphony. Coupled with 2 other fine works.
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 | Harrison Birtwistle: Secret Theatre; Silbury Air; Carmen Arcadiae Mechanicae Perpetuum
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $8.99 Birtwistle's Secret Theatre. A fascinating interaction between the continuous lyrical melody which appears in various guises throughout, & the clockwork like mechanical accompaniments that offer contrasts & counterpoints to that melody.
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 | Gubaidulina: Offertorium; Hommage à T.S. Eliot
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $9.02 Gubaidulina's Offertorium. In a way her special homage to JS Bach & Webern. Love this piece.
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 | Boulez: Piano Sonatas Nos. 1-3
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $2.21 Boulez Piano Sonatas. Turbulent, strange, enigmatic, sometimes harsh, brutal, violent - virtuoso essays for the keyboard.
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 | Karlheinz Stockhausen: Klavierstucke 1-11, Mikrophonie I & II by Alois Kontarsky
Buy new: $34.99 / Used from: $53.37 Stockhausen's Klavierstucke, exploratory abstract expressionistic gems.
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 | Le Domaine Musical Volume 1/Var by Multi Interpretes
Buy new: $49.98 / Used from: $76.68 Stockhausen's wild wind quintet - Zeitmasze. This box set also has the best performance of Boulez's 2nd Sonata I've heard, performed by Yvonne Loriod.
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 | Stockhausen: Kontra-punkte, Refrain, Zeitmasze, Schlagrtrio by Ensemble Recherche
Buy new: $23.98 / Used from: $19.82 Another soon to be released recording of Stockhausen's Zeitmasze from a distinguished ensemble.
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 | Karlheinz Stockhausen: Gruppen / Punkte by WDR Cologne SO
Buy used from: $49.95 Stockhausen's Gruppen for 3 orchestras. Explosive, visceral orchestral dialog. Best experienced live in performance to get the full effect of it's plotted spatialization, but this recording is good.
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Buy used from: $55.98 Stockhausen's Kontakte. The pure electronic version is best.
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 | Karlheinz Stockhausen: Kontakte
Buy new: $26.98 / Used from: $13.00 Kontakte. Alternate version with piano & percussion.
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 | Messiaen: Catalogue D'Oiseaux Books 1-3 / Peter Hill
Buy new: $12.99 New found sonorities in Messiaen's Bird Catalogue for solo piano. I particularly like 'The Woodlark' from Book 3, a calm nocturnal-like piece.
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 | Dutilleux: Complete Orchestral Works
Buy new: $52.98 / Used from: $40.00 Prefer Henri Dutilleux to either Messiaen or Boulez overall - many great works in this boxed set.
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 | Poulenc: Oeuvres pour piano
Buy used from: $6.94 Less is often more - Poulenc's 8th Nocturne is a masterpiece.
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 | Dmitri Shostakovich: Violin Concerto, Op. 99; Cello Concerto, Op. 107
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $6.78 Fond of Shostakovich's 1st Violin Concerto. This is a legendary performance.
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