 | Shostakovich: Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9 by Valery Gergiev
Buy used from: $8.24 Gergiev & the Mariinski Theater Orchestra are as good as it gets. Shostakovich's 5th is my favorite of his symphonies
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 | Shostakovich-Symphony No. 10
Buy used from: $91.00 Moscow Studio Archives is my favorite label. The 10th Symphony is also quite good.
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 | Shostakovich: Violin & Viola Sonatas
Buy used from: $19.95 Yuri Bashmet said that there were only two outstanding works written for Viola in the 20th century. Here he performs one of them.
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 | Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 2; Viola Concerto
Buy used from: $64.47 And here Bashmet performs the other outstanding work of the 20th century.
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 | Alfred Schnittke: Symphony No. 4/Three Sacred Hymns
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $10.50 Schnittke's Russian Side. Also look for his Requiem, or for his German side, look for his Faust Cantata.
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 | Kancheli: Styx, Gubaidulina: Viola Concerto by Giya Kancheli
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $17.50 Here Bashmet performs two works for Viola written in the late 1990s
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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: $10.00 Gubaidulina's Cello concerto outdoes even Saariaho's for weirdness. But in a good way.
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 | Khachaturian: Symphony No. 3; Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $12.50 I love the 3rd Symphony here. The organ solos are nice, and the 15 trumpets are quite powerful.
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 | Terterian: Symphony Nos. 3 & 4
Buy used from: $6.48 Terterian is far too neglected by classical music enthusiasts. His music is very unique, but very captivating. If you like exciting rhythmic music, he's a great composer.
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 | Kanon Pokajanen by Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Buy new: $22.99 / Used from: $16.00 My favorite work by Arvo Part, performed by an incredible choir. Written not quite 10 years ago, but it has staying power.
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 | Passio by Arvo Part
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $4.70 My second favorite work by Arvo Part (also choral). If you'd prefer Orchestral music, get Lamentate, his Piano concerto (and check out Valentin Silvestrov's Piano Concertos on ECM also)
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 | Prokofiev: Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 4 & 5
Buy used from: $20.00 Do Prokofiev's Piano Concertos belong on this list? Yes.
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 | Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 2 & 3
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 | Stravinsky Conducts Stravinsky: Petrushka / Le Sacre du Printemps
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $5.77 I can't leave Rite of Spring off this, can I? Might as well have Stravinsky conduct it.
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 | Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Capriccio espagnol
Buy used from: $43.12 Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade is a necesity
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 | Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom by Baikov
Buy used from: $39.95 Rachmaninov wrote two great orthodox church pieces. They sound old. But they aren't quite a century old yet.
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 | Rachmaninov: Vespers
Get em both.
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 | Borodin-Symphonies 1 & 2
Buy used from: $47.46 Two nice symphonies. Very lush and beautiful.
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 | Rachmaninov-Symphony No. 3 in a/Isle of the Dead/Scherzo by Rachmaninov
Buy used from: $15.98 I love the Isle of the Dead. Its my favorite Symphonic Poem.
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 | Rachmaninov: The Bells; The Spring
Buy used from: $60.67 I love the Bells. And its in English - based off of Edgar Allan Poe.
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 | Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite/Nutcracker Suite by Svetlanov
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $43.13 I don't like Tchaikovksy that much, but I can't leave off the Nutcrackerr.
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 | Khachaturian: Gayanne Suites Nos. 1-3
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $1.90 Khachaturian's Gayane. Everyone's heard the Sabre Dance. But the rest of the ballet is good, too.
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 | Khachaturian: Piano Concert; Concert Rhapsody
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $5.48 I love his piano concertos
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 | Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $3.02 I don't like the first Piano Concerto much, but the middle movement of his second piano concerto just makes me melt.
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 | Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 - 4
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.00 Rachmaninov Piano Concertos with Ashkenazy playing. Enough said.
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