 | Piano Music of Salonen, Stucky & Lutoslawski
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $8.26 Lutoslawski's early Piano Sonata finally appears, coupled with pieces by two younger composers inspired by his lyricism and approach to harmony
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![Schnittke: The Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3 [SACD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51oA1%2Bt3PoL._SL75_.jpg) | Schnittke: The Piano Concertos Nos. 1-3 [SACD] by Kupiec
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $36.03 Another first recording, this time of Schnittke's early and enjoyable, Prokofiev-influenced Piano Concerto. The other two Concerti receive fine performances, especially the four hands work.
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 | Flute Concertos by Dalbavie, Jarrell & Pintscher
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.98 Dalbavie's Flute Concerto is a standout in this recording of three contemporary works.
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 | Valentin Silvestrov: Bagatellen und Serenaden
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $10.39 Quiet, introspective, small and charming pieces by the Ukrainian master.
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 | Sibelius, Lindberg: Violin Concertos
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $7.50 The Lindberg Violin Concerto is fascinating; I'm not sure I fully understand it, but I'm intrigued by it.
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 | Bach Violin Concertos & Gubaidulina In Tempus Praesens' by Anne-Sophie Mutter
Buy new: $15.99 / Used from: $9.81 Gubaidulina's latest work for Violin and Orchestra, offering subtleties of timbre and line that Mutter is fully adept at expressing.
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 | Gérard Grisey: Les Espaces Acoustiques
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $19.66 This took forever to track down, but I finally got it, and I'm glad I did. It's a kind of guide to the music of Grisey.
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 | Almost Human by Maya Beiser
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $7.22 Post minimalist composers; very interesting (and prominent) use of spoken word in the Eve Beglarian piece; text is based on a poem by Henry Michaux.
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 | Alfred Schnittke: Symphony No. 0; Nagasaki
Buy new: $20.98 / Used from: $15.54 At long last, two early Schnittke works are recorded. They show the influence of Shostakovich, but also indicate that this young man was prepared to march to his own inner drummer
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 | Kurtág: 80
Buy used from: $63.15 Kurtag is, as always, essential. 80th birthday concert features premiere recordings (I think) of Hipartita (a half hour for violin solo) and
concertante
, a haunting work for violin, viola and large orchestra
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