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Fifteen 20th century composers
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Debussy: Piano WorksDebussy: Piano Works
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Light and shadow, images and dreams: the gentlest revolution in music history.
Sibelius: The Complete SymphoniesSibelius: The Complete Symphonies
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By rejecting Romantic excess without rejecting all of Romanticism, Sibelius found a new unqiue voice for the new century.
Schoenberg: Serenade/Septet-SuiteSchoenberg: Serenade/Septet-Suite
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Yes, he pioneered atonality: but how can music like this be considered difficult when it dances so much?
Charles Ives: SongsCharles Ives: Songs
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European tradition, Stephen Foster, ragtime, and fists on the keyboard: only a genius could make a unified whole from it!
Bela Bartok: The 6 String Quartets - Emerson String QuartetBela Bartok: The 6 String Quartets - Emerson String Quartet by Eugene Drucker
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Seminal works from the century's greatest master.
Stravinsky: Petrouchka; The Firebird Suite; Scherzo à la RusseStravinsky: Petrouchka; The Firebird Suite; Scherzo à la Russe
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Some of the greatest dance music ever written (and don't overlook his neo-classical and serial phases).
Complete WebernComplete Webern by Anton von Webern
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Unorthodox, yes. But get inside Webern's sound world and discover the music's extraordinary, concentrated beauty.
Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8Shostakovich: Symphony No. 8 by Shostakovich
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The symphony, dismissed as obsolete, survives - powerful enough to express the horrors of World War II.
Messiaen: Turangalîla-SymphonieMessiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
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Avante-garde techniques blend with deeply felt optimism to give a thrillingly life-affirming experience.
Schuman: Symphony No8; Symphony No3Schuman: Symphony No8; Symphony No3
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America's greatest composer: why don't we get to hear his music more often?
Britten - Peter Grimes / Pears · C. Watson · Pease · Brannigan · J. Watson · Elms · Studholme · Kells · R. Nilsson · Lanigan · G. Evans · D. Kelly · ROH Covent Garden · BrittenBritten - Peter Grimes / Pears · C. Watson · Pease · Brannigan · J. Watson · Elms · Studholme · Kells · R. Nilsson · Lanigan · G. Evans · D. Kelly · ROH Covent Garden · Britten by Benjamin Britten
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Powerful drama, full of memorable tunes - and Act I Scene 2 (the storm) is one of the most intense in all opera.
Robert Simpson: Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 5Robert Simpson: Symphony No. 3; Symphony No. 5
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Music by an amateur astonomer expresses the primevial energy from which the galaxies were formed - not for the faint-hearted!
The Ligeti Project I: Melodien / Chamber Concerto / Piano Concerto / Mysteries of the Macabre - Schönberg Ensemble / ASKO Ensemble / Reinbert de LeeuwThe Ligeti Project I: Melodien / Chamber Concerto / Piano Concerto / Mysteries of the Macabre - Schönberg Ensemble / ASKO Ensemble / Reinbert de Leeuw by Reinbert De Leeuw
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From Bartokian early years, to the avant-garde, to a remarkable synthesis; everything Ligeti writes bears a personal stamp.
Schnittke: Complete String QuartetsSchnittke: Complete String Quartets by Alfred Schnittke
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From the Renaissance to Webern, Schnittke uses it, then twists it subversively. Nothing is what it seems!
John Adams - El Nino / Hunt-Lieberson, Upshaw, W. White, NaganoJohn Adams - El Nino / Hunt-Lieberson, Upshaw, W. White, Nagano
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Minimalism transcends itself: this beautiful and powerfully moving work is a "Messiah" for the new millenium.