Classical Music of the 20th Century (100 releases)

Submitted by Cronus on Thu, 11/11/2010 - 15:16
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  1. Gustav Mahler - Symphonie No. 5 (Wiener Philharmoniker/Leonard Bernstein) (1988)
  2. Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 2 [Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam/ George Szell] (1965)
  3. Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No 10 [USSR State Symphony Orchestra/Jewgeny Svetlanov] (1953)
  4. Gustav Mahler - Das Lied von der Erde [NSO of Ireland / Michael Halász] (1995)
  5. Olivier Messiaen - Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps (Luben Yordanoff; Albert Tetard; Claude Desurmont; Daniel Barenboim) (1988)
  6. Arvo Pärt - Tabula Rasa (1984)
  7. Steve Reich - Music for 18 Musicians (1978)
  8. Terry Riley - In C [Ictus] (2000)
  9. Béla Bartók - Concerto for Orchestra (Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Fritz Reiner) (1956)
  10. Steve Reich - Drumming (1987)
  11. Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9 (New York Philharmonic/Leonard Bernstein) (1998)
  12. Morton Feldman - Rothko Chapel (UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus/Philip Brett); Why Patterns? (The California EAR Unit) (1991)
  13. Henryk Mikołaj Górecki - Symphony No. 3 (London Sinfonietta/David Zinman; Dawn Upshaw) (1992)
  14. Gustav Holst - The Planets (Chicago Symphony Orchestra / James Levine) (1991)
  15. Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 5 (B.Haitink - Concertgebouw Orch) (1983)
  16. Gustav Mahler - Symphony No.8 (Chicago Symphony Orchestra/Georg Solti) (1972)
  17. Giacinto Scelsi - Natura renovatur (Uitti, violoncello/ Münchener Kammerorchester/ Poppen) (2006)
  18. Harry Partch - Delusion of the Fury (1971)
  19. Leoš Janáček - String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (Janáček Quartet) (1964)
  20. Henry Cowell - Piano Music (1993)
  21. Toru Takemitsu - Requiem (Sony - St. Clair) (1998)
  22. Edgard Varèse - The Complete Works (Asko Ensemble; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra/Riccardo Chailly) (1998)
  23. Igor Stravinsky - The Firebird [New Philharmonia Orchestra/ Ansermet] (1968)
  24. George Enescu - Octet, Op. 7; Quintet, Op. 29 (Kremer, violin/ Kremerata Baltica) (2002)
  25. Conlon Nancarrow - Studies for Player Piano (1999)
  26. Karlheinz Stockhausen - Kontakte [Tudor/Caskel/Stockhausen/Koenig] (1960)
  27. Alfred Schnittke - Symphony No. 1 (Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra/Leif Segerstam) (1993)
  28. Gustav Mahler - Symphonie No. 6 (Wiener Philharmoniker/Pierre Boulez) (1995)
  29. Pierre Schaeffer - L'œuvre musicale (1998)
  30. Iannis Xenakis - Metastasis / Pithoprakta (Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F/Maurice le Roux) (1965)
  31. Morton Feldman - Morton Feldman [Edition RZ] (1994)
  32. John Cage - The Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 & 2(Arditti Quartet) (1989 & 1992)
  33. Ottorino Respighi - Pines of Rome/Fountains of Rome (Philadelphia Orchestra) (1994)
  34. Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings; Les Illuminations; Nocturne [Ian Bostridge; Berliner Philharmoniker](2005)
  35. Paul Hindemith - "Mathis der Maler"; Concert Music for Strings & Brass, Op. 50 [Boston Symphony Orchestra/ Steinberg] (1971)
  36. Dmitri Shostakovich - The String Quartets (Fitzwilliam String Quartet) (1998)
  37. Morton Feldman - For Philip Guston (The California EAR Unit) (1997)
  38. Michel Chion - Requiem (1978)
  39. Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 4, G. Major (L. Bernstein, New York Philharmonic/Columbia) (1960)
  40. Sergei Prokofiev - Symphony No. 5 (Philadelphia Orchestra/Riccardo Muti) (1991)
  41. Leo Ornstein - Complete Works for Cello and Piano (Gordon, cello/ Hodgkinson, piano) (2007)
  42. Charles Ives - A Set of Pieces (1994)
  43. Luigi Nono - Prometeo (Ingo Metzmacher) (1995)
  44. Luciano Berio - Sequenzas (Ensemble InterContemporain) (1998)
  45. Anton Webern - Complete Music for String Quartet (Quartetto Italiano) (1970)
  46. Gérard Grisey - Les espaces acoustiques (Asko Ensemble, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln) (2005)
  47. György Ligeti - Continuum / Zehn Stücke für Bläserquintett / Artikulation / Glissandi / Etüden für Orgel / Volumina (1988)
  48. Luigi Nono - Luigi Nono 3: Guai ai gelidi mostri / Omaggio a György Kurtág (Ensemble Recherche/André Richard) (1995)
  49. Poul Ruders - Corpus Cum Figuris; Thus Saw St. John; Manhattan Abstraction (Ensemble InterContemporain) (1988)
  50. Luigi Nono - Composizione per orchestra n. 1 / Der rote Mantel (Luz, sopran/ Gottschick,Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin)(2004)
  51. Bob Ostertag - Say No More (1993)
  52. Alexander Scriabin - Le Poème de l'extase - Piano Concerto - Prométhée (Ugorski, piano; Chicago Symphony Orchestra/ Boulez) (1999)
  53. Dmitri Shostakovich - Cello Concertos Nos 1 and 2 (Maria Kliegel; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra) (1996)
  54. Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 9 (London Symphony Orchestra/Jascha Horenstein)(2001)
  55. Iannis Xenakis - Electronic Music (1997)
  56. Clara Rockmore - Clara Rockmore's Lost Theremin Album (2006)
  57. Per Nørgård - String Quartet No. 1-6 (The Kontra Quartet) (1988)
  58. Béla Bartók - Klavierkonzerte 1-3 (Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Ferenc Fricsay; Géza Anda) (1995) [Compilation]
  59. Henry Cowell - New Music - Piano Compositions (1999)
  60. Witold Lutosławski - Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4 (The Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra - Mirosław Jacek Błaszczyk) (2005)
  61. Pierre Boulez - Répons; Dialogue de l'ombre double (Ensemble Intercontemporain/Pierre Boulez; Alain Damiens) (1998)
  62. Morton Feldman - Neither: Opera (words by Samuel Beckett) (Frankfurt Radio S. O./ Peskó; Leonard, soprano) (1998)
  63. Arnold Schoenberg - Die Jakobsleiter (Fragment); Chamber Symphony No. 1; Begleitmusik zu einer Lichtspielszene [Members of the Ensemble InterContemporain/ BBC Symphony Orchestra/ Boulez] (1993)
  64. Jean Sibelius - Symphony No. 3 - Helsinki Radio Symphomy Orchestra - Okko Kamu (1973)
  65. Galina Ustvolskaya - Grand Duet; Piano Sonata no.5; Trio; Symphony No.4 (The Barton Workshop) (1993)
  66. Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 15 (Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra/Maxim Shostakovich) (1972)
  67. Alfred Schnittke - Psalms of Repentance [Swedish Radio Choir/ Kaljuste] (1999)
  68. Cornelius Cardew - Treatise [Baker, piano, electronics/ Biolo, vibes, percussion/ Gregorio, clarinet, alto saxophone/ Holm, cello/ O'Rourke, electronics/ Lange, conductor] (1999)
  69. Eduard Tubin - Symphony No.1; Balalaika Concerto; Music for Strings [The Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra/ Järvi] (1987)
  70. John Cage - Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano (Maro Ajemian) (1951)
  71. Rune Lindblad - Death of the Moon: Electronic & Concrete Music (1953-1960) (1997) [Compilation]
  72. Lubomyr Melnyk - The Voice of Trees (1985)
  73. Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 8 (London Symphony Orchestra/André Previn) (1973)
  74. Aaron Copland - Copland the Populist (2000)
  75. Arvo Pärt - Alina (1999)
  76. Henry Brant - Music for Massed Flutes (The New York Flute Club/Robert Aitken) (2006)
  77. Pierre Henry - Le voyage (1964)
  78. Arvo Pärt - Litany (The Hilliard Ensemble) (1996)
  79. Frank Martin - Concerto pour sept instruments à vent, timbales, batterie et orchestre à cordes; Polyptique; Etudes pour orchestre à cordes (Blankestijn, violon/ The Chamber Orchestra of Europe/ Fischer) (1992)
  80. Cornelius Cardew / David Bedford - The Great Learning / Two Poems (2002)
  81. Krzysztof Penderecki - Complete Cello Concertos [Arto Noras/ Sinfonia Varsovia/ Penderecki] (2003)
  82. Silvestre Revueltas - Night of the Mayas: Music of Silvestre Revueltas (1994)
  83. Arnold Schoenberg - Verklärte Nacht op.4; Transfigured Night / Variationen für Orchester op 31 (Berliner Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan) (1975)
  84. Vagn Holmboe - String Quartets Vol. 1 – Nos. 1, 3 & 4 (The Kontra Quartet) (1993)
  85. Charles Ives - Symphonies 1 & 4 (Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus/Michael Tilson Thomas) (1991)
  86. Morton Feldman - String Quartet (II) - Ives Ensemble (2002)
  87. Richard Strauss - Also sprach Zarathustra (Berliner Philharmoniker/Herbert von Karajan) (1984)
  88. Jon Gibson - Two Solo Pieces (1977)
  89. Krzysztof Penderecki - A Polish Requiem (2005)
  90. Arvo Pärt / Henryk Górecki / John Tavener - IKOS [Choir of King's College, Cambridge/ Stephen Cleobury, conductor] (1994)
  91. Gustav Mahler - Kindertotenlieder / Symphony No. 4 (Kathleen Ferrier / Desi Halban / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra / Philharmonic-Symphony Orchestra of New York / Bruno Walter) (2003)
  92. Terry Riley - Les Yeux Fermés / Lifespan (2007)
  93. Heitor Villa-Lobos - Bachianas Brasileiras Nos. 1, 2, 5, 9 (Victoria de los Angeles; Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française; Heitor Villa-Lobos)
  94. Milton Babbitt - Philomel (1995)
  95. Glenn Branca - Symphony No. 6 (Devil Choirs at the Gates of Heaven) (1989)
  96. Phill Niblock - Nothin' to Look at Just a Record (1982)
  97. Eugène Ysaÿe - Six Sonatas for Solo Violin, op.27 [Zehetmair] (2004)
  98. Carl Nielsen - Symphonies No. 2 "The Four Temperaments" No. 3 "Sinfonia espansiva" (Andrian Leaper - National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland) (1995)
  99. John Cage - Indeterminacy (with David Tudor) (1992)
  100. François Bayle - Erosphère (1982)
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Classical, Modern Classical, Contemporary Classical, Minimalism, Serialism, Electroacoustic, Indeterminacy, Musique concrète, Avant Garde, Art Music...

wshogren11/12/2010

This is awesome. I've been looking for a list like this for a long time. Now I have some music to track down.