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 Discover - Music Of The 20th Century
Release Date: 11/01/2005 
Label:  Naxos   Catalog #: 8558168-69   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Claude DebussyArnold SchoenbergAlban BergAnton von WebernMaurice Ravel
Igor StravinskyRalph Vaughan WilliamsBenjamin BrittenLeos Janácek
Béla BartókSergei ProkofievDmitri ShostakovichGeorge Gershwin
John T. WilliamsCharles IvesEdgard VarčseOlivier Messiaen
Pierre BoulezKarlheinz StockhausenSteve ReichJohn Cage
John AdamsHenryk Mikolaj GóreckiHarrison BirtwistleToru Takemitsu
John Tavener
Performer:  Peter HillRebecca HirschKlára KörmendiIdil BiretRoger Heaton
Boris BermanZofia KilanowiszRobert Aitken
Conductor:  Alexander RahbariEri KlasTakuo YuasaRobert CraftStefan Sanderling
Kees BakelsChristopher RobinsonAndrew MogreliaLadislav Slovák
Stephen GunzenhauserJames SinclairChristopher Lyndon-GeeGregory Rose
Marin AlsopAntoni WitElgar Howarth
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic OrchestraNetherlands Radio SymphonyUlster OrchestraPhilharmonia Orchestra
Bournemouth SinfoniettaBournemouth Symphony OrchestraCambridge St. John's College Choir
Slovak Radio Symphony OrchestraOndrej LenárdBrussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Chorus
Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic OrchestraCzecho-Slovak Radio Symphony OrchestraPrague Philharmonic Orchestra
Northern SinfoniaPolish National Symphony OrchestraAmici
SingcirclePolish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 35 Mins. 

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Notes & Reviews   Works on This Recording  
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Includes work(s) by various composers.
 Works on This Recording Back to Top 
1.  Prélude ŕ l'aprčs-midi d'un faune by Claude Debussy
Conductor:  Alexander Rahbari
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1892-1894; France 
Notes: Composition written: France (1892 - 1894). 
2.  Pieces (5) for Piano, Op. 23 by Arnold Schoenberg
Performer:  Peter Hill (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1920-1923; Vienna, Austria 
3.  Concerto for Violin: 1st movement, Andante-Scherzo by Alban Berg
Performer:  Rebecca Hirsch (Violin)
Conductor:  Eri Klas
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Netherlands Radio Symphony
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; Austria 
4.  Pieces (5) for Orchestra, Op. 10 by Anton von Webern
Conductor:  Takuo Yuasa
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ulster Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1911-1913; Austria 
5.  Le tombeau de Couperin: no 3, Forlane by Maurice Ravel
Performer:  Klára Körmendi (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1914-1917; France 
6.  Pétrouchka: Scene 1 by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Robert Craft
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1911/1947; Switzerland 
7.  Pétrouchka: Dance of the Ballerina by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Robert Craft
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1911/1947; Switzerland 
8.  Pulcinella Suite: 7th movement, Vivo by Igor Stravinsky
Conductor:  Stefan Sanderling
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1922/1947; France 
9.  Symphony no 3 "Pastoral": 3rd movement, Moderato pesante by Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conductor:  Kees Bakels
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1921; England 
10.  Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 by Benjamin Britten
Conductor:  Christopher Robinson
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cambridge St. John's College Choir
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1942; England 
11.  Sinfonietta: 4th movement by Leos Janácek
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra,  Ondrej Lenárd
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1926; Brno, Czech Republic 
12.  Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116: 4th movement, Intermezzo interrotto by Béla Bartók
Conductor:  Alexander Rahbari
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Chorus
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1943; USA 
13.  Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60: Romance by Sergei Prokofiev
Conductor:  Andrew Mogrelia
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1934; Paris, France 
14.  Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10: Allegro by Dmitri Shostakovich
Conductor:  Ladislav Slovák
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1924-1925; USSR 
15.  Concerto for Piano in F major: 3rd movement, Allegro Agitato by George Gershwin
Conductor:  Stephen Gunzenhauser
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1925; USA 
16.  Schindler's List: Main Theme by John T. Williams
Conductor:  Stephen Gunzenhauser
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1993; USA 
17.  Contemplations (2): no 1, The Unanswered Question by Charles Ives
Conductor:  James Sinclair
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Northern Sinfonia
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1906; USA 
18.  Déserts: Second Electronic Interpolation by Edgard Varčse
Conductor:  Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Polish National Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: ?1950-54; USA 
Notes: This selection is a fragment.
Composition written: USA (?1950 - 1954). 
19.  Déserts: Third Electronic Interpolation by Edgard Varčse
Conductor:  Christopher Lyndon-Gee
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Polish National Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: ?1950-54; USA 
Notes: This selection is a fragment.
Composition written: USA (?1950 - 1954). 
20.  Quatre études de rhythme: no 1, Ile de Feu I by Olivier Messiaen
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Amici
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1949; France 
21.  Sonata for Piano no 3: 4th movement, Commentaire by Pierre Boulez
Performer:  Idil Biret (Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1957 
22.  Stimmung by Karlheinz Stockhausen
Conductor:  Gregory Rose
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Singcircle
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1968; USA 
23.  New York Counterpoint: 1st movement by Steve Reich
Performer:  Roger Heaton (Clarinet)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1985; USA 
24.  Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: Interlude no 1 by John Cage
Performer:  Boris Berman (Prepared Piano)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1946-1948; USA 
25.  Fanfares (2) for Orchestra: Short Ride in a Fast Machine by John Adams
Conductor:  Marin Alsop
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1986; USA 
26.  Symphony no 3, Op. 36 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": 2nd movement by Henryk Mikolaj Górecki
Performer:  Zofia Kilanowisz (Soprano)
Conductor:  Antoni Wit
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1976; Poland 
27.  Gawain's Journey by Harrison Birtwistle
Conductor:  Elgar Howarth
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Philharmonia Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1990; England 
28.  Voice by Toru Takemitsu
Performer:  Robert Aitken (Flute)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1971; Japan 
29.  The Lord's Prayer by John Tavener
Conductor:  Christopher Robinson
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Cambridge St. John's College Choir
Period: 20th Century 
Written: England 
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