Artist	Song
Bob Dylan	Simple Twist of Fate
from Blood On the Tracks (1984)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson & Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra	Dido and Aeneas, Z 626, Act III: Thy Hand, Belinda / When I Am Laid In Earth
from Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Music for "The Gordian Knot Unty'd" (1994)
Radu Lupu	Intermezzi, Op. 117: No. 1 in E-Flat Major
from Radu Lupu Plays Brahms (2005)
Bruno Walter, Kathleen Ferrier & Wiener Philharmoniker	5 Ruckert-Lieder: No.4 Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen: 5 Ruckert-Lieder: No.4 Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen
from Mahler: Das Lied Von Der Erde; 3 Rückert Lieder (2000)
Columbia Symphony Orchestra & Igor Stravinsky	Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring): Sacrificial Dance (The Chosen Victim)
from Stravinsky: Petroushka (Original 1911 Version) & The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du Printemps) (1988)
Ensemble Walter Boeykens	Quatuor pour la fin du temps, for violin, cello, clarinet & piano, I/22: V. Louange À L'Eternité de Jésus
from Messiaen: Quatuor pour la fin du temps (Quartet for the End of Time) (2006)
Ars Nova Singers	Lux Aeterna
from Luminescence: Music for Many Voices (2007)
Miles Davis	Nefertiti
from Nefertiti (1994)
Pere Ubu	Final Solution
from Terminal Tower: An Archival Collection, Nonlp Singles & B Sides 1975-1980 (1998)
Sonic Youth	Schizophrenia
from Sister (1994)
Led Zeppelin	Since I've Been Loving You
from Mothership (Remastered) (2007)
The Velvet Underground	What Goes On
from 1969 - Velvet Underground Live With Lou Reed, Vol. 1 (1988)
Missy Elliott	Wake Up (Featuring Jay-Z)
from This Is Not a Test! (2003)
Kronos Quartet	Different Trains: I. America-Before the War
from Reich: Different Trains, Electric Counterpoint (2006)
Lotte Lenya	Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny: Alabama-Song
from Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill (1997)
Björk	An Echo, a Stain
from Vespertine (2004)
Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford	Laudem Dicite Deo Nostro
from Sheppard: English & Latin Church Music (2000)
Harry Christophers & The Sixteen	Vespers: Nyne Otpushchaeschi (Lord, Now Lettest Thou Thy Servant)
from Ikon: Music for the Spirit & Soul (2006)
Hank Williams	I Saw the Light
from Hank Williams: 40 Greatest Hits (1988)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir & Paul Hillier	Da Pacem Domine
from Pärt: Da Pacem (2006)
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson & Roger Vignoles	Spiritual: Deep River
from Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Sing Mahler, Handel and Lieberson (2007)

Comment:

Alex Ross is a blogger, author, and the music critic for [i]The New Yorker[/i]. His new book takes a look at the music (and the people behind the music) of the 20th century. To celebrate the arrival of the audiobook on iTunes, we invited Alex to put together a playlist of his favorite music. Don't forget to check out the book, [GotoURL url="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=270184074&s=143441"][i]The Rest is Noise: Listening to the 20th Century[/i][/GotoURL].

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