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Modern Classical

Artist Song
Philip Glass & Philip Glass Ensemble  Koyaanisqatsi  
David Zinman, Dawn Upshaw & London Sinfonietta  Symphony No. 3: II. Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo  
John Adams & Orchestra of St. Luke’s  Shaker Loops: I. Shaking and Trembling  
Pat Metheny  Electric Counterpoint: I. Fast  
Joshua Bell & Philharmonia Orchestra  The Red Violin  
Michael Nyman  The Promise  
Bruce Brubaker  Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis One  
I Fiamminghi & Rudolf Werthen  Cantus in Memory Of Benjamin Britten for Strings and One Bell  
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra  Asyla (For Orchestra): III. Ecstasio  
Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, City of London Sinfonia & Timothy Brown  Requiem: I. Requiem Aeternam  
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Renée Fleming  A Streetcar Named Desire: I Want Magic!  
Gidon Kremer & Yo-Yo Ma  Rejoice! for Violin and Cello: Heed thyself  
Berliner Philharmoniker & Hans Werner Henze  Symphony No. 1 for chamber orchestra: II. Notturno: Lento  
Lorraine Hunt Lieberson with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and James Levine  5 Neruda Songs: Ya Eres Mia. Reposa Con Tu Sueno en Mi Sueno.  
Daniel Harding, London Symphony Orchestra & Nicola Benedetti  Fragment for the Virgin  
Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic  Atmosphères, for large orchestra  
Sharon Isbin  El Decamerón Negro: III. Balada de la Doncella Enamorada  
Göran Söllscher & Patrick Gallois  Toward the Sea I: 1. the Night  
Göteborgs Symfoniker, London Voices, Peter Eötvös & Terry Edwards  Sinfonia for 8 Voices and Orchestra: II. O King  
Astor Piazzolla & Kronos Quartet  Five Tango Sensations: Anxiety  
Contrasts Quartet  Spring Music (For Violin / Cello And Piano): I. Aubade  
American Brass Quintet  Fifth Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman  
Gavin Bryars Ensemble & Tom Waits  Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet - Single Remix  
Dawn Upshaw & Gilbert Kalish  Lua descolorida  
David Russell  Farewell to Stromness  
Andreas Delfs, Renée Fleming & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra  Mass: Simple Song  
Costas Cotsiolis, Leo Brouwer, Odair Assad, Orquesta de Cordoba & Scott Tennant  Serenade Opus 50  
Evelyn Glennie  Velocities (Moto Perpetuo) For Solo Marimba  
Barbara Bonney & André Previn  Six Elizabethan Songs: 1. Spring (Thomas Nash)  
American Composers Orchestra & Dennis Russell Davies  Fifth Symphony: IV. Machine  
Philipp Vandre  Mysterious Adventure  
Christopher Parkening, Elmer Bernstein & London Symphony Orchestra  Guitar Concerto, "For Two Christophers": III. Celebration  
Ralph van Raat  China Gates  
Kontra Quartet  String Quartet No. 2: III. Tranquillo Con Delicatezza  
Esa-Pekka Salonen & The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra  Foreign Bodies: Part II: Language  
Gidon Kremer  Buenos Aires Hora Cero  
Peter Serkin  Prayer Bell Sketch, Op 29  
Laurie Hudicek  Makrokosmos I: Part III: XI. Dream Images (Gemini)  
John Adams & Orchestra of St. Luke's  Elegy In Memory Of Maurice Ravel  
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Renée Fleming  Susannah - Music Drama in 2 Acts: The Trees On the Mountain  
Maya Beiser  Mariel  
Polyphony & Stephen Layton  Water Night  
Barbara Bonney & Sato Knudsen  Vocalise  
Lyric Quartet, Michael Riesman & Nick Ingman  Dead Things  
Kronos Quartet  Tokyo / Vermont Counterpoint  
Patricia Goodson  Impromptu  
Magnus Irving Bage & Bengt-Ake Lundin  Sounds of the Forest  
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Marin Alsop  Solitude Sonore (1958)  
Peter Serkin  The Ocean That Has No West and No East  
The Hilliard Ensemble  Da Pacem Domine  
St Albans Cathedral Choirs, Andrew Lucas & Ensemble DeChorum  Gloria: III. Vivace e ritmico  
Metamorphosen & Scott Yoo  Voyage  
Choir Of King's College, Cambridge & Stephen Cleobury  One Star, At Last  
Gidon Kremer, Leonard Bernstein & New York Philharmonic  Violin Concerto (1984): I. Twilight: Free and Spacious - Attacca  
Chicago Pro Musica  Pastoral for Clarinet and Piano  
Edgar Meyer & Emerson String Quartet  Quintet for String Quartet and Contrabass: Movement IV  
Soyeon Lee  Nine Bagatelles  
Itzhak Perlman  3 American Pieces: Early Song (Andante)  
Roger Heaton  Three Elegies: No. 2  
David Arden  Brin  
Markus Hauke & Mainz Percussion Ensemble  Quartet for 4 Percussionists: I. Moderate  
Claudio Abbado & Wiener Philharmoniker  Notations: 3. Très Modéré  
Meredith Monk & Wayne Hankin  Atlas: Travel Dream Song  
Milwaukee 20th Century Ensemble & Pavel Burda  Giuocco Dei Colpi, Op. 105  
Balanescu Quartet  String Quartet No.2: 3. III  
Ensemble InterContemporain & Pierre Boulez  Chamber Concerto for 13 Instrumentalists: 1. Corrente (Fliessend)  
Massimiliano Damerini  Nr. 4 Klavierstück VII  
John Sampen & Marilyn Shrude  Mirrorrim  
Chicago Symphony Chorus & John Nelson  Amen, Opus 35  
London Philharmonic Orchestra & William Alwyn  'Lyra Angelica' Concerto for Harp and String Orchestra: I. Adagio  
Gerard Schwarz & New York Chamber Symphony  Notturno for Strings and Harp: III. Adagio  
Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Safri Duo & Thomas Dausgaard  Bach to the Future: I. C Major  
London Symphony Orchestra & Richard Hickox  Suffolk Suite: I. Prelude: Moderato  

Comment:

Modern Classical? Sounds a bit of an oxymoron, doesn't it, like "contemporary artifact" or "improvised choreography." No need for confusion: while serious contemporary composers' styles run the table from primitivist to minimalist, from 12-tone serialism to found-sound collage and beyond, we've skimmed off the [i]crème de la crème[/i] for your enjoyment and edification. We aren't going to pretend that all of it's going to be to your taste, unless you have a [i]very[/i] eclectic palate, but if you weren't sure where to dip into the roiling waters of modern classical composition, we can provide something of a road map. From superstar composers like Philip Glass and Henryk Górecki, to celebrated conductors like Leonard Bernstein and Seiji Ozawa, to A-list soloists like Joshua Bell and Meredith Monk, we've got an indispensable guide to the best of the modern classics.
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