BEST 20TH CENTURY CLASSICS

BEST 20th CENTURY CLASSICS 100

THE LAST OF THE ROMANTICS 77.32
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor
1 I. Moderato opening 4.49
Jean-Bernard Pommier piano
Hall Orchestra / Lawrence Foster
1993 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
PROKOFIEV
Romeo and Juliet
2 Dance of the Knights 5.37
London Symphony Orchestra / Andr Previn
1973/1987*
KHACHATURIAN
Masquerade
3 Waltz 4.17
Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz 1964/1993*
PROKOFIEV
Lieutenant Kij Suite
4 Troika 2.52
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt 1984
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor
5 I. Allegro ma non tanto opening 2.49
Mikhail Rudy piano
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
1993
RODRIGO
Concierto de Aranjuez
6 II. Adagio opening 4.43
Julian Bream guitar
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
1993
KHACHATURIAN
Spartacus
7 Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia extract 4.42
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov 1986
ELGAR
Cello Concerto in E minor
8 I. Adagio Moderato 7.57
Jacqueline du Pr cello
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli
1965/2004*
RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
9 Variation 18 2.57
Ccile Ousset piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1984
DEBUSSY
Images
10 II. Ibria: 3. Le matin dun jour de fte 4.54
London Symphony Orchestra / Andr Previn 1979
SIBELIUS
11 Valse triste 5.31
Hall Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli 1966/2000*
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
12 The Lark Ascending opening 6.21
Hugh Bean violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult
1967/1987*
FALLA
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
13 I. In the Generalife extract 5.45
Gonzalo Soriano piano
Orchestre de la Socit des Concerts du Conservatoire
Rafael Frhbeck de Burgos 1963/1987*
SZYMANOWSKI
14 Harnasie extract (Rural Scene) 2.26
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra of Krakw
Antoni Wit 1982/1994*
Recorded in co-production with Polish Radio and TV
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No.2 in F
15 II. Andante 6.06
Dmitri Alexeev piano
English Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk 1983
HOLST
The Planets
16 Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity conclusion 4.47
Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle 1981
INNOVATORS 75.03
JAN

CEK
Sinfonietta
17 IV. Allegretto 2.42
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
1970/1998*
WEBERN
6 Orchestral Pieces Op.6
18 VI. Langsam 1.50
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1989
SCHOENBERG
5 Orchestral Pieces Op.16
19 IV. Peripetie (Sehr rasch) 2.33
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1989
BERG
Lulu-Suite
20 IV. Variationen: Moderato 3.22
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1989
STRAVINSKY
Petrushka
21 Russian Dance 2.29
Peter Donohoe piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1988
BRITTEN
Peter Grimes
22 Sunday Morning (Four Sea Interludes) 3.44
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Libor Pesek
1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
NIELSEN
Symphony No.5
23 II. Allegro conclusion 2.40
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt
1975/1996*
POULENC
Les Biches
24 Rondeau 3.32
Philharmonia Orchestra / Georges Prtre 1981/1990*
BARTK
Concerto for Orchestra
25 IV. Intermezzo interrotto: Allegretto 4.22
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
1970/1998*
WALTON
Violin Concerto
26 II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana & Trio 6.45
(Canzonetta)
Yehudi Menuhin violin
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir William Walton
1979/1994*
RESPIGHI
Pini di Roma
27 III. I pini di Villa Borghese 2.50
London Symphony Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli
1977/1996*
ZEMLINSKY
Sinfonietta Op.23
28 Rondo. Sehr lebhaft 5.52
Grzenich-Orchester Kln
James Conlon 1996 EMI Electrola GmbH
STRAVINSKY
Le Sacre du printemps
29 LAdoration de la terre opening 4.58
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1989
WEILL
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Suite
30 II. Moderato assai 2.20
Berliner Philharmoniker / Mariss Jansons 1998
Live recording
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
31 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis opening 6.09
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult
1976/1985*
HONEGGER
32 Pacific 231 6.31
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
1994
HINDEMITH
Kammermusik No.1
33 IV. Finale: 1921. Lebhaft 6.02
Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado 1996
RAVEL
34 Bolro conclusion 5.15
London Symphony Orchestra / Andr Previn 1980/1992*
BRAVE NEW WORLD 76.16
PRT
35 Cantus in Memoriam Benjamin Britten 6.12
Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Richard Studt 1994
TOYAMA
36 Dance of Men (Ballet Suite Yugen) 2.37
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons 1998
TAKEMITSU
Cassiopeia
37 Scene 3.00
Stomu Yamashta percussion
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
1971/2000*
GORCKI
Symphony No.3 Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
38 II. Lento e largo, tranquillissimo extract 4.29
Zofia Kilanowicz soprano
Krakw Symphony Orchestra / Jacek Kasprzyk
1995 EMI Electrola GmbH under exclusive licence from
JARO Medien GmbH Live recording
PENDERECKI
39 Anaklasis 5.57
London Symphony Orchestra / Krzysztof Penderecki
1973/1994*
HENZE
Symphony No.8
40 II. Ballabile conclusion 4.38
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1996 Live recording
MESSIAEN
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
41 III. Des profondeurs de labme 2.45
Ensemble de Percussion de lOrchestre de Paris
Orchestre de Paris / Serge Baudo 1968/1991*
TURNAGE
42 Drowned Out excerpt 5.07
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1994
LUTOSL
/
AWSKI
Symphony No.1
43 I. Allegro giusto 4.52
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra
Witold Lutosawski
1978/1994* Recorded in co-production with Polish
Radio and TV
ARNOLD
Guitar Concerto
44 I. Allegro 6.20
Julian Bream guitar
Members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1993
NYMAN
45 The Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise 3.11
(The Piano)
Music composed, directed and produced by
Michael Nyman 1993 Michael Nyman Ltd
under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Records
Ltd
TAKEMITSU
46 Rain Coming (1982) 8.31
London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen 1991
TAVENER
The Protecting Veil
47 The Incarnation 3.40
Steven Isserlis cello
London Symphony Orchestra / Gennady Rozhdestvensky
1980 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
GUBAIDULINA
48 The Canticle of the Sun extract 5.17
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
Simon Carrington & Neil Percy percussion
London Voices / Ryusuke Numajiri 2001
ADS
49 Asyla IV. 4.37
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1999 Live recording
KNUSSEN
50 Flourish with Fireworks 4.06
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1996 Live recording
AMERICA 78.35
BERNSTEIN
51 Candide Overture 4.13
London Symphony Orchestra / Andr Previn
1971/1994*
IVES
A Set of Pieces for Theatre or Chamber Orchestra
52 No.3 In the Night 2.47
Ensemble Modern / Ingo Metzmacher
1992 EMI Electrola GmbH
GLASS
53 Faades 7.46
John Harle & Simon Haram soprano saxophones
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green
1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
JOHN WILLIAMS
54 Schindlers List Main Theme 5.01
Tasmin Little violin
New World Philharmonic / Iain Sutherland 1994
COPLAND
55 Fanfare for the Common Man 3.38
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Btiz
1986 EMI Records Ltd as exclusive licensee
BARBER
56 Adagio for Strings 6.20
Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy
1985/1985*
HORNER
57 My Heart Will Go On (Titanic) 4.19
Orchestra / David Abel 1998
REICH
58 Nagoya Marimbas 4.51
Colin Currie & Sam Walton marimbas 1998
CARTER
Three Occasions
59 A Celebration of some 100 x 150 notes 3.29
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1996 Live recording
BARBER
Cello Concerto
60 II. Andante sostenuto 7.43
Ralph Kirshbaum cello
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste
1989 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
ADAMS
Shaker Loops
61 IV. A Final Shaking 3.43
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green
1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
COPLAND
Rodeo
62 Hoe-Down 4.12
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin
1986 Angel Records
GERSHWIN
63 Rhapsody in Blue opening 4.36
(jazz band version arr. Grof)
Wayne Marshall piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1996
CAGE
Three Dances
64 Dance No.1 6.31
Ralph Grierson, Michael Tilson Thomas prepared pianos
1973/2002* Angel Records
NEWMAN
65 Any Other Name (American Beauty) 4.05
Produced and performed by Nikolaj Bloch & Sally Herbert
2001
ADAMS
66 Short Ride in a Fast Machine 4.18
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle 1994
INSTRUMENTAL & CHAMBER 63.02
FALLA
67 Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo) 4.03
Dame Moura Lympany piano 1988
SCRIABIN
Two Pomes Op.63
68 II. tranget 1.48
John Ogdon piano 1971/1998*
DEBUSSY
Estampes
69 II. Pagodes 5.09
Ccile Ousset piano 1983
SHOSTAKOVICH
70 Romance (The Gadfly) 3.12
Tasmin Little violin Piers Lane piano 1992
KREISLER
71 Liebesfreud 3.16
Maxim Vengerov violin Ian Brown piano 2004
BARTK
44 Duos
72 No.28 Sorrow 2.44
Yehudi Menuhin, Nell Gotkovsky violins 1966/1999*
PRT
73 Spiegel im Spiegel 8.19
Tasmin Little violin Martin Roscoe piano 1994
VILLA-LOBOS
74 Chros No.1 in E minor 4.54
Manuel Barrueco guitar 1989 EMI Electrola GmbH
TAKEMITSU
All in Twilight
75 I. e = 80 3.05
Julian Bream guitar 1993
SAINZ DE LA MAZA
76 Zapateado 2.12
Sharon Isbin guitar
1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
LIGETI
String Quartet No.1 Metamorphoses Nocturnes
77 I. Allegro grazioso 1.31
Artemis Quartet 2000 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
BERG
Lyric Suite
78 III. Allegro misterioso 3.11
Alban Berg Quartett 1994
SCHOENBERG
79 Verklrte Nacht extract 7.23
Artemis Quartet
Thomas Kakuska viola Valentin Erben cello
(members of Alban Berg Quartett)
2006 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
MESSIAEN
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
80 I. Liturgie de cristal 2.26
Christopher Poppen violin Manuel Fischer-Dieskau cello
Wolfgang Meyer clarinet Yvonne Loriod piano
1991 EMI Electrola GmbH
SCHNITTKE
81 Menuet 2.45
Gidon Kremer violin Yuri Bashmet viola
Mstislav Rostropovich cello 1996
Recorded in collaboration with Radio France
RAVEL
String Quartet in F
82 Assez vif (Trs rythm) 6.03
Belcea Quartet 2000
CHORAL & VOCAL 74.08
ORFF
83 O Fortuna (Carmina burana) 2.45
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
1980/1997*
PRT
84 Beatus Petronius 5.02
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent & Ene Salume organs
Tnu Kaljuste 1997 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
BURGON
85 Nunc dimittis 3.01
James Bowman countertenor
Crispian Steele Perkins trumpet
City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox 1988
LLOYD WEBBER
86 Pie Jesu (Requiem) 2.49
Jane Gilchrist soprano Fergus Thirlwell boy soprano
Simon Gibson organ
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor 2004
KARL JENKINS
87 Agnus Dei (The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace) 3.36
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
musical director Mike Brewer
Paul Beniston principal trumpet
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Jenkins
2001 Karl Jenkins Music Ltd under exclusive licence to
Virgin Records Ltd
Taken from the album The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
TAVENER
88 Song for Athene 6.08
Winchester Cathedral Choir / David Hill
1998 Floating Earth Ltd under exclusive licence to EMI
Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
RUTTER
89 Pie Jesu (Requiem) 3.32
Edward Saklatvala treble Choir of Kings College,
Cambridge / City of London Sinfonia / Stephen Cleobury
1998
McCARTNEY
Ecce Cor Meum
90 II. Gratia extract 2.47
Kate Royal soprano London Voices director Terry Edwards
Boys of Magdalen College Choir, Oxford & Kings College
Choir, Cambridge /Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Gavin Greenaway 2006 MPL Communications Ltd under
exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd
RACHMANINOV
91 Vocalise 5.18
Natalie Dessay soprano
Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Michael Schnwandt
1998 EMI Music France
BUSONI
92 Wie ist ihr Schlaf, Madame? (Arlecchino) 2.21
Ernst Theo Richter baritone
Suzanne Mentzer mezzo-soprano
Orchestre de lOpra de Lyon / Kent Nagano
1993 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
BERIO
93 Ballo 1.42
Linda Hirst mezzo-soprano
London Sinfonietta / Diego Masson
1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
CANTELOUBE
94 Balro (Chants dAuvergne) 6.40
Arleen Augr soprano
English Chamber Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier
1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics
RICHARD STRAUSS
Vier letzte Lieder
95 III. Beim Schlafengehen 5.12
Nina Stemme soprano
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Antonio Pappano 2007
VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas brasileiras No.5
96 I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio 6.04
Barbara Hendricks soprano
Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Enrique Btiz 1986 EMI Records Ltd as exclusive
licensee
BOULEZ
Le Soleil des eaux
97 La Sorgue 4.17
Josphine Nendick soprano Barry McDaniel tenor
Louis Devos bass
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Pierre Boulez
1965/1991*
Recorded under the auspices of the Calouste Gulbenkian
Foundation
PUCCINI
98 O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) 2.04
Angela Gheorghiu soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano 1999
Angela Gheorghiu appears by courtesy of The Decca
Record Company Ltd
KORNGOLD
99 Glck, das mir verblieb (Die tote Stadt) 5.34
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra / Julius Rudel 1997
PUCCINI
100 Nessun dorma (Turandot) 4.10
Jos Carreras tenor
Churs de lOpra du Rhin
Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
Alain Lombard 1978/1990*
Compilation producer: Tony Locantro
Design: Georgina Curtis for WLP Ltd.
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