MDT - 2681322 - 100 BEST 20TH CENTURY CLASSICS EMI 6cds

100 BEST 20TH CENTURY CLASSICS

CD 1 THE LAST OF THE ROMANTICS

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor

1 I. Moderato opening

Jean-Bernard Pommier piano

Hallé Orchestra / Lawrence Foster (P) 1993 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

PROKOFIEV

2 Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)

London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1973/1987*

KHACHATURIAN

3 Waltz (Masquerade)

Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz (P) 1964/1993*

PROKOFIEV

4 Troika (Lieutenant Kijé Suite)

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt (P) 1984

RACHMANINOV

Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor

5 I. Allegro ma non tanto opening

Mikhail Rudy piano

St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1993

RODRIGO

Concierto de Aranjuez

6 II. Adagio opening

Julian Bream guitar

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1993

KHACHATURIAN

7 Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia extract (Spartacus)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov (P) 1986

ELGAR

Cello Concerto

8 I. Adagio – Moderato

Jacqueline du Pré cello

LSO / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1965/2004*

RACHMANINOV

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

9 Variation 18

Cécile Ousset piano

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1984

DEBUSSY

Images

10 II. Iberia: 3. Le matin d’un jour de fête

London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn (P) 1979

SIBELIUS

11 Valse triste (Kuolema Incidental Music)

Hallé Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli (P) 1966/2000*

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

12 The Lark Ascending opening

Hugh Bean violin

New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1967/1987*

FALLA

Nights in the Gardens of Spain

13 I. In the Generalife extract

Gonzalo Soriano piano

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire

Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos (P) 1963/1987*

SZYMANOWSKI

14 Harnasie extract (Rural Scene)

Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra of Krakow / Antoni Wit (P) 1982/1994*

Recorded in co-production with Polish Radio and TV

SHOSTAKOVICH

Piano Concerto No.2 in F

15 II. Andante

Dmitri Alexeev (piano), English Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk (P) 1983

HOLST

16 Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity conclusion (The Planets)

Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1981

CD 2 INNOVATORS

JANÁČEK

Sinfonietta

1 IV. Allegretto

Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1970/1998*

WEBERN

6 Orchestral Pieces Op.6 (Revised version)

2 VI. Langsam

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1989

SCHOENBERG

5 Orchestral Pieces Op.16 (Original version)

3 IV. Peripetie (Sehr rasch)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1989

BERG

Lulu-Suite

4 IV. Variationem: Moderato

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1989

STRAVINSKY

Petrushka

5 Russian Dance (1st Tableau)

Peter Donohoe piano

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1988

BRITTEN

6 Four Sea Interludes (Sunday Morning) (Peter Grimes)

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Libor Pešek

(P) 1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

NIELSEN

Symphony No.5 Op.50

7 II. Allegro conclusion

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt (P) 1975/1996*

POULENC

8 Rondeau (Les Biches)

Philharmonia Orchestra / Georges Prêtre (P) 1981/1990*

BARTÓK

Concerto for Orchestra

9 IV. Intermezzo interotto (Allegretto)

Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1970/1998*

WALTON

Violin Concerto (1939 rev.1943)

10 II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana & Trio (Canzonetta)

Yehudi Menuhin violin

London Symphony Orchestra / Sir William Walton (P) 1979/1994*

RESPIGHI

11 I pini di Villa Borghese (Pini di Roma)

London Symphony Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli (P) 1977/1996*

ZEMLINSKY

Sinfonietta Op.23

12 Rondo. Sehr lebhaft

Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker / James Conlon

(P) 1996 EMI Electrola GmbH

STRAVINSKY

Le Sacre du printemps

13 L’adoration de la terre opening

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1989

WEILL

Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Suite

14 II. Moderato assai

Berliner Philharmoniker / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998

Live recording

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

15 Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis opening

London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult (P) 1976/1985*

HONNEGER

16 Pacific 231

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1994

HINDEMITH

Kammermusik No.1

17 IV. Finale: 1921. Lebhaft

Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado (P) 1996

RAVEL

18 Bolero conclusion

London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1980/1992*

CD 3 BRAVE NEW WORLD

PÄRT

1 Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten

Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Richard Studt (P) 1994

TOYAMA

2 Dance of Men (Ballet Suite–Yugen)

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons (P) 1998

TAKEMITSU

Cassiopeia

3 Scene

Stomu Yamash’ta percussion

Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa (P) 1971/2000*

GORÉCKI

Symphony No.3 ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

4 II. Lento e largo, tranquillissimo extract

Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano)

Kraków Symphony Orchestra/Jacek Kasprzyk

(P) 1995 EMI Electrola GmbH under exclusive licence from JARO Medien GmbH.

Recorded live at the 28th International Oratorio-Cantata Festival

WRATISLAVIA CANTANS Wrocław 1993

PENDERECKI

5 Anaklasis for strings & percussion (1959)

London Symphony Orchestra / Krzysztof Penderecki (P) 1973/1994*

HENZE

Symphony No.8

6 II. Ballabile conclusion

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1996

Live recording

MESSIAEN

Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum

7 Des profondeurs de l’abîme’

Ensemble de Percussion de l’Orchestre de Paris

Orchestre de Paris / Serge Baudo (P) 1968/1991*

TURNAGE

8 Drowned Out excerpt

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1994

LUTOSLAWSKI

Symphony No.1

9 I. Allegro giusto

Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra / Witold Lutoslawski (P) 1978/1994*

Recorded in co-production with Polish Radio and TV

ARNOLD

Guitar Concerto

10 I. Allegro

Julian Bream guitar

Members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1993

NYMAN

11 The Heart asks Pleasure First / The Promise (The Piano) Music composed, directed and produced by Michael Nyman

(P) 1993 Michael Nyman Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd

TAKEMITSU

12 Rain Coming (1982)

London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen (P) 1991

TAVENER

The Protecting Veil

13 The Incarnation

Steven Isserlis cello

London Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky (P) 1980 Virgin

GUBAIDULINA

14 The Canticle of the Sun extract

Mstislav Rostropovich cello, Simon Carrington & Neil Percy percussion

London Voices / Ryusuke Numajiri (P) 2001

ADÈS

Asyla

15 IV.

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1999

KNUSSEN

16 Flourish with Fireworks

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1996

Live recording

CD 4 AMERICA

BERNSTEIN

1 Candide – Overture

London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn (P) 1971/1994*

IVES

A Set of Pieces for Theatre or Chamber Orchestra

2 No.3. In the Night

Ensemble Modern / Ingo Metzmacher (P) 1992 EMI Electrola GmbH

GLASS

3 Façades

John Harle & Simon Haram soprano saxophones

London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green

(P) 1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

JOHN WILLIAMS

4 Schindler’s List Main Theme

Tasmin Little violin

New World Philharmonic / Iain Sutherland (P) 1994

COPLAND

5 Fanfare for the Common Man

Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Bátiz

(P) 1986 EMI Records Ltd as exclusive licensee

BARBER

6 Adagio for Strings

Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy (P) 1985/1985*

HORNER

7 My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)

Orchestra / David Abel (P) 1998

REICH

8 Nagoya Marimbas

Colin Currie & Sam Walton marimbas (P) 1998

CARTER

9 A Celebration of some 100 X 150 Notes

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1996

Live recording

BARBER

Cello Concerto

10 II. Andante sostenuto

Ralph Kirshbaum cello

Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste

(P) 1989 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

ADAMS

Shaker Loops

11 IV. A Final Shaking

London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green

(P) 1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

COPLAND

12 Hoe-Down (Rodeo)

Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin (P) 1986 Angel Records

GERSHWIN

13 Rhapsody in Blue (jazzband version arr. Grofé) opening

Wayne Marshall piano

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1996

CAGE

Three Dances for two amplified prepared pianos

14 Dance No.1

Ralph Grierson, Michael Tilson Thomas prepared pianos

(P) 1973/2002* Angel Records

NEWMAN

15 Any Other Name (American Beauty)

Produced and performed by Nikolaj Bloch & Sally Herbert (P) 2001

ADAMS

16 Short Ride in a Fast Machine

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle (P) 1994

CD 5 INSTRUMENTAL & CHAMBER

FALLA

1 Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)

Dame Moura Lympany piano (P) 1988

SCRIABIN

Two Poèmes Op.63

2 II. Étrangeté

John Ogdon piano (P) 1971/1998*

DEBUSSY

Estampes

3 II. Pagodes

Cécile Ousset piano (P) 1983

SHOSTAKOVICH

4 Romance (The Gadfly)

Tasmin Little violin, Piers Lane piano (P) 1992

KREISLER

5 Liebesfreud

Maxim Vengerov violin, Ian Brown piano (P) 2004

BARTÓK

44 Duos for 2 violins

6 No.28 Sorrow

Yehudi Menuhin, Nell Gotkovsky violins (P) 1966/1999*

PÄRT

7 Spiegel im Spiegel

Tasmin Little violin, Martin Roscoe piano (P) 1994

VILLA-LOBOS

8 Chôros No.1 in E minor

Manuel Barrueco guitar (P) 1989 EMI Electrola GmbH

TAKEMITSU

All in Twilight

9 I. ♪ = 80

Julian Bream guitar (P) 1993

SAINZ DE LA MAZA

10 Zapateado

Sharon Isbin guitar

(P) 1990 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

LIGETI

String Quartet No 1 ‘Metamorphoses Nocturnes’

11 I. Allegro grazioso

Artemis Quartet (P) 2000 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

BERG

Lyric Suite

12 III. Allegro misterioso

Alban Berg Quartett (P) 1994

SCHOENBERG

13 Verklärte Nacht

Artemis Quartet

Thomas Kakuska viola, Valentin Erben cello (Alban Berg Quartett)

(P) 2006 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

MESSIAEN

Quatuor pour la fin du temps

14 I. Liturgie de cristal

Christopher Poppen violin, Manuel Fischer-Dieskau cello

Wolfgang Meyer clarinet, Yvonne Loriod piano

(P) 1991 EMI Electrola GmbH

SCHNITTKE

15 Menuet

Gidon Kremer violin, Yuri Bashmet viola

Mstislav Rostropovich cello (P) 1996

Recorded in collaboration with Radio France

RAVEL

String Quartet in F

16 Assez vif (Très rythmé)

Belcea Quartet (P) 2000

CD 6 CHORAL & VOCAL

ORFF

1 O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)

Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra / Riccardo Muti (P) 1980/1997*

PÄRT

2 Beatus Petronius

Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir

Christopher Bowers-Broadbent & Ene Salumäe organs

Tõnu Kaljuste (P) 1997 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

BURGON

3 Nunc dimittis (1979)

James Bowman countertenor, Crispian Steele Perkins trumpet

City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox (P) 1988

LLOYD WEBBER

4 Pie Jesu (Requiem)

Jane Gilchrist soprano ∙ Fergus Thirlwell boy soprano

Simon Gibson organ ∙ Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor (P) 2004

KARL JENKINS

5 Agnus Dei (The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace)

National Youth Choir of Great Britain musical director: Mike Brewer

Paul Beniston principal trumpet ∙ London Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Jenkins

(P) 2001 Karl Jenkins Music Ltd under exclusive licence to Virgin Records Ltd

Taken from the album ‘The Armed Man (A Mass for Peace)’

TAVENER

6 Song for Athene

Winchester Cathedral Choir / David Hill

(P) 1998 Floating Earth Ltd under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

RUTTER

7 Pie Jesu (Requiem)

Edward Saklatvala treble, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge

City of London Sinfonia / Stephen Cleobury (P) 1998

McCARTNEY

Ecce Cor Meum

8 II. Gratia extract

Kate Royal soprano, London Voices director: Terry Edwards

Boys of Magdalen College Choir & King’s College Choir, Cambridge

Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Gavin Greenaway

(P) 2006 MPL Communications Ltd under exclusive licence to EMI Records Ltd

RACHMANINOV

9 Vocalise

Natalie Dessay soprano

Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Michael Schønwandt (P) 1998 EMI France

BUSONI

10 Wie ist ihr Schlaf, Madame? (Arlecchino)

Ernst Theo Richter baritone, Suzanne Mentzer mezzo-soprano

Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon / Kent Nagano (P) 1993 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

BERIO

11 Ballo

Linda Hirst mezzo-soprano

London Sinfonietta / Diego Masson (P) 1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

CANTELOUBE

12 Baïlèro (Chants d’Auvergne)

Arleen Augér soprano

English Chamber Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier

(P) 1988 EMI Records Ltd/Virgin Classics

RICHARD STRAUSS

13 Beim schlafengehen (Vier letzte Lieder)

Nina Stemme soprano

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Antonio Pappano (P) 2007

VILLA-LOBOS

Bachianas brazileiras No.5

14 I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio

Barbara Hendricks soprano

Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Batiz

(P) 1986 EMI Records Ltd as exclusive licensee

BOULEZ

Le Soleil des eaux

15 La Sorgue

Joséphine Nendick soprano, Barry McDaniel tenor, Louis Devos bass

BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Pierre Boulez (P) 1965/1991*

Recorded under the auspices of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

PUCCINI

16 O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)

Angela Gheorghiu soprano

London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano (P) 1999

Angela Gheorghiu appears by courtesy of The Decca Record Company Ltd

KORNGOLD

17 Glück, das mir verblieb (Die tote Stadt)

Dame Kiri Te Kanawa soprano

Philharmonia Orchestra / Julius Rudel (P) 1997

PUCCINI

18 Nessun dorma (Turandot)

José Carreras tenor

Chœurs de l’Opéra du Rhin / Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg

Alain Lombard (P) 1978/1990*

(P) as shown. The copyright in these sound recordings is owned by EMI Records Ltd except where otherwise stated.

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