The Classic 100: 20th Century

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Album Summary

Performers

• Li-Wei (Cello)
• Julius Katchen (Piano)
• Dimity Hall (Violin)
• Isador Goodman (Piano)
• Slava Grigoryan (Guitar)
• Timothy Kain (Guitar)
• Vanessa Souter (Harp)
• Alison Lazaroff-Somssich (Violin)

Conductors

• Braithwaite, Nicholas
• Kelly, Brett
• Kertesz, Istvan
• Mester, Jorge
• Northey, Benjamin
• Otterloo, Willem Van
• Porcelijn, David
• Steinberg, William
• Thomas, Patrick
• Walker, Antony

Ensemble

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Composers

• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)
• Carl Orff (1895 - 1982)
• Nigel Westlake (1958 - )
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Edward Elgar (1857 - 1934)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934)

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Works Details

Elgar, Edward : Concerto for Cello

• Performer: Li-Wei (Cello)
• Conductor: Nicholas Braithwaite
• Running Time: 29 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1919

Holst, Gustav : The Planets, Op. 32/H 125

• Conductor: William Steinberg
• Running Time: 44 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914-1916

Gershwin, George : Rhapsody in Blue

• Performer: Julius Katchen (Piano)
• Conductor: István Kertész
• Running Time: 15 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1924

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : The lark ascending

• Performer: Dimity Hall (Violin)
• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 17 min. 13 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1914

Rachmaninov, Sergei : Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18 :: 1. Moderato

• Performer: Isador Goodman (Piano)
• Conductor: Patrick Thomas
• Running Time: 10 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1900-1901

Joaquín Rodrigo (1901 - 1999) : Concierto de Aranjuez :: 2. Adagio

• Performer: Slava Grigoryan (Guitar)
• Conductor: Brett Kelly
• Running Time: 11 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1939

Barber, Samuel : Adagio for Strings

• Conductor: Jorge Mester
• Running Time: 8 min. 17 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1936

Orff, Carl : Carmina burana :: 1. O Fortuna

• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 2 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Cantata/Oratorio
• Written: 1935-1936
• Studio/Live: Live

Stravinsky, Igor : Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) :: Part 1. Adoration of the Earth. Introduction

• Conductor: Willem Otterloo
• Running Time: 3 min. 16 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1911-1913

Prokofiev, Sergei : Romeo and Juliet :: Suite no 2. Montagues and Capulets

• Conductor: Benjamin Northey
• Notes: Composition written: 1936.
• Running Time: 3 min. 46 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1936

Westlake, Nigel : Antarctica, suite for guitar and orchestra :: 3. Penguin Ballet

• Performers: Timothy Kain (Guitar); Vanessa Souter (Harp); Alison Lazaroff-Somssich (Violin)
• Conductor: David Porcelijn
• Running Time: 3 min. 11 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1992