Discover - Music of the 20th Century

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Album Summary

Performers

• Peter Hill (Piano)
• Rebecca Hirsch (Violin)
• Idil Biret (Piano)
• Boris Berman (Piano)
• Roger Heaton (Clarinet)
• Zofia Kilanowisz (Soprano)
• Robert Aitken (Flute)
• Klára Körmendi (Piano)

Conductors

• Alsop, Marin
• Bakels, Kees
• Bateman, Paul
• Craft, Robert
• Gunzenhauser, Stephen
• Howarth, Elgar
• Klas, Eri
• Lenard, Ondrej
• Lyndon-Gee, Christopher
• Mogrelia, Andrew
• Rahbari, Alexander
• Sanderling, Stefan
• Sinclair, James
• Slovak, Ladislav
• Wit, Antoni
• Yuasa, Takuo

Ensembles

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• Amici Ensemble

Composers

• Alban Berg (1885 - 1935)
• Igor Stravinsky (1882 - 1971)
• Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928)
• Dmitry Shostakovich (1906 - 1975)
• Charles Ives (1874 - 1954)
• Pierre Boulez (Composer, Conductor) (1925 - )
• Steve Reich (1936 - )
• Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (Composer) (1933 - 2010)
• Claude Debussy (1862 - 1918)
• Anton Webern (1883 - 1945)
• Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872 - 1958)
• Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945)
• George Gershwin (1898 - 1937)
• Edgard Varèse (Conductor/Director) (1883 - 1965)
• Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928 - 2007)
• John Adams (Composer) (1947 - )
• Harrison Birtwistle (1934 - )
• Arnold Schoenberg (1874 - 1951)
• Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937)
• Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976)
• Sergey Prokofiev (1891 - 1953)
• John Williams (Film Composer) (1932 - )
• Olivier Messiaen (1908 - 1992)
• John Cage (1912 - 1992)
• John Tavener (Composer) (1944 - )
• Toru Takemitsu (1930 - 1996)

Notes & Reviews:

Discover Music of the 20th Century is a comprehensive and easily digestible guide, leading us through the diverse, innovative and controversial music of this era. By describing the many different musical styles which flourished in the 20th century and putting the music in historical and social context, this booklet and 2-CD set demystifies the subject of modern music.

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Works Details

Debussy, Claude : Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Running Time: 10 min. 36 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1894

Schoenberg, Arnold : Pieces (5) for piano, Op. 23 :: Walzer

• Performer: Peter Hill (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1920-1923

Berg, Alban : Concerto for Violin :: Movement 1. Andante - Scherzo

• Performer: Rebecca Hirsch (Violin)
• Conductor: Eri Klas
• Running Time: 11 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1935

Webern, Anton : Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10

• Conductor: Takuo Yuasa
• Running Time: 3 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1911-1913

Ravel, Maurice : Le tombeau de Couperin :: Forlane

• Performer: Klára Körmendi (Piano)
• Running Time: 6 min. 34 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1914-1917

Stravinsky, Igor : Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version) :: First Tableau. The Shrove-Ti

• Conductor: Robert Craft
• Running Time: 5 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1947

Stravinsky, Igor : Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version) :: The Mountebank

• Conductor: Robert Craft
• Running Time: 1 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1947

Stravinsky, Igor : Pulcinella :: Vivo

• Conductor: Stefan Sanderling
• Notes: Composition written: 1920.
• Running Time: 1 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Ballet
• Written: 1920

Vaughan Williams, Ralph : Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral") :: Movement 3. Moderato pesante

• Conductor: Kees Bakels
• Running Time: 6 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1921

Britten, Benjamin : Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27

• Running Time: 10 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1942

Leos Janácek (1854 - 1928) : Sinfonietta :: Movement 4. Allegretto

• Conductor: Ondrej Lenárd
• Running Time: 2 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1926

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) : Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116 :: Introduzione. Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace

• Conductor: Alexander Rahbari
• Running Time: 10 min. 51 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1943-1945

Prokofiev, Sergei : Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60 :: Romance

• Conductor: Andrew Mogrelia
• Running Time: 4 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1933-1934

Shostakovich, Dmitri : Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93 :: Movement 2. Allegro

• Conductor: Ladislav Slovák
• Notes: Composition written: 1953.
• Running Time: 4 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1953

Gershwin, George : Concerto for Piano in F major :: Movement 3. Allegro agitato

• Conductor: Stephen Gunzenhauser
• Running Time: 6 min. 48 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Concerto
• Written: 1925

Williams, John : Schindler's List :: Main Theme

• Conductor: Paul Bateman
• Notes: Composition written: 1993.
• Running Time: 4 min. 6 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Film Score
• Written: 1993

Ives, Charles : Contemplations (2)

• Conductor: James Sinclair
• Running Time: 4 min. 40 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1906-1934

Edgard Varèse (Conductor/Director) (1883 - 1965) : Déserts :: Second Electronic Interpolation (conclusion)

• Conductor: Christopher Lyndon-Gee
• Running Time: 1 min. 53 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1950-1954

Edgard Varèse (Conductor/Director) (1883 - 1965) : Déserts :: Third Electronic Interpolation (beginning)

• Conductor: Christopher Lyndon-Gee
• Running Time: 4 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1950-1954

Messiaen, Olivier : Quatuor pour la fin du temps :: Movement 1. Liturgie de cri

• Ensemble: Amici Ensemble
• Running Time: 2 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1940-1941

Boulez, Pierre : Sonata for Piano no 3 :: Movement 4. Commentaire

• Performer: Idil Biret (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 25 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1955-1963

Stockhausen, Karlheinz : Stimmung, for 6 vocalists & 6 microphones :: Warming up, leading to Model 1

• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1968

Stockhausen, Karlheinz : Stimmung, for 6 vocalists & 6 microphones :: Gott nochmal. GROGORAGALLY. Sun god (Australian aborigina

• Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1968

Stockhausen, Karlheinz : Stimmung, for 6 vocalists & 6 microphones :: Vishnu. Elyon. God of Storms (Hebrew)

• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1968

Stockhausen, Karlheinz : Stimmung, for 6 vocalists & 6 microphones :: USI-AFU. God of the Earth (Timor, Indonesia). Singcircle

• Running Time: 1 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1968

Cage, John : Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano :: First Interlude

• Performer: Boris Berman (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1948

Reich, Steve : New York Counterpoint :: Movement 1

• Performer: Roger Heaton (Clarinet)
• Running Time: 5 min. 1 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1985

Adams, John : Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra

• Conductor: Marin Alsop
• Running Time: 4 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1986

Tavener, John : The Lord's Prayer, for chorus (1982)

• Running Time: 3 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1982

Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (Composer) (1933 - 2010) : Symphony no 3, Op. 36 ("Symphony of Sorrowful Songs") :: Movement 2. Lento e largo - Tranquillisimo

• Performer: Zofia Kilanowisz (Soprano)
• Conductor: Antoni Wit
• Running Time: 10 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1976

Birtwistle, Harrison : Gawain's Journey, for orchestra :: Lullaby

• Conductor: Elgar Howarth
• Running Time: 1 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1991

Birtwistle, Harrison : Gawain's Journey, for orchestra :: Vision of the Hunt I

• Conductor: Elgar Howarth
• Running Time: 1 min. 30 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1991

Takemitsu, Toru : Voice, for solo flute

• Performer: Robert Aitken (Flute)
• Running Time: 5 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1971