20th Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

Adams, J:

The Chairman Dances

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Adès:

Asyla

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Barber, S:

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Bartók:

Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119

Martha Argerich (piano)

Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit

Berg:

Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935)

Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)

Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Gianluigi Gelmetti

Bernstein:

West Side Story: Symphonic Dances

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi

Birtwistle:

Tragoedia

Melos Ensemble, Lawrence Foster

Boulez:

Le Soleil des Eaux

Josephine Nendick, Barry McDaniel & Louis Devos

BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Britten:

Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Copland:

Fanfare for the Common Man

Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, Enrique Bátiz

Debussy:

La Mer

Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Delius:

Brigg Fair

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham

Dutilleux:

Cello Concerto

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)

Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo

Elgar:

Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)

London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Falla:

Noches en los jardines de Espana

Gonzalo Soriano

Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Gershwin:

Rhapsody in Blue

orch. Grofé

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Gorecki:

Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'

Zofia Kilanowicz

Kraków Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk

Henze:

Barcarola

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Hindemith:

Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'

Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Holst:

The Planets, Op. 32

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult

Honegger:

Movement symphonique No. 1 'Pacific 231'

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

Janacek:

Sinfonietta

Pro Arte Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Khachaturian:

Masquerade

Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz

Landowski:

Adagio cantabile for string orchestra

Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Marcel Landowski

Lutoslawski:

Concerto for Orchestra

Mahler:

Der Abschied (Das Lied von der Erde)

Christa Ludwig (soprano)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Maw, N:

Dance Scenes

Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Harding

Messiaen:

Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum

Ensemble de Percussion de l'Orchestre de Paris & Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo

Milhaud:

La Création du Monde, Op. 81

Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein

Nielsen:

Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 (FS97)

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt

Orff:

Carmina Burana

Lucia Popp, Gerhard Unger, Raymond Wolansky & John Noble

Wandsworth School Boys' Choir & New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Pärt:

Spiegel im Spiegel

Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe

Penderecki:

Tren (Threnody), "To the Victims of Hiroshima"

Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki

Poulenc:

Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings & Timpani

Gillian Weir

City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Prokofiev:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10

Martha Argerich (piano)

Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit

Rachmaninov:

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18

Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker, Antonio Pappano

Ravel:

Boléro

Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Respighi:

Pines of Rome

London Symphony Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli

Rodrigo:

Concierto de Aranjuez

Angel Romero

London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Schnittke:

Minuet for String Trio

Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet & Mstislav Rostropovich

Schoenberg:

5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Shostakovich:

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Wiener Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons

Sibelius:

Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund

Strauss, R:

Four Last Songs

Nina Stemme

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

Stravinsky:

The Rite of Spring

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras

Takemitsu:

Water-ways

London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen

Tavener:

The Protecting Veil

Steven Isserlis (cello)

London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rhozdestvensky

Tippett:

Concerto for double string orchestra

Moscow Chamber Orchestra & Bath Festival Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai

Turnage:

Drowned Out

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Vaughan Williams:

The Lark Ascending

Sarah Chang (violin)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Walton:

Cello Concerto

Lynn Harrell (cello)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Webern:

Six Pieces for Orchestra Op. 6

(revised version)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle