20th Century Masterpieces - Box Set 16CDs

Label : EMI
Format : Ape
Cover : Yes

Tracklist :

CD 1 :

Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (1901)

Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

Claude DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
La Mer (1905)

Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Frederick DELIUS (1862-1934)
Brigg Fair (1907)

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Thomas Beecham

CD 2 :

Gustav MAHLER (1860-1911)
Das Lied von der Erde – Der Abschied (1909)

Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer

Arnold SCHOENBERG (1874-1951)
Five Orchestral Pieces, Op. 16 (1909)

Anton WEBERN (1883-1945)
Six Orchestral Pieces, Op. 6 (1909)

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Sergei PROKOFIEV (1891-1953)
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 (1912)

Martha Argerich (piano)
Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

CD 3 :

Igor STRAVINSKY (1882-1971)
Le Sacre du Printemps (1913)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMS ( 1872-1958)
The Lark Ascending (1914)

Sarah Chang (violin)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink

Jean SIBELIUS (1865-1957)
Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 (1915)

Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund

CD 4 :

Manuel de FALLA (1876-1946)
Noches en los jardines de España (1916)

Gonzalo Soriano (piano)
Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Gustav HOLST (1874-1934)

The Planets, Op. 32 (1918)

Geoffrey Mitchell Choir
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult

CD 5 :

Edward ELGAR (1857-1934)
Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85

Jacqueline du Pré (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, John Barbirolli

Carl NIELSEN (1865-1931)
Symphony No. 5, Op 50

Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt

Arthur HONEGGER (1892-1955)
Pacific 231

Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

CD 6 :

Darius MILHAUD (1892-1974)
La Création du Monde, Op. 81a

Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein

Ottorino RESPIGHI (1879-1936)
Pini di Roma

London Symphony Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli

George GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue

André Previn (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Previn

Leoš JANÁČEK (1854-1928)
Sinfonietta

Pro Arte Orchestra, Charles Mackerras

CD 7 :

Maurice RAVEL (1875-1937)
Bolero

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan

Paul HINDEMITH (1895-1963)
Symphony – Mathis der Maler

Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch

Alban BERG (1885-1935)
Violin Concerto

Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin)

Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra. Gianluigi Gelmetti

CD 8 :

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

Francis POULENC (1899-1963)

Concerto in G minor, for organ, timpani and strings

Gillian Weir (organ)

City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

CD 9 :

Carl ORFF (1895-1982)
Carmina Burana

Lucia Popp (soprano); Gerhard Unger (tenor); Raymond Wolansky (baritone); John Noble (baritone)
Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir; New Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Samuel BARBER (1910-1981)
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

CD 10 :

Joaquin RODRIGO (1901-1999)

Concierto de Aranjuez

Angel Romero (guitar)
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

Benjamin BRITTEN (1913-1976)

Sinfonia da Requiem

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Aaron COPLAND (1900-1990)
Fanfare for the Common Man

                                       Mexican State Philharmonic Orchestra, Enrique Bátiz

Aram KHACHATURIAN (1903-1978)
Masquerade – Waltz; Galop

Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz

Béla BARTÓK (1881-1945)

Piano Concerto No. 3

Martha Argerich (piano)

Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

CD 11 :

Richard STRAUSS (1864-1949)
Four Last Songs

Nina Stemme (soprano)
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano

Michael TIPPETT (1905-1998)
Fantasia Concertante on a theme of Corelli

Yehudi Menuhin (violin); Robert Masters (violin)
Bath Festival Orchestra, Michael Tippett

WITOLD LUTOSLAWSKI (1913-1994)
Concerto for Orchestra

Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Lutoslawski

CD 12 :

William WALTON (1902-1983)
Cello Concerto

Lynn Harrell (cello)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Pierre BOULEZ (b. 1925)
Le Soleil des eaux

Josephine Nendick (soprano); Louis Devos (tenor); Barry McDaniel (baritone)
BBC Chorus and Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Krzysztof PENDERECKI (b. 1933)
Threnody for the Victims of Hiroshima

Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki

Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)
Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi

CD 13 :

Olivier MESSIAEN (1908-1992)
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum

Ensemble de percussion de l’Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo

Harrison BIRTWISTLE (b. 1934)
Tragoedia

Melos Ensemble, Lawrence Foster

Henri DUTILLEUX (b. 1916)
Cello Concerto “Tout un monde lointain…”

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)
Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo

CD 14 :

Henryk GÓRECKI (b. 1933)
Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”

Zofia Kilanowicz (soprano)
Kraków Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk

Hans Werner HENZE (b. 1926)
Barcarola

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

CD 15 :

Arvo PÄRT (b. 1935)
Spiegel im Spiegel

Tasmin Little (violin); Martin Roscoe (piano)

Toru TAKEMITSU (1930-1996)
Water-Ways

London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen

John ADAMS (b. 1947)
The Chairman Dances – Foxtrot for Orchestra

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

John TAVENER (b. 1944)
The Protecting Veil

Steven Isserlis (cello)
London Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky

CD 16 :

Marcel LANDOWSKI (1915-1999)
Adagio cantabile for string orchestra

Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Marcel Landowski

Mark-Anthony TURNAGE (b. 1960)
Drowned Out

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle

Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)
Minuet

Gidon Kremer (violin); Yuri Bashmet (viola); Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)

Nicholas MAW (b. 1935)
Dance Scenes

Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Harding

Thomas ADÈS (b. 1971)
Asyla

City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle