Discover Music of the 20th Century

Discover Music of the 20th Century

Discover Music of the 20th Century
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Composer: Claude Debussy
Composer: Arnold Schoenberg
Composer: Alban Berg
Composer: Anton Webern
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Composer: Igor Stravinsky
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Composer: Benjamin Britten
Composer: Leos Janacek
Composer: Bela Bartok
Composer: Sergey Prokofiev
Composer: Dmitry Shostakovich
Composer: George Gershwin
Composer: John [Film Composer] Williams
Composer: Charles Ives
Composer: Edgard Varese
Composer: Olivier Messiaen
Composer: Pierre Boulez
Composer: Karlheinz Stockhausen
Composer: John [1] Cage
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-11-01
Music Label: Naxos
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Pr�©lude �  l'apr�¨s-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86
  2. Pieces (5) for piano, Op. 23: Walzer
  3. Violin Concerto: Movement 1. Andante - Scherzo
  4. Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10: Sehr ruhig und zart
  5. Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10: Lebhaft und zart bewegt
  6. Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10: Sehr langsam und �¤u��erst zart
  7. Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10: Flie��end, �¤u��erst zart
  8. Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10: Sehr fllieÃ?Â?end
  9. Le tombeau de Couperin, for piano: Forlane: Allegretto
  10. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): First Tableau. The Shrove-Tide Fair
  11. Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version): The Mountebank
  12. Pulcinella, ballet with song in 1 act, for 3 vocal soloists & orchestra: Vivo
  13. Symphony No. 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ('Pastoral'): Movement 3. Moderato pesante
  14. Hymn to St. Cecilia, for chorus, Op. 27
  15. Sinfonietta for orchestra ('Military,' 'Sokol Festival'), JW 6/18: Movement 4. Allegretto
  16. Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 127: Introduzione. Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace
Music CD 2
  1. Lieutenant Kij�©, film score and suite for orchestra, Op. 60: Romance
  2. Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93: Movement 2. Allegro
  3. Concerto in F, for piano & orchestra: Movement 3. Allegro agitato
  4. Schindler's List, film score: Main Theme
  5. The Unanswered Question (I & II), for trumpet, winds & string orchestra, S. 50 (K. 1C25)
  6. D�©serts for brass, percussion, piano & tape: Second Electronic Interpolation (conclusion)
  7. Déserts for brass, percussion, piano & tape: Third Electronic Interpolation (beginning)
  8. Quatuor pour la fin du temps, for violin, cello, clarinet & piano, I/22: Movement 1. Liturgie de cristal
  9. Piano Sonata No. 3: Movement 4. Commentaire
  10. Stimmung, for 6 vocalists & 6 microphones: Warming up, leading to Model 1
  11. Stimmung, for 6 vocalists & 6 microphones: Gott nochmal. GROGORAGALLY. Sun god (Australian aboriginal)
  12. Stimmung, for 6 vocalists & 6 microphones: Vishnu. Elyon. God of Storms (Hebrew)
  13. Stimmung, for 6 vocalists & 6 microphones: USI-AFU. God of the Earth (Timor, Indonesia). Singcircle / Gregory Rose
  14. Sonatas and Interludes, for prepared piano: First Interlude
  15. New York Counterpoint, for clarinet, bass clarinet & tape: Movement 1
  16. Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra
  17. The Lord's Prayer, for chorus (1982)
  18. Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 ('Symphony of Sorrowful Songs'): Movement 2. Lento e largo - Tranquillisimo
  19. Gawain's Journey, for orchestra: Lullaby
  20. Gawain's Journey, for orchestra: Vision of the Hunt I
  21. Voice, for solo flute

Music reviews of Discover Music of the 20th Century

Music Review: Naxos Delivers Again
Rating: 4 Stars

This collection contains all the big names in Western art music of the 20th century. Schoenberg, Debussy, Stravinsky, and Ives are all represented with works that are arguably definitive, at least in the context of "modern" music. The total absence of any of the numerous composers who wrote in a Romantic idiom from the 30s to the 70s is predictable given the (regrettable) lack of appreciation for their work in their lifetimes, though some listeners might be surprised to find that even Barber's Adagio for Strings has been ignored. The somewhat Romantic John Williams is present on this collection, however, and considerable room was left for postmodernists like Henryk Gorecki and Steve Reich. The discs delve into Boulez and Messiaen as well, so the listener can really, perhaps fearlessly, take the century head-on...

While it is not a comprehensive collection of all 20th century composers, I believe it captures the essence of the century in art music and accurately reflects its major compositional trends and developments, at least those from the ivory tower. I would have liked to see at least one Romantic here, as that style is as much a part of the evolution of music as the most bizarre atonal "experiments" for which the century is most famous. I suppose, however, that many people want challenging and confrontational music out of a collection from this period, and it is not wholly atonal anyways (Ravel, Ralph Vaughan Williams, etc, also appear). Perhaps posterity will not look so favorably on our contemporary rejection of the "conventional" composers of the past 100 years, but their legacy has yet to be fully vindicated, and it would be perhaps premature to just pretend the crisis in tonality never happened, even if it amounted to nothing more than a big waste of time in the end.

An added bonus for those who buy the discs is a brief but informative essay on the development of this very challenging (and occasionally hideous) music, which at points attempts to explain some of the more brazenly inaccessible pieces included in the collection. I am tremendously pleased.
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