The Protecting Veil, for cello & orchestra: The Protecting Veil
The Protecting Veil, for cello & orchestra: The Nativity of the Mother of God
The Protecting Veil, for cello & orchestra: The Annunciation
The Protecting Veil, for cello & orchestra: The Incarnation
The Protecting Veil, for cello & orchestra: The Lament of the Mother of God at the Cross
The Protecting Veil, for cello & orchestra: The Resurrection
The Protecting Veil, for cello & orchestra: The Dormition
The Protecting Veil, for cello & orchestra: The Protecting Veil
Track Listings (11) - Disc #16
Adagio Cantabile, for oboe, English horn, percussion & strings
Drowned Out
Minuet for violin, viola & cello
Dance Scenes: 1. Molto animato e brillante -
Dance Scenes: 2. Andante pesante -
Dance Scenes: 3. Allegretto tranquillo -
Dance Scenes: 4. Molto allegro
Asyla, for orchestra, Op. 17: 1.
Asyla, for orchestra, Op. 17: 2.
Asyla, for orchestra, Op. 17: 3. Ecstasio
Asyla, for orchestra, Op. 17: 4.
The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from 1901 that has become one of the most popular works in the classical repertoire, mai... more »nly through its use in another great 20th-century art form -- film (Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto). Thereafter each disc in the set takes the listener on a fascinating journey through the century, composer by composer and work by work, from Russian Romanticism, French Impressionism, English Pastoralism, Atonalism, Neo Classicism right up to Post Modernism, and from as wide a range of countries and genres as possible. Composers range from Elgar and Vaughan Williams to Stravinsky, Webern, Mahler, Barber, Boulez, Adés, Takemitsu, and many, many more! A fantastic entry point for those wishing to delve into the fascinating world of 20th-century music!« less
The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from 1901 that has become one of the most popular works in the classical repertoire, mainly through its use in another great 20th-century art form -- film (Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto). Thereafter each disc in the set takes the listener on a fascinating journey through the century, composer by composer and work by work, from Russian Romanticism, French Impressionism, English Pastoralism, Atonalism, Neo Classicism right up to Post Modernism, and from as wide a range of countries and genres as possible. Composers range from Elgar and Vaughan Williams to Stravinsky, Webern, Mahler, Barber, Boulez, Adés, Takemitsu, and many, many more! A fantastic entry point for those wishing to delve into the fascinating world of 20th-century music!
CD Reviews
A listing of contents
Santa Fe Listener | Santa Fe, NM USA | 09/27/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"For anyone wondering about duplications, it's helpful to know the complete contents here, as lifted from Presto.co.uk --
Adams, J:
The Chairman Dances
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle
Adès:
Asyla
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Barber:
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)
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
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Grab It While You Can!
J Scott Morrison | Middlebury VT, USA | 08/31/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I have a deep suspicion that this is the sort of compilation that won't be on the market all that long. And it is good enough that anyone with any interest in 20th century music will want to have it at its super-budget price. I would suggest you grab it now if you're interested in it. The set comprises 16 CDs with 20th century music presented in chronological order -- from Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto (1901, here played by Leif Ove Andsnes) to Thomas Adès's Asyla (1997, played by Simon Rattle leading the City of Birmingham SO). These are all EMI releases, of course, and artists range from Adrian Boult (Holst's 'The Planets') to Michael Tilson Thomas (Barber's 'Adagio for Strings'), from Jacqueline du Pré (Elgar Cello Concerto) to Lynn Harrell (Walton Cello Concerto), from Sarah Chang (Vaughan Williams's 'The Lark Ascending') to Gidon Kremer (Schnittke's 'Minuet'), from Martha Argerich (Prokofiev's First Piano Concerto & Bartók's Third Piano Concerto) to André Previn (Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue'), from the Berlin Philharmonic (Rachmaninoff Second Piano Concerto, et al.) to the Philadelphia Orchestra (Hindemith's 'Mathis der Maler' Symphony), from Carlo Maria Giulini (Debussy's 'La Mer') to John Barbirolli (Elgar Cello Concerto) to Pierre Boulez (his own 'Le soleil des eaux') to Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Taverner's 'The Protecting Veil' with Steven Isserlis, cello). There are fifty-two individual works, all played absolutely complete (except for the 'Abschied' movement extracted from Mahler's 'Das Lied von der Erde' in a moving performance by Christa Ludwig with Klemperer conducting). And there's not a bad performance in the lot.
Among the more recent works are Gorecki's 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs', Birtwistle's 'Tragoedia', Henze's 'Barcarola', Takemitsu's 'Water-Ways', Adams's 'The Chairman Dances', Turnage's 'Drowned Out', and Maw's 'Dance Scenes'. Bernstein is represented by 'Symphonic Dances from West Side Story' (oddly sharing a CD with Penderecki's 'Threnody for Victims of Hiroshima'. There is a terrific 'Carmina Burana' by Orff, led by Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos. Rostropovich plays Dutilleux's 'Tout un monde lointain'. Other favorites of mine include Lutoslawski's 'Concerto for Orchestra' with the composer conducting, and Tippett's Fantasia concertante on a Theme of Corelli under Rudolf Barshai. Obviously I haven't listed all that is here.
Many of you, of course, will have some of these performances on single CDs. But at this price a few duplications should not be a deterrent.
Track Listings (7) - Disc #1