The History of Classical Music, Part 5: Modern: From Sibelius to Glass

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Tracklist

1▶Digital Media: Sibelius: Symphony no. 5 / Valse triste / Finlandia / Tapiola
2▶Digital Media: Ives: “Concord” Sonata / Central Park in the Dark / Three Places in New England / Barber: Adagio for Strings
3▶Digital Media: Janáček: Taras Bulba / Concertino / Sinfonietta
4▶Digital Media: Ravel: Boléro / Piano Concerto / Pavane / Ma mère l’oye
5▶Digital Media: Schönberg: Transfigured Night / Pierrot lunaire / Webern: 6 Pieces for Orchestra / Symphony, op. 21
6▶Digital Media: Berg: Violin Concerto / Lyric Suite / 3 Pieces for Orchestra
7▶Digital Media: Stravinsky: Petrushka / Apollo / Circus Polka
8▶Digital Media: Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Pulcinella
9▶Digital Media: Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Violin Concerto no. 1 / Lieutenant Kijé
10▶Digital Media: Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra / Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
11▶Digital Media: Hindemith: Symphony “Mathis der Maler” / Busoni: Doktor Faust / Pfitzner: Palestrina / Weill: Kleine Dreigroschenmusik
12▶Digital Media: Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5 / Cello Concerto no. 2
13▶Digital Media: Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings / Delius: 2 Pieces for Orchestra / Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending / Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
14▶Digital Media: Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Falla: El amor brujo / Noches en los jardines de España
15▶Digital Media: Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue / An American in Paris / Bernstein: “Candide” Overture / Symphonic Dances From “West Side Story”
16▶Digital Media: Messiaen: Turangalîla‐Symphonie
17▼Digital Media: Boulez: Le marteau sans maître / Stockhausen: Gruppen
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1Le Marteau sans maître: Avant “l’Artisanat furieux”
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Hilary Summers (contralto) (in 2002-09)
orchestra:
Ensemble intercontemporain (in 2002-09)
conductor:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (in 2002-09)
recorded at:
Espace de projection (IRCAM) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 2002-09)
recording of:
Le marteau sans maître: I. Avant l'Artisanat furieux. Rapide (in 2002-09)
composer:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (from 1953 until 1955)
part of:
Le marteau sans maître
Pierre Boulez1:54
2Le Marteau sans maître: Commentaire I de “Bourreaux de solitude”
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Hilary Summers (contralto) (in 2002-09)
orchestra:
Ensemble intercontemporain (in 2002-09)
conductor:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (in 2002-09)
recorded at:
Espace de projection (IRCAM) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 2002-09)
recording of:
Le marteau sans maître: II. Commentaire I de Bourreaux de solitude. Lent (in 2002-09)
composer:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (from 1953 until 1955)
part of:
Le marteau sans maître
Pierre Boulez4:31
3Le Marteau sans maître: “L’Artisanat furieux”
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Hilary Summers (contralto) (in 2002-09)
orchestra:
Ensemble intercontemporain (in 2002-09)
conductor:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (in 2002-09)
recorded at:
Espace de projection (IRCAM) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 2002-09)
recording of:
Le marteau sans maître: III. L'Artisanat furieux. Modéré sans riguer (in 2002-09)
composer:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (from 1953 until 1955)
part of:
Le marteau sans maître
Pierre Boulez2:39
4Le Marteau sans maître: Commentaire II de “Bourreaux de solitude”
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Hilary Summers (contralto) (in 2002-09)
orchestra:
Ensemble intercontemporain (in 2002-09)
conductor:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (in 2002-09)
recorded at:
Espace de projection (IRCAM) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 2002-09)
recording of:
Le marteau sans maître: IV. Commentaire II de Bourreaux de solitude. Rapide (in 2002-09)
composer:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (from 1953 until 1955)
part of:
Le marteau sans maître
Pierre Boulez4:15
5Le Marteau sans maître: “Bel édifice et les pressentiments” I
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Hilary Summers (contralto) (in 2002-09)
orchestra:
Ensemble intercontemporain (in 2002-09)
conductor:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (in 2002-09)
recorded at:
Espace de projection (IRCAM) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 2002-09)
recording of:
Le marteau sans maître: V. Bel édifice et les pressentiments - version première. Assez vif (in 2002-09)
composer:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (from 1953 until 1955)
part of:
Le marteau sans maître
Pierre Boulez4:07
6Le Marteau sans maître: “Bourreaux de solitude”
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Hilary Summers (contralto) (in 2002-09)
orchestra:
Ensemble intercontemporain (in 2002-09)
conductor:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (in 2002-09)
recorded at:
Espace de projection (IRCAM) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 2002-09)
recording of:
Le marteau sans maître: VI. Bourreaux de solitude. Assez lent (in 2002-09)
composer:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (from 1953 until 1955)
part of:
Le marteau sans maître
Pierre Boulez5:03
7Le Marteau sans maître: Après “L’Artisanat furieux”
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Hilary Summers (contralto) (in 2002-09)
orchestra:
Ensemble intercontemporain (in 2002-09)
conductor:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (in 2002-09)
recorded at:
Espace de projection (IRCAM) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 2002-09)
recording of:
Le marteau sans maître: VII. Après l'Artisanat furieux. Rapide (in 2002-09)
composer:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (from 1953 until 1955)
part of:
Le marteau sans maître
Pierre Boulez1:07
8Le Marteau sans maître: Commentaire III de “Bourreaux de solitude”
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Hilary Summers (contralto) (in 2002-09)
orchestra:
Ensemble intercontemporain (in 2002-09)
conductor:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (in 2002-09)
recorded at:
Espace de projection (IRCAM) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 2002-09)
recording of:
Le marteau sans maître: VIII. Commentaire III de Bourreaux de solitude. Assez lent (in 2002-09)
composer:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (from 1953 until 1955)
part of:
Le marteau sans maître
Pierre Boulez6:25
9Le Marteau sans maître: “Bel édifice et les pressentiments” II
mezzo-soprano vocals:
Hilary Summers (contralto) (in 2002-09)
orchestra:
Ensemble intercontemporain (in 2002-09)
conductor:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (in 2002-09)
recorded at:
Espace de projection (IRCAM) in Paris, Île-de-France, France (in 2002-09)
recording of:
Le marteau sans maître: IX. Bel édifice et les pressentiments - double. Tempo libre de rècit (in 2002-09)
composer:
Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor) (from 1953 until 1955)
part of:
Le marteau sans maître
Pierre Boulez8:30
10Gruppen für drei Orchester, Werk Nr.6
recording engineer:
Jürgen Bulgrin (sound engineer) (in 1994-12) and Reinhard Lagemann (in 1994-12)
executive producer:
Christopher Alder (editor/engineer/producer)
producer:
Arend Prohmann (producer / editor) (task: recording producer)
orchestra:
Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra) (in 1994-12)
conductor:
Claudio Abbado (conductor) (in 1994-12), Marcus Creed (conductor) (in 1994-12) and Friedrich Goldmann (in 1994-12)
balance engineer:
Gernot von Schultzendorff (sound engineer and producer of classical releases)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin (this is the company; for release labels, use “Deutsche Grammophon”) (in 1996)
recorded at:
Philharmonie, Großer Saal, Berlin in Mitte, Berlin, Germany (in 1994-12)
live recording of:
Gruppen, Nr. 6 (in 1994-12)
composer:
Karlheinz Stockhausen (composer) (from 1955 until 1957)
dedicated to:
Herbert Eimert (German composer and critic)
premiered at:
[concert] (1958-03-24) (premiere concert for “Gruppen” by Karlheinz Stockhausen)
publisher:
Universal Edition (publisher; do NOT use as release label)
part of:
Works of Karlheinz Stockhausen by Werk Nr. (number: Nr. 6)
Karlheinz Stockhausen22:26
18▶Digital Media: Lutosławski: Chain 3 / Novelette / Schnittke: Concerto grosso no. 1 / Ligeti: Chamber Concerto
19▶Digital Media: Górecki: Symphony no. 3
20▶Digital Media: Reich: Six Pianos / Adams: Shaker Loops / Glass: Violin Concerto

Credits

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includes:Cello Concerto no. 2 / Symphony no. 5 by Shostakovich (Dmitri Shostakovich, composer); Mstislav Rostropovich (cellist/conductor), National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C. – refer to the UK one instead for musical theatre recordings), Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa (conductor and composer)
Concord Sonata / Three Places in New England / Central Park in the Dark by Charles Ives (American composer); Roberto Szidon, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor and pianist), Seiji Ozawa (conductor and composer)
Le Sacre du printemps / Pulcinella by Igor Strawinsky (Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer); Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano), Ryland Davies (tenor), John Shirley‐Quirk (bass-baritone), London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta / Concerto for Orchestra by Bartók (Béla Bartók, composer); Lorin Maazel (conductor), Seiji Ozawa (conductor and composer)
Music from America by Gershwin (composer), Bernstein (Leonard Bernstein, American conductor, composer, pianist); Gewandhausorchester Leipzig (Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra), Kurt Masur (conductor), San Francisco Symphony, Seiji Ozawa (conductor and composer)
Musik aus England, II by Benjamin Britten (English composer, conductor, and pianist), Frederick Delius (English composer), Ralph Vaughan Williams (English composer); Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor), Daniel Barenboim (pianist and conductor)
Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts, I by Hindemith (German composer, 1895–1963), Weill (composer), Pfitzner (German composer), Busoni (Ferruccio Busoni, Italian composer, pianist, conductor, editor, writer, and teacher); William Steinberg (conductor), David Atherton (conductor), Ferdinand Leitner (conductor)
Musik des 20. Jahrhunderts, II by Schnittke (Alfred Schnittke, Russian composer and pianist), Lutosławski (Polish composer), Ligeti (Austrian-Hungarian composer); Heinrich Schiff (cellist and conductor), Witold Lutosławski (Polish composer), Pierre Boulez (composer and conductor)
Petruschka / Apollon Musagète / Zirkuspolka by Igor Stravinsky (Russian composer); London Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit (conductor), Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Piano Concerto no. 3 / Violin Concerto no. 1 / Lieutenant Kijé by Prokofiev (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer); Martha Argerich (Argentine pianist), Shlomo Mintz (violinist, violist and conductor), Claudio Abbado (conductor)
Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Falla: Night in the Gardens of Spain / El amor brujo by Rodrigo (Joaquín Rodrigo, Spanish composer and virtuoso pianist), Falla (Spanish composer); Narciso Yepes (classical guitarist), Margrit Weber (Swiss pianist), Teresa Berganza (mezzo-soprano)
Sinfonietta / Taras Bulba / Concertino by Janáček (Czech composer); Rudolf Firkušný (pianist), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Kubelík (conductor)
Symphony no. 3 by Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki, Polish composer); Joanna Kozłowska (soprano), Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra (The Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra), Kazimierz Kord (conductor)
Symphony no. 5 / Valse Triste / Finlandia / Tapiola by Jean Sibelius (Finnish composer); Berliner Philharmoniker (Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
Turangalîla‐Symphonie by Messiaen (composer and organist); Yvonne Loriod (pianist), Jeanne Loriod, Orchestre de l’Opéra Bastille (alternate name of Orchestre de l’Opéra national de Paris between 1990–1994), Myung-Whun Chung (pianist and conductor)
Violin Concerto / 3 Pieces for Orchestra, op. 6 / Lyric Suite (excerpts) by Berg (Austrian composer); Henryk Szeryng (violinist), Rafael Kubelík (conductor), Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
part of:The History of Classical Music: From Gregorian Chant to Górecki (order: 5)