Music of the 20th Century

Music of the 20th Century (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 28, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cala Records
• ASIN: B00000FDDD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #568,163 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. The Dream Of The Cherry Blossoms

2. Hypothetically Murdered: Part I : Act I, Gallop

3. Huit Preludes: La colombe

4. String Quartet No. 3 - 3rd Movement

5. The Consolations Of Scholarship: Lamento

6. Flute Sonata No. 1 - 3rd Movement

7. Requiem: I: Salvator mundi

8. Romeo And Juliet - Juliet As A Young Girl

9. Der Unterbrochene Gedenke ('The Broken Thought')

10. 4'33 - 1. Tacet

11. The Salley Gardens

12. White Man Sleeps: 1st Movement

13. Mass - 2: Gloria

14. Sonata For Cello And Piano: Presto

15. The Lamb

16. Black Angels - Extract

17. Totus Tuus

Customer Reviews

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21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An interesting compilation, February 5, 2007

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Don't know how you got here, but good digging. This album is a sampler from United records, a company out of the UK. It contains a fairly good cross section of 20th century composers. Many pieces stand out - Keiko Abe's, the Shostakovich piece, the Schnittke sonata. The inclusion of John Cage's 4'33 is negligible. It was the piece that drove me to dig up this CD. I knew what it was (silence), but I at least expected ambient crowd noise (I don't think it was recorded live). It being included here amidst such great music, it acts like a dead weight. I think there were surely more representative John Cage pieces they could've selected. But enough of my griping.
If you're looking for an intro into some of the more avant-garde leanings of 20th century classical, this one works halfway. Overall, a good disc with some pieces that will surely find their way into your head. You might have to look hard for this - it was on my Wish List for a year and a half without any sellers- but it can be worth it.
If ANYONE reads this, click the helpful button. I'm just curious to see if anyone else finds this CD out here in the Amazon bins.