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Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (more info)
Performed by: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Claude Debussy
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari


1. Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune - 10:32


5 Piano Pieces, Op. 23: Walzer (more info)
Composed by: Arnold Schoenberg
Peter Hill, piano


2. 5 Piano Pieces, Op. 23: Walzer - 03:29


Violin Concerto, "To the memory of an angel": I. Andante - Scherzo (more info)
Performed by: Netherlands Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Alban Berg
Conducted by: Eri Klas
Rebecca Hirsch, violin


3. Violin Concerto, "To the memory of an angel": I. Andante - Scherzo - 11:28


5 Pieces, Op. 10 (more info)
Performed by: Ulster Orchestra
Composed by: Anton Webern
Conducted by: Takuo Yuasa


4. Sehr ruhig und zart - 00:38
5. Lebhaft und zart bewegt - 00:31
6. Sehr langsam und ausserst zart - 01:43
7. Fliessend, ausserst zart - 00:33
8. Sehr fliessend - 01:02


Le Tombeau de Couperin: III. Forlane: Allegretto (more info)
Composed by: Maurice Ravel
Klara Kormendi, piano


9. Le Tombeau de Couperin: Forlane: Allegretto - 06:29


Petrushka (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Robert Craft


10. First Tableau: The Shrove-Tide Fair - 05:08
11. The Mountebank - 01:48


Pulcinella: Vivo (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Sinfonietta
Composed by: Igor Stravinsky
Conducted by: Stefan Sanderling


12. Pulcinella: Vivo - 01:41


Symphony No. 3, "Pastoral": III. Moderato pesante (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Conducted by: Kees Bakels


13. Symphony No. 3, "Pastoral": III. Moderato pesante - 06:29


Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 (more info)
Composed by: Benjamin Britten
Conducted by: Christopher Robinson


14. Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 - 10:16


Sinfonietta: IV. Allegretto (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Leos Janacek
Conducted by: Ondrej Lenard


15. Sinfonietta: IV. Allegretto - 02:37


Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116: I. Introduzione: Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace (more info)
Performed by: Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Bela Bartok
Conducted by: Alexander Rahbari


16. Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116: I. Introduzione: Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace - 10:50

Lieutenant Kije, Op. 60: II. Romance (more info)
Performed by: Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Sergey Prokofiev
Conducted by: Andrew Mogrelia


1. Lieutenant Kije, Op. 60: II. Romance - 04:48


Symphony No. 10, Op. 93: II. Allegro (more info)
Performed by: CSR Symphony Orchestra (Bratislava)
Composed by: Dmitry Shostakovich
Conducted by: Ladislav Slovak


2. Symphony No. 10, Op. 93: II. Allegro - 04:16


Piano Concerto in F major: III. Allegro agitato (more info)
Performed by: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: George Gershwin
Conducted by: Richard Hayman
Kathryn Selby, piano


3. Piano Concerto in F major: III. Allegro agitato - 06:45


Schindler's List: Main Theme (more info)
Performed by: City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: John Williams


4. Schindler's List: Main Theme - 04:03


The Unanswered Question (more info)
Performed by: Northern Sinfonia
Composed by: Charles Ives
Conducted by: James Sinclair


5. The Unanswered Question - 04:36


Deserts (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Edgard Varese
Conducted by: Christopher Lyndon-Gee


6. Second Electronic Interpolation (conclusion) - 01:52
7. Third Electronic Interpolation (beginning) - 04:18


Quartet for the End of Time: I. Liturgie de cristal (more info)
Composed by: Olivier Messiaen


8. Quartet for the End of Time: I. Liturgie de cristal - 02:39


Piano Sonata No. 3: IV. Commentaire (more info)
Composed by: Pierre Boulez
Idil Biret, piano


9. Piano Sonata No. 3: IV. Commentaire - 03:22


Stimmung (excerpts) (more info)
Composed by: Karlheinz Stockhausen
Conducted by: Gregory Rose


10. Warming up, leading to Model 1 (Bass) - 03:02
11. Model 2: 'Gott nochmal' (Mezzo) - GROGORAGALLY (Soprano II) - 01:30
12. Model 3: 'Vishnu' (Soprano II) - ELYON (Baritone) - 00:51
13. Model 4: USI-AFU (Tenor) - 00:58


Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: First Interlude (more info)
Composed by: John Cage
Boris Berman, piano


14. Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano: First Interlude - 03:29


New York Counterpoint: Movement 1 (more info)
Composed by: Steve Reich
Roger Heaton, clarinet


15. New York Counterpoint: Movement 1 - 04:59


Short Ride in a Fast Machine (more info)
Performed by: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: John Adams
Conducted by: Marin Alsop


16. Short Ride in a Fast Machine - 04:03


The Lord's Prayer (more info)
Composed by: John Tavener
Conducted by: Christopher Robinson


17. The Lord's Prayer - 03:31


Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": II. Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo (more info)
Performed by: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Henryk Gorecki
Conducted by: Antoni Wit
Zofia Kilanowicz, soprano


18. Symphony No. 3, Op. 36, "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs": II. Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo - 10:16


Gawain's Journey (excerpts) (more info)
Performed by: Philharmonia Orchestra
Composed by: Harrison Birtwistle
Conducted by: Elgar Howarth


19. Lullaby - 01:50
20. Vision of the Hunt I - 01:27


Voice (more info)
Composed by: Toru Takemitsu
Robert Aitken,


21. Voice - 05:14

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