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Background: Even at the beginning of the new millennium, the words 'twentieth-century music' often inspire apprehension in audiences. Discover Music of the Twentieth Century is a comprehensive and easily digestible guide, leading us through the diverse, innovative and controversial musical history of this era.

By describing the many different musical styles that flourished in the twentieth century and putting the music in its historical and social context, this booklet-and-CD set demystifies the whole subject of 'modern' music.

CATALOGUE NR: 855816869
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Educational
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 8.50 including VAT, or £ 7.23 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 03-Oct-2005

COMPOSER: David McCleery
TITLE: Discover music of the 20th Century
TRACKS: Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune (Debussy). 5 Piano Pieces op.23: Walzer (Schonberg). Violin Concerto 'To the memory of an ange': I. Andante - Scherzo (Berg). 5 Pieces op.10 : Sehr ruhig und zart / Lebhaft und zart bewegt / Sehr langsam und ausserst zart / Fliessend ausserst zart / Sehr fliessend (Webern). Le Tombeau de Couperin : III Forlane: Allegretto (Ravel). Petrushka : First Tableau: The Shrove-Tide Fair / The Mountebank (Stravinsky). Pulcinella: Vivo (Stravinsky). Symphony No.3 'Pastoral': III Moderato pesante (Vaughan Williams). Hymn to St Cecilia op.27 (Britten). Sinfonietta : IV Allegretto (Janacek). Concerto for Orchestra Sz116 : Introduzione: Andante non troppo - Allegro vivace (Bartok). Lieutenant Kije op.60: II Romance (Prokofiev). Symphony No.10 op.93: II Allegro (Shostakovich). Piano Concerto in F major: III Allegro agitato (Gershwin). Schindler's List : Main Theme (Williams). The Unanswered Question (Ives). Deserts : Second Electronic Interpolation - conclusion / Third Electronic Interpolation - beginning (Varese). Quartet for the End of Time : Liturgie de cristal (Messiaen). Piano Sonata No.3 : IV Commentaire (Boulez). Stimmung : Warming up leading to Model 1 / Model 2: 'Gott nochmal' / Model 3: 'Vishnu' / Model 4: Usi-Afu (Stockhausen). Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano : First Interlude (Cage). New York Counterpoint : Movement 1 (Reich). Short Ride in a Fast Machine (Adams). The Lord's Prayer (Tavener). Symphony No.3 op.36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' : II Lento e largo - Tranquillissimo (Gorecki). Gawain's Journey : Lullaby / Vision of the Hunt I (Birtwistle). Voice (Takemitsu).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 180 page booklet with 25000 word essay and timeline of events in music history art and literature

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