100 BEST: 20th Century Classics - DÁRKOVÁ EDICE (6CD)

CD 1: THE LAST OF THE ROMANTICS

RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor
1. I. Moderato opening
   Jean-Bernard Pommier piano
   Hallé Orchestra / Lawrence Foster
PROKOFIEV
2. Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)
   London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn
KHACHATURIAN
3. Waltz (Masquerade)
   Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz
PROKOFIEV
4. Troika (Lieutenant Kijé Suite)
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt
RACHMANINOV
Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor
5. I. Allegro ma non tanto opening
   Mikhail Rudy piano
   St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
RODRIGO
Concierto de Aranjuez
6. II. Adagio opening
   Julian Bream guitar
   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
KHACHATURIAN
7. Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia extract (Spartacus)
   Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov
ELGAR
Cello Concerto
8. I. Adagio – Moderato
   Jacqueline du Pré cello
   LSO / Sir John Barbirolli
RACHMANINOV
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
9. Variation 18
   Cécile Ousset piano
   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
DEBUSSY
Images
10. II. Iberia: 3. Le matin d’un jour de fête
    London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn
SIBELIUS
11. Valse triste (Kuolema Incidental Music)
    Hallé Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
12. The Lark Ascending opening
    Hugh Bean violin
    New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult
FALLA
Nights in the Gardens of Spain
13. I. In the Generalife extract
    Gonzalo Soriano piano
    Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
    Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
SZYMANOWSKI
14. Harnasie extract (Rural Scene)
    Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra of Krakow / Antoni Wit
SHOSTAKOVICH
Piano Concerto No.2 in F
15. II. Andante
    Dmitri Alexeev piano
    English Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk
HOLST
16. Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity conclusion (The Planets)
    Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle

CD 2: INNOVATORS

JANÁCEK
Sinfonietta
1. IV. Allegretto
   Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
WEBERN
6 Orchestral Pieces Op.6 (Revised version)
2. VI. Langsam
   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
SCHOENBERG
5 Orchestral Pieces Op.16 (Original version)
3. IV. Peripetie (Sehr rasch)
   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
BERG
Lulu-Suite
4. IV. Variationem: Moderato
   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
STRAVINSKY
Petrushka
5. Russian Dance (1st Tableau)
   Peter Donohoe piano
   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
BRITTEN
6. Four Sea Interludes (Sunday Morning) (Peter Grimes)
   Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Libor Pešek
NIELSEN
Symphony No.5 Op.50
7. II. Allegro conclusion
   Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt
POULENC
8. Rondeau (Les Biches)
   Philharmonia Orchestra / Georges Prêtre
BARTÓK
Concerto for Orchestra
9. IV. Intermezzo interotto (Allegretto)
   Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
WALTON
Violin Concerto (1939 rev.1943)
10. II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana & Trio (Canzonetta)
    Yehudi Menuhin violin
    London Symphony Orchestra / Sir William Walton
RESPIGHI

11. I pini di Villa Borghese (Pini di Roma)
    London Symphony Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli
ZEMLINSKY
Sinfonietta Op.23
12. Rondo. Sehr lebhaft
    Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker / James Conlon
STRAVINSKY
Le Sacre du printemps
13. L’adoration de la terre opening
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
WEILL
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Suite
14. II. Moderato assai
    Berliner Philharmoniker / Mariss Jansons
Live recording


VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
15. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis opening
    London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult
HONNEGER
16. Pacific 231
    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
HINDEMITH
Kammermusik No.1
17. IV. Finale: 1921. Lebhaft
    Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
RAVEL
18. Bolero conclusion
    London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn

CD 3: BRAVE NEW WORLD

PÄRT
1. Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
   Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Richard Studt
TOYAMA
2. Dance of Men (Ballet Suite–Yugen)
   Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
TAKEMITSU
Cassiopeia
3. Scene
   Stomu Yamash’ta percussion
   Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
GORÉCKI
Symphony No.3 ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs

4. II. Lento e largo, tranquillissimo extract
   Zofia Kilanowicz soprano
   Kraków Symphony Orchestra/Jacek Kasprzyk
PENDERECKI
5. Anaklasis for strings & percussion (1959)
   London Symphony Orchestra / Krzysztof Penderecki
HENZE
Symphony No.8
6. II. Ballabile conclusion
   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
Live recording


MESSIAEN
Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum
7. Des profondeurs de l’abîme’
   Ensemble de Percussion de l’Orchestre de Paris
   Orchestre de Paris / Serge Baudo
TURNAGE
8. Drowned Out excerpt
   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
LUTOSLAWSKI
Symphony No.1
9. I. Allegro giusto
   Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra / Witold Lutoslawski
Recorded in co-production with Polish Radio and TV


ARNOLD
Guitar Concerto
10. I. Allegro
    Julian Bream guitar
    Members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
    Sir Simon Rattle
NYMAN
11. The Heart asks Pleasure First / The Promise (The Piano)
    Music composed, directed and produced by Michael Nyman
TAKEMITSU
12. Rain Coming (1982)
    London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen
TAVENER
The Protecting Veil
13. The Incarnation
    Steven Isserlis cello
    London Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
GUBAIDULINA
14. The Canticle of the Sun extract
    Mstislav Rostropovich cello
    Simon Carrington & Neil Percy percussion
    London Voices / Ryusuke Numajiri
ADÈS
Asyla
15. IV.
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
KNUSSEN
16. Flourish with Fireworks
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
    Live recording

CD 4: AMERICA

BERNSTEIN
1. Candide – Overture
   London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn
IVES
A Set of Pieces for Theatre or Chamber Orchestra

2. No.3. In the Night
   Ensemble Modern / Ingo Metzmacher
GLASS
3. Façades
   John Harle & Simon Haram soprano saxophones
   London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green
JOHN WILLIAMS
4. Schindler’s List Main Theme
   Tasmin Little violin
   New World Philharmonic / Iain Sutherland
COPLAND
5. Fanfare for the Common Man
   Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Bátiz
BARBER
6. Adagio for Strings
   Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy
HORNER
7. My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)
   Orchestra / David Abel
REICH
8. Nagoya Marimbas
   Colin Currie & Sam Walton marimbas
CARTER
9. A Celebration of some 100 X 150 Notes
   City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
Live recording


BARBER
Cello Concerto
10. II. Andante sostenuto
    Ralph Kirshbaum cello
    Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste
ADAMS
Shaker Loops
11. IV. A Final Shaking
    London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green
COPLAND
12. Hoe-Down (Rodeo)
    Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin
GERSHWIN
13. Rhapsody in Blue (jazzband version arr. Grofé) opening
    Wayne Marshall piano
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
CAGE
Three Dances for two amplified prepared pianos

14. Dance No.1
    Ralph Grierson, Michael Tilson Thomas prepared pianos
NEWMAN
15. Any Other Name (American Beauty)
    Produced and performed by Nikolaj Bloch & Sally Herbert
ADAMS
16. Short Ride in a Fast Machine
    City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle

CD 5: INSTRUMENTAL & CHAMBER

FALLA
1. Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)
   Dame Moura Lympany piano
SCRIABIN
Two Poèmes Op.63
2. II. Étrangeté
   John Ogdon piano
DEBUSSY
Estampes
3. II. Pagodes
   Cécile Ousset piano
SHOSTAKOVICH
4. Romance (The Gadfly)
   Tasmin Little violin • Piers Lane piano
KREISLER
5. Liebesfreud
   Maxim Vengerov violin • Ian Brown piano
BARTÓK
44 Duos for 2 violins
6. No.28 Sorrow
   Yehudi Menuhin, Nell Gotkovsky violins
PÄRT
7. Spiegel im Spiegel
   Tasmin Little violin • Martin Roscoe piano
VILLA-LOBOS
8. Chôros No.1 in E minor
   Manuel Barrueco guitar
TAKEMITSU
All in Twilight
9. I. quaver = 80
   Julian Bream guitar
SAINZ DE LA MAZA
10. Zapateado
    Sharon Isbin guitar
LIGETI
String Quartet No 1 ‘Metamorphoses Nocturnes’

11. I. Allegro grazioso
    Artemis Quartet
BERG
Lyric Suite
12. III. Allegro misterioso
    Alban Berg Quartett
SCHOENBERG
13. Verklärte Nacht
    Artemis Quartet
    Thomas Kakuska viola • Valentin Erben cello (Alban Berg Quartett)
MESSIAEN
Quatuor pour la fin du temps
14. I. Liturgie de cristal
    Christopher Poppen violin • Manuel Fischer-Dieskau cello
    Wolfgang Meyer clarinet • Yvonne Loriod piano
SCHNITTKE
15. Menuet
    Gidon Kremer violin • Yuri Bashmet viola
    Mstislav Rostropovich cello
RAVEL
String Quartet in F
16. Assez vif (Très rythmé)
    Belcea Quartet

CD 6: CHORAL & VOCAL

ORFF
1. O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)
   Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
PÄRT
2. Beatus Petronius
   Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
   Christopher Bowers-Broadbent & Ene Salumäe organs
   Tõnu Kaljuste
BURGON
3. Nunc dimittis (1979)
   James Bowman countertenor • Crispian Steele Perkins trumpet
   City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox
LLOYD WEBBER
4. Pie Jesu (Requiem)
   Jane Gilchrist soprano • Fergus Thirlwell boy soprano
   Simon Gibson organ
   Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor
KARL JENKINS
5. Agnus Dei (The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace)
   National Youth Choir of Great Britain
   musical director: Mike Brewer
   Paul Beniston principal trumpet
   London Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Jenkins
TAVENER
6. Song for Athene
   Winchester Cathedral Choir / David Hill
RUTTER
7. Pie Jesu (Requiem)
   Edward Saklatvala treble
   Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
   City of London Sinfonia / Stephen Cleobury
   
   
   McCARTNEY
   Ecce Cor Meum
8. II. Gratia extract
   Kate Royal soprano
   London Voices director: Terry Edwards
   Boys of Magdalen College Choir & King’s College Choir, Cambridge
   Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Gavin Greenaway
RACHMANINOV
9. Vocalise
   Natalie Dessay soprano
   Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Michael Schønwandt
BUSONI
10. Wie ist ihr Schlaf, Madame? (Arlecchino)
    Ernst Theo Richter baritone • Suzanne Mentzer mezzo-soprano
    Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon / Kent Nagano
BERIO
11. Ballo
    Linda Hirst mezzo-soprano
    London Sinfonietta / Diego Masson
CANTELOUBE
12. Baïlèro (Chants d’Auvergne)
    Arleen Augér soprano
    English Chamber Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier
RICHARD STRAUSS
13. Beim schlafengehen (Vier letzte Lieder)
    Nina Stemme soprano
    Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
    Antonio Pappano
VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas brazileiras No.5
14. I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio
    Barbara Hendricks soprano
    Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Batiz
BOULEZ
Le Soleil des eaux
15. La Sorgue
    Joséphine Nendick soprano • Barry McDaniel tenor • Louis Devos bass
    BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Pierre Boulez
PUCCINI
16. O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
    Angela Gheorghiu soprano
    London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
KORNGOLD
17. Glück, das mir verblieb (Die tote Stadt)
    Dame Kiri Te Kanawa soprano
    Philharmonia Orchestra / Julius Rudel
PUCCINI
18. Nessun dorma (Turandot)
    José Carreras tenor
    Chœurs de l’Opéra du Rhin / Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
    Alain Lombard