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Mahler: Symphony No. 1
by Valery Gergiev
Mahler is mostly remembered as a tortured soul, forever at odds with the audiences and critical esta...
DEBUSSY: Piano Works, Vol. 1
by Peter Frankl
Debussy’s Preludes for Piano, especially the dozen that comprise Book I, are essential listening ...
Path of Miracles - Joby Talbot
by Tenebrae & Nigel Short
Joby Talbot stands as one of England’s most versatile and gifted composers. He was half of the art-r...
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Contemporary Classical from New World Records
Since its beginning as part of the celebration of the American Bicentennial in 1976, New World has been championing American music in all its strains, and has documented a lot of music that would otherwise have disappeared. And when CRI, a label devoted to contemporary classical, finally went belly-up in 2002, New World snapped up their catalog too, with an eye towards making it available digitally.
It's an enormous, still-unfinished task, but the work continues, with the same all-embracing ethos the label brings to...
It's an enormous, still-unfinished task, but the work continues, with the same all-embracing ethos the label brings to...
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eMusic Q&A: Einojuhani Rautavaara
Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara, who celebrates his 80th birthday on Oct. 9, has written a large body of gripping and compellingly attractive music in many genres during his long and storied career. Despite his American connection — he studied at Tanglewood with Aaron Copland — concert performances in this country of Rautavaara's music have, unfortunately, been rare. It's well represented, though, in many excellent recordings by musicians who have championed it, like Vladimir Ashkenazy, ...
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Top Classical Tracks
| Listen | Track Name | Length | Download |
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| 1. | |
Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for birds and orchestra (1972): I. The Bog
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6:55 |  |
| 2. | |
Clarinet Concerto (2001): II. Adagio assai
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7:28 | |
| 3. | |
Symphony No. 8, "The Journey": III. Tranquillo
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6:03 | |
| 4. | |
Gift of Dreams (Piano Concerto No. 3): III. Energico
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6:03 | |
| 5. | |
Cello Concerto, Op. 41: I. Allegro ma non troppo
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6:04 | |
| 6. | |
Manhattan Trilogy: III. Dawn
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5:28 | |
| 7. | |
String Quintet "Unknown Heavens": III. Movement
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6:12 | |
| 8. | |
Pelimannit - Fiddlers, Op. 1: I. Närböläisten braa speli
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1:50 | |
| 9. | |
Pelimannit - Fiddlers, Op. 1: II. Kopsin Jonas
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2:03 | |
| 10. | |
Vigilia: Vespers: Final Blessing
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1:15 | |
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