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Your Selection

If you'd like a step-by-step approach to contemporary classical music, please check the listening category - from LR 01 to LR 04.

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Silvestrov, Valentin: Bagatellen: I.

Is modern classical music unlistenable? Let's start with a 21st-century piece of music and see for ourselves...!

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Adès, Thomas: Darknesse Visible

Solo piano music composed in the late 20th century. Attention, this will most likely be your next favorite.

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Barber, Samuel: Adagio

Modern classical music ... perhaps the most famous... and one of the saddest pieces...

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Crumb, George: MAKROKOSMOS I.

Evocative love-death piano music...

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Shostakovich, Dmitri: Violin Concerto No.1

Ecstasy with violin and orchestra.

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Glass, Philip: Metamorphosis Five

The first steps towards music with a repetitive structure.

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Prokofiev, Sergei: Visions Fugitives

This is perhaps the most beautiful vision in a series of the lesser-known Prokofiev miniatures.

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Panufnik, Andrzej: Autumn Music

Tranquillity and beauty.

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Doderer, Johanna: Violin Concerto No. 2

Yes, it’s possible: emotional yet overwhelming momentum…

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Pärt, Arvo: Für Alina

A little peace of mind…

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Samy, Moussa: A Globe Itself Infolding

Are you expecting splendid and joyful music? This piece is one of the most excellent options.

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Schnittke, Alfred: Choir Concerto

Pure vocal masterpiece. Raison d’être.

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Pärt, Arvo: Spiegel im Spiegel

Mirror in the mirror: infinity.

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Gundermann, Karsten: Faust

A fascinating and heartbreaking “night game” on the Faust theme.

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Shschedrin, Rodion: Echo Sonata

Beyond question, Vengerov is phenomenal; just listen to this painfully delicate performance.

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Pärt, Arvo: Pari Intervallo

You can rarely hear a harp these days. It is profoundly regrettable.

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Glass, Philip: Modern Love Waltz (arr. Leng Tan)

When was the last time you heard a toy piano? And a waltz or a love waltz?

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Glass, Philip: Violin Concerto

Can modern classical music create a very pleasant so-called “melody stick”? Just give it a try with Glass’ music.

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Penderecki, Krzysztof: Polish Requiem

Incredible requiems were born in the common practice period. The 20th and 21st centuries are no exception.

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Eno, Brian: Emerald and Stone (arr. Knoth)

Demanding music works the same way. Or does the tone of the violin add something to the original version?

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Szymanski, Pawel: Deux études pour piano - II.

A fast track also can be unforgettable. ... fast ... waving ... ahead ... fast ... waving ... ahead ....

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Penderecki, Krzysztof: 3 Pieces in Old Style

Music that is much more than an exercise in style…

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Lohse, Martin: 5 Momenti Mobile

The first step towards modern harmonica music, right from the start with an unusual combination of an accordion duo and a piano trio...

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Rasmussen, Karl Aage: The Four Seasons After Vivaldi

One of the most famous classical music pieces, just in a slightly different way.