1980's Classical Music that needs to be in your collection

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	"one of the greatest British Symphonies"

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	"The most accessable of Glass's opera trilogy as well as having some of the most wonderful music"

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	"Kraft (Power), a modernist classic from Finland for large orchestra and instrumental group"

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	"Funeral Ikos is a wonderful, simple yet powerful work."

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	"A monumental piece of moderism that needs to be heard by every serious lover of modern classical music"

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	"from its amazing opening to its wonderful conclusion this piece is more than just a minimalist tour de force, its a journey of wonderful delights"

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	"Virtuosity at its best from composer and performer."

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	"Martland's Babi Yar is one of the great British post minimalist works. A staggering achievement for a composer who was under 25. As challenging to listen to as the subject of the title is to imagine"

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	"Sallinen's 5th Symphony shows a Finnish master experimenting with small cells in a kaleidoscope of ways."

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	"The 2nd Symphony shows off how well and imaginative Mathias was as a composer."

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	"Ecstatic Orange was the first, and possibly the best of Torke's "color music". A vibrant display of pulses and orchestral colours."

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	"Earth Dances is a monster, slow shifting layers of energy erupt over the thick orchestral web during its intense 40minutes"

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	"Feldman's world, once experience is never forgotten. It is a quiet introspective place. This is one of his more modest later works at just over an hour long."

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	"A masterpiece  of invention and counter point."

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	"Wonderful, the crossing vocal and percussion lines, the sound of the bass clarinets in the second section. They all add up to make this an uplifting experience."

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	"A set of variations on an Amercian folk song. Polansky takes the tune through a wide range of moods and ideas. An underated magnum opus for piano"

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	"A vivid orchestral work that brings the orchestra into a restless mass of life."

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	"The 1980's saw its fair share of symphonies and this is one of the best and possibly most underated."

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	"Cage's number pieces are static musical etchings that seem to exist outside of time. He wrote a whole series of number works in late life and One (2) is a great place to start."

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	"Tippett's 4th Sonata is his last major piano work, and one of the only chamber works from the 1980's by him. It shows all the best sides to one of the 20th Centuries greatest composers."

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	"Carter's solo guitar work "Changes" is one of his most approachable scores and shows off his full compostional force with a modern classic for the instrument."

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	"Andriessen's imagination knows no bounds and his skill brings what could be a very dry subject to high art.. From its brutal opening, to its final dance and lament. This is a major work!"

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	"One of the Russian master's most Mahlerian scores and one of his best works in the symphonic genre."