Extraordinary and unorthodox music

The list author says:
	"Karamanov is the finest composer since Wagner, but practically unknown, as he wrote highly religious music under the Soviet regime.  If you find a 'Stabat Mater', remember I told you first!"

The list author says:
	"One of the greatest requiems ever written: compare with Karamanov's if you get a chance.  The concerto for mixed voice is also brilliant."

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	"Divine"

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	"Probably the best introduction to this brilliant composer.  Panufnik often wrote mathematical music, which is nevertheless very listenable"

The list author says:
	"A good bargain and superb symphonies (especially 2, 5, 6 and 8)"

The list author says:
	"An extremely powerful composer.  My favourites are 5, 8, 12, 13 and 14.  One caution: this set doesn't have any libretti."

The list author says:
	"All of this music is incredible, but the 'stabat mater' is the centrepiece.  Just when you think it can't get more ecstatic, it takes on a new dimension of agony"

The list author says:
	"An unfinished twentieth century masterpiece; try 'Pierrot Lunaire' as well."

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	"The most restrained Passion I have heard.  Idyllic and maddening at the same time"

The list author says:
	"Penderecki is probably the finest living composer.  This symphony should get you hooked for life"

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	"Debussy's masterpiece; it kept me awake for nights."

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	"Both brilliant 'stabat mater's.  Definitely listen Poulenc's 'Dialogues of the Carmelites'; the last scene is unbearably moving"

The list author says:
	"It's impossible to choose any one Britten work as at all representative of the whole.  Try Billy Budd, Peter Grimes, Turn of the Screw and Les Illuminations."

The list author says:
	"Bartok's only opera; the great symbolist opera"

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	"In a similar spirit to the Vasks; try Symphonies 4 and 5 as well"

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	"One of the finest pieces ever to come out of Russia.  It's worth paying extra for the DVD, as this production is lavish.  Again, however, there is no libretto, so it may be better to buy a CD as well."

The list author says:
	"Gorecki is my favourite minimalist.  Symphony 3 is better known, but I chose this CD as it is a little neglected"

The list author says:
	"I listened to nothing else for more than a year.  Despite its amazing cheapness, I don't believe it is at all inferior to more expensive ones"

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	"Incredible.  Shchedrin wrote lots of Chekhov works"

The list author says:
	"Janacek's last opera, based on Dostoevsky.  It presents pictures from prison life.  I prefer the overture played a little faster, but otherwise the recording is very good."

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	"Chilling"

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	"Extremely colourful.  Don't forget the symphonies and the Poem of Ecstasy."

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	"One of my favourite operas.  Don't buy it if you like 'hummable' music.  Schoenberg's 'Erwartung' is also on this disc."

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	"The epitome of brevity"

The list author says:
	"How else could I finish?"