Twenty Twentieth Century Landmarks

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Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2
1.  Bartók: Violin Concerto No.2 by Béla Bartók
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  "A superlative performance of the haunting aggressive second violin concerto: combines classicism, modernism and a central European folk sensibility."
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Birtwistle: Earth Dances; Panic
2.  Birtwistle: Earth Dances; Panic by Harrison Birtwistle
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  "The doyen of ‘maximalism’ re-writes the rulebook again with the massively complex ‘Earthdances’. ‘Panic’ frightened the hell out of the ’95 BBC Last Night of the Proms. Rejoice!"
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Britten: War Requiem
3.  Britten: War Requiem by Benjamin Britten
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  "A secular/sacred Requiem of heart stopping commitment. Britten's setting of Wilfred Owen's poetry brings the modern world to its senses - and the audience to the edge of its seat."
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A Love Supreme (Live Album)
4.  A Love Supreme (Live Album) by John Coltrane
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  "Traversing the limits of bop into free improvisory territory, this is Coltrane at his most expressive, explosive and enduringly spiritual. Opens up a whole new vista of jazz."
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Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children
5.  Crumb: Ancient Voices of Children by George Crumb
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  "Crumb ranks with Carter, Copland and Ives as America's finest. These beautiful, eerie settings of Lorca's verse are a world away from the menace of 'Black Angels'."
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Panthalassa: The Music Of Miles Davis. 1969-1974
6.  Panthalassa: The Music Of Miles Davis. 1969-1974 by Bill Laswell
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  "How on earth can one do justice to the incomparable Miles Davis? Bill Laswell's answer is to mix his ground-breaking early electric period into an enthralling post-jazz sound collage."
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Debussy: La Mer
7.  Debussy: La Mer by Claude Debussy
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  "Three works that best exemplify Debussy's languid, haunting impressionism. A post-Romantic exposure to the elements and a giant leap forward for classical tonality."
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Have a Little Faith - American Music from Copland to Madonna
8.  Have a Little Faith - American Music from Copland to Madonna by Frisell
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  "Bill Frisell re-writes the American songbook - blues, jazz, popular and classical. His contorted, beautiful, effects-laden guitar narrates 'standards' in an entirely unexpected way."
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Hard Hat Area
9.  Hard Hat Area by Allan Holdsworth
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  "Holdsworth is a guitarist of unfathomable harmonic expressiveness and frightening technique. This is jazz-rock sound painting at its best, from liquid legato to lacerating let-go."
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Thrakattak
10.  Thrakattak by King Crimson
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  "THRaKaTTaK is an aural assault on the heinous mediocrities of corporate rock. Fripp and his double-trio thread together an hour of immensely satisfying avant improvisation."
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Martin: Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments etc.
11.  Martin: Concerto for 7 Wind Instruments etc. by London Philharmonic Orchestra
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  "Martin is not nearly well known enough outside (or even within) Switzerland. His energetic, charming, intricate chamber music lyrically belies its serial roots."
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Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony; Poulenc: Concert Champetre, Organ Concerto
12.  Messiaen: Turangalila Symphony; Poulenc: Concert Champetre, Organ Concerto by Jeanne Loriod
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  "Messiaen's unique, colourful, vibrant sound palette exudes elemental life-force in 'Turangalila'. Poulenc's fine concertos (especially the organ extravaganza) top a superlative recording."
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Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales
13.  Ravel: Piano Concertos; Valses nobles et sentimentales by Krystian Zimerman
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  "The Concerto in G prefigures much modern jazz and is built around a heart-wrenching adagio. Ideally complemented by the pounding Left Hand Concerto and the pretty Valses."
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Shostakovich: Symp;hony No. 10
14.  Shostakovich: Symp;hony No. 10 by Yoel Levi
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  "The Tenth Symphony is a work of overwhelming orchestral and emotional power, rendered here with a commendable absence of histrionics. A monumental testament to suffering and hope."
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Hatful Of Hollow
15.  Hatful Of Hollow by The Smiths
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  "Burn down the disco! Morrissey's melancholic musings and Marr's angular melodic lines make The Smiths indie's defining glory. This stands alongside other classics like 'The Queen Is Dead'."
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Music of Takemitsu
16.  Music of Takemitsu by Toru Takemitsu
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  "An ideal overture to Takemitsu's fragrant infusions of the East into the Western composed tradition. Gentle, evocative and more than a little elusive. Tragic that he died at only 60."
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Sir Michael Tippett - The Nimbus Recordings [IMPORT]
17.  Sir Michael Tippett - The Nimbus Recordings [IMPORT] by Sir Michael Tippett
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  "A vivid collection. The Ritual Dances from 'The Midsummer Marriage' form a quirky, lyrical bridge between his earlier and later work. Tippett is beyond compare. Also listen to 'The Rose Lake'."
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Turnage: Blood on the Floor
18.  Turnage: Blood on the Floor by Mark-Anthony Turnage
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  "Turnage's thoughtful compositional approach and the improvisational sensibilities of his top-drawer jazz collaborators (Erskine, Harle, Robertson) create a work of great textural appeal."
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Suzanne Vega
19.  Suzanne Vega by Suzanne Vega
The list author says:
  "Suzanne Vega's eponymous first album is a definitive contemporary folk statement. It is subtle, delicate, well-orchestrated, sensuous and strikingly left of centre. Poetry in motion."
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Tales from Topographic Oceans
20.  Tales from Topographic Oceans by Yes
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  "Hated by most rock critics (an immediate plus), this is Yes's most ambitious work: four interlocking musical movements of restless artistic energy, invention and exploration. At its best, sublime."
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