CD 1: THE LAST OF THE ROMANTICS
RACHMANINOV
1. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor I. Moderato opening
Jean-Bernard Pommier piano
Hallé Orchestra / Lawrence Foster
2. PROKOFIEV Dance of the Knights (Romeo and Juliet)
London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn
3. KHACHATURIAN Waltz (Masquerade)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz
4. PROKOFIEV Troika (Lieutenant Kijé Suite)
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Klaus Tennstedt
RACHMANINOV
5. Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor I. Allegro ma non tanto opening
Mikhail Rudy piano
St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
RODRIGO
6. Concierto de Aranjuez II. Adagio opening
Julian Bream guitar
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
7. KHACHATURIAN Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia extract (Spartacus)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Yuri Temirkanov
ELGAR
8. Cello Concerto I. Adagio – Moderato
Jacqueline du
Pré cello
LSO / Sir John Barbirolli
RACHMANINOV
9. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Variation 18
Cécile Ousset piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
DEBUSSY
10. Images II. Iberia: 3. Le matin d’un jour de fête
London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn
11. SIBELIUS Valse triste (Kuolema Incidental Music)
Hallé Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli
12. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Lark Ascending opening
Hugh Bean violin
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult
FALLA
13. Nights in the Gardens of Spain I. In the Generalife extract
Gonzalo Soriano piano
Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire
Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
14. SZYMANOWSKI Harnasie extract (Rural Scene)
Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra of Krakow / Antoni Wit
SHOSTAKOVICH
15. Piano Concerto No.2 in F II. Andante
Dmitri Alexeev piano
English Chamber Orchestra / Jerzy Maksymiuk
16. HOLST Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity conclusion (The Planets)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
CD 2: INNOVATORS
JANÁCEK
1. Sinfonietta IV. Allegretto
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
WEBERN
2. 6 Orchestral Pieces Op.6 (Revised version) VI. Langsam
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
SCHOENBERG
3. 5 Orchestral Pieces Op.16 (Original version) IV. Peripetie (Sehr rasch)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
BERG
4. Lulu-Suite IV. Variationem: Moderato
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
STRAVINSKY
5. Petrushka Russian Dance (1st Tableau)
Peter Donohoe piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
6. BRITTEN Four Sea Interludes (Sunday Morning) (Peter Grimes)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra / Libor Pešek
NIELSEN
7. Symphony No.5 Op.50 II. Allegro conclusion
Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra / Herbert Blomstedt
8. POULENC Rondeau (Les Biches)
Philharmonia Orchestra / Georges
Prêtre
BARTÓK
9. Concerto for Orchestra IV. Intermezzo interotto (Allegretto)
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
WALTON
10. Violin Concerto (1939 rev.1943) II. Presto capriccioso alla napolitana & Trio (Canzonetta)
Yehudi Menuhin violin
London Symphony Orchestra / Sir William Walton
RESPIGHI
11. I pini di Villa Borghese (Pini di Roma)
London Symphony Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli
ZEMLINSKY
12. Sinfonietta Op.23 Rondo. Sehr lebhaft
Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker / James Conlon
STRAVINSKY
13. Le Sacre du printemps L’adoration de la terre opening
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
WEILL
14. Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny Suite II. Moderato assai
Berliner Philharmoniker / Mariss Jansons
Live recording
15. VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis opening
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult
16. HONNEGER Pacific 231
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
HINDEMITH
17. Kammermusik No.1 IV. Finale: 1921. Lebhaft
Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
18. RAVEL Bolero conclusion
London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn
CD 3: BRAVE NEW WORLD
1. PÄRT Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten
Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Richard Studt
2. TOYAMA Dance of Men (Ballet Suite–Yugen)
Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra / Mariss Jansons
TAKEMITSU
3. Cassiopeia Scene
Stomu Yamash’ta percussion
Japan Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra / Seiji Ozawa
GORÉCKI
Symphony No.3 ‘Symphony of Sorrowful Songs
4. II. Lento e largo, tranquillissimo extract
Zofia Kilanowicz soprano
Kraków Symphony Orchestra/Jacek Kasprzyk
5. PENDERECKI Anaklasis for strings & percussion (1959)
London Symphony Orchestra / Krzysztof Penderecki
HENZE
6. Symphony No.8 II. Ballabile conclusion
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
Live recording
MESSIAEN
7. Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum Des profondeurs de l’abîme’
Ensemble de Percussion de l’Orchestre de Paris
Orchestre de Paris / Serge Baudo
8. TURNAGE Drowned Out excerpt
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
LUTOSLAWSKI
9. Symphony No.1 I. Allegro giusto
Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra / Witold Lutoslawski
Recorded in co-production with Polish Radio and TV
ARNOLD
10. Guitar Concerto I. Allegro
Julian Bream guitar
Members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattle
11. NYMAN The Heart asks Pleasure First / The Promise (The Piano)
Music composed, directed and produced by Michael Nyman
12. TAKEMITSU Rain Coming (1982)
London Sinfonietta / Oliver Knussen
TAVENER
13. The Protecting Veil The Incarnation
Steven Isserlis cello
London Symphony Orchestra / Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
14. GUBAIDULINA The Canticle of the Sun extract
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
Simon Carrington & Neil Percy percussion
London Voices / Ryusuke Numajiri
ADÈS
15. Asyla IV.
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
16. KNUSSEN Flourish with Fireworks
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
Live recording
CD 4: AMERICA
1. BERNSTEIN Candide – Overture
London Symphony Orchestra / André Previn
IVES
A Set of Pieces for Theatre or Chamber Orchestra
2. No.3. In the Night
Ensemble Modern / Ingo Metzmacher
3. GLASS Façades
John Harle & Simon Haram soprano saxophones
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green
4. JOHN WILLIAMS Schindler’s List Main Theme
Tasmin Little violin
New World Philharmonic / Iain Sutherland
5. COPLAND Fanfare for the Common Man
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Bátiz
6. BARBER Adagio for Strings
Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy
7. HORNER My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)
Orchestra / David Abel
8. REICH Nagoya Marimbas
Colin Currie & Sam Walton marimbas
9. CARTER A Celebration of some 100 X 150 Notes
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
Live recording
BARBER
10. Cello Concerto II. Andante sostenuto
Ralph Kirshbaum cello
Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Jukka-Pekka Saraste
ADAMS
11. Shaker Loops IV. A Final Shaking
London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green
12. COPLAND Hoe-Down (Rodeo)
Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra / Leonard Slatkin
13. GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue (jazzband version arr. Grofé) opening
Wayne Marshall piano
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
CAGE
Three Dances for two amplified prepared pianos
14. Dance No.1
Ralph Grierson, Michael Tilson Thomas prepared pianos
15. NEWMAN Any Other Name (American Beauty)
Produced and performed by Nikolaj Bloch & Sally Herbert
16. ADAMS Short Ride in a Fast Machine
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle
CD 5: INSTRUMENTAL & CHAMBER
1. FALLA Ritual Fire Dance (El amor brujo)
Dame Moura Lympany piano
SCRIABIN
2. Two Poèmes Op.63 II. Étrangeté
John Ogdon piano
DEBUSSY
3. Estampes II. Pagodes
Cécile Ousset piano
4. SHOSTAKOVICH Romance (The Gadfly)
Tasmin Little violin • Piers Lane piano
5. KREISLER Liebesfreud
Maxim Vengerov violin • Ian Brown piano
BARTÓK
6. 44 Duos for 2 violins No.28 Sorrow
Yehudi Menuhin, Nell Gotkovsky violins
7. PÄRT Spiegel im Spiegel
Tasmin Little violin • Martin Roscoe piano
8. VILLA-LOBOS Chôros No.1 in E minor
Manuel Barrueco guitar
TAKEMITSU
9. All in Twilight I. quaver = 80
Julian Bream guitar
10. SAINZ DE LA MAZA Zapateado
Sharon Isbin guitar
LIGETI
String Quartet No 1 ‘Metamorphoses Nocturnes’
11. I. Allegro grazioso
Artemis Quartet
BERG
12. Lyric Suite III. Allegro misterioso
Alban Berg Quartett
13. SCHOENBERG Verklärte Nacht
Artemis Quartet
Thomas Kakuska viola • Valentin Erben cello (Alban Berg Quartett)
MESSIAEN
14. Quatuor pour la fin du temps I. Liturgie de cristal
Christopher Poppen violin • Manuel Fischer-Dieskau cello
Wolfgang Meyer clarinet • Yvonne Loriod piano
15. SCHNITTKE Menuet
Gidon Kremer violin • Yuri Bashmet viola
Mstislav Rostropovich cello
RAVEL
16. String Quartet in F Assez vif (Très rythmé)
Belcea Quartet
CD 6: CHORAL & VOCAL
1. ORFF O Fortuna (Carmina Burana)
Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra / Riccardo Muti
2. PÄRT Beatus Petronius
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent & Ene Salumäe organs
Tõnu Kaljuste
3. BURGON Nunc dimittis (1979)
James Bowman countertenor • Crispian Steele Perkins trumpet
City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox
4. LLOYD WEBBER Pie Jesu (Requiem)
Jane Gilchrist soprano • Fergus Thirlwell boy soprano
Simon Gibson organ
Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra / Kirk Trevor
5. KARL JENKINS Agnus Dei (The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace)
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
musical director: Mike Brewer
Paul Beniston principal trumpet
London Philharmonic Orchestra / Karl Jenkins
6. TAVENER Song for Athene
Winchester Cathedral Choir / David Hill
7. RUTTER Pie Jesu (Requiem)
Edward Saklatvala treble
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge
City of London Sinfonia / Stephen Cleobury
McCARTNEY
Ecce Cor Meum
8. II. Gratia extract
Kate Royal soprano
London Voices director: Terry Edwards
Boys of Magdalen College Choir & King’s College Choir, Cambridge
Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Gavin Greenaway
9. RACHMANINOV Vocalise
Natalie Dessay soprano
Berlin Symphony Orchestra / Michael Schønwandt
10. BUSONI Wie ist ihr Schlaf, Madame? (Arlecchino)
Ernst Theo Richter baritone • Suzanne Mentzer mezzo-soprano
Orchestre de l’Opéra de Lyon / Kent Nagano
11. BERIO Ballo
Linda Hirst mezzo-soprano
London Sinfonietta / Diego Masson
12. CANTELOUBE Baïlèro (Chants d’Auvergne)
Arleen Augér soprano
English Chamber Orchestra / Yan Pascal Tortelier
13. RICHARD STRAUSS Beim schlafengehen (Vier letzte Lieder)
Nina Stemme soprano
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Antonio Pappano
VILLA-LOBOS
14. Bachianas brazileiras No.5 I. Aria (Cantilena): Adagio
Barbara Hendricks soprano
Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Enrique Batiz
BOULEZ
15. Le Soleil des eaux La Sorgue
Joséphine Nendick soprano • Barry McDaniel tenor • Louis Devos bass
BBC Symphony Orchestra & Chorus / Pierre Boulez
16. PUCCINI O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Angela Gheorghiu soprano
London Symphony Orchestra / Antonio Pappano
17. KORNGOLD Glück, das mir verblieb (Die tote Stadt)
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa soprano
Philharmonia Orchestra / Julius Rudel
18. PUCCINI Nessun dorma (Turandot)
José Carreras tenor
Chœurs de l’Opéra du Rhin / Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
Alain Lombard