Top 100 20th Century Absolute Sound Classical Music

Recordings (TAS)

001 Adams: Harmonielehre (Nonesuch 7559-79115-2) Edo De Waart / San Francisco Symphony

002 Barber: Symphony no.1 (Argo 436288-2)

David Zinman / Baltimore Symphony Orchestra

003 Bartok: Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta (EMI CDM 769242-2)

Karajan / Berliner Pilharmoniker

004 Bartok: Violin Concerto no.2 (Sony SM2K 47511) Stern / Bernstein / New York Philharmonic

005 Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra (RCA 9026-61504-2) Reiner / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

006 Berg: Wozzeck (DG 435705-2)

Bhm / Orchester des Deutschen Opernhauses Berlin

007 Berg: Violin Concerto (DG 437093-2)

Mutter / Levine / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

008 Berg: Lulu (Decca 430415-2) Dohnanyi / Weiner Philharmoniker

009 Berio: Sinfonia (Columbia MS 7268)LP Beria / The Swingle Singers / New York Philharmonic

010 Birtwistle: The Triumph of Time (Argo ZRG 790)LP Boulez / BBC Symphony Orchestra

011 Bliss: Music for Strings (Lyrita SRCD254)

Rignold / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

012 Bloch: Concerto Grosso no.1 (Mercury 432718-2) Hanson / Eastman-Rochester Orchestra

013 Boulez: Pli Selon Pli (Erato 4509-98495-2)

Boulez / BBC Symphony Orchestra

014 Britten: Peter Grimes (Decca 414577-2)

Britten / Covent Garden Royal Opera House

Chorus & Orchestra

015 Britten: Billy Budd (Decca 417428-2) Britten / London Symphony Orchestra

016 Carter: Variations for Orchestra (DG 431698-2) Levine / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

017 Copland: Appalachian Spring (Columbia

MLK39443)

Bernstein / New York Philharmonic

018 Copland: Symphony no.3 (Columbia SM3K46559) Copland / London Philharmonia Orchestra

019 Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande (SM3K47265) Boulez / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

020 Debussy: La Mer (DG 447426-2) Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker

021 Debussy: Jeux (DG 439896-2) Boulez / The Cleveland Orchestra

022 Dutilleux: Cello Concerto (EMI CDC 749304-2) Rostropovich / Baudo / Orchestre de Paris

023 Elgar: Symphony no.2 (EMI CDM 764724-2) Barbirolli / Halle Orchestra

024 Enescu: Suite for orchestra no.3

"Villageoise" (Chandos 9507) Rozhestvensky / Shiran / Argirus / BBC Philharmonic

Orchestra

025 Finzi: Cello Concerto (Lyrita SRCD236) Yo-yo Ma / Handley / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

026 Foss: Time Cycle (Sony SMK63164) Bernstein / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

027 Gerhard: Violin Concerto (Lyrita SRCD274) / (Argo ZRG701)LP

Neaman / Davis / BBC Symphony Orchestra

028 Gershwin: Piano Concerto in F (RCA GD86519) (RCA 2876613932) Wild / Fiedler / Boston Pops Orchestra

029 Harbison: Symphony no.2 (Decca 443376-2)

Blomstedt / San Francisco Symphony

030 Harris: Symphony no.3 (Sony SMK60594) Bernstein / New York Philharmonic

031 Hartmann: Symphony no.8 (Wergo WER60187-50) Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

032 Helps: Symphony no.1 (Columbia CRI 717) Rozsnyai / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

033 Henze: Der junge Lord (The Young Lord) (DG 445248-2) Dohnanyi / Chor und Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

034 Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler" (EMI CDM 769242-2) Karajan / Berliner Pilharmoniker

035 Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria Von Weber Ormandy / The Philadelphia Orchestra (EMI CDM 565175-2)

036 Holst: The Planets (Decca / London 452910-2) Mehta / Los Angeles Phiharmonic Orchestra

037 Honegger: Symphony no.4 "Deliciae Basiliensis" (Erato 2292-45689-2) Munch / Orchestre National de l' O.R.T.F.

038 Imbrie: Violin Concerto (Columbia MS 6597)LP Carroll Glenn / Rozsnyai / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

039 Ives: Symphony no.4 (CBS CD 46726)

Stokowski / American Symphony Orchestra

040 Janacek: Messe Glagolitique (Missa Glagolitica / Slavonic Mass) (DG 463672-2)

Kubelik / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

041 Janacek: Sinfonietta (Supraphon SU 1929-2)

Ancerl / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

042 Janacek: From the House of the Dead (Supraphon 102941)

Neumann / Czech Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra

043 Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre (Sony S2K 62312) Salonen / Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus

044 Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra (Decca 448458-2) (London CS6665)LP Kletzki / L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

045 Lutoslawski: Symphony no.3 (Sony SK66280)

Salonen / Los Angeles Philharmonic

046 Mahler: Symphony no.4 (EMI CDM 769667-2) Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra

047 Mahler: Symphony no.9 (Sony SM2K 64452) Walter / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

048 Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde (The Song of the Earth) (Sony SX10K 66246) (Sony 64455) Walter / New York Pilharmonic

049 Martin: Concerto for Seven Wind Instruments (RCA LSC-2914)LP Martinon / The Virtuoso Sound of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra

050 Martin: Violin Concerto (New Albion NAR 086) Canin / Berkeley Symphony Orchestra

051 Martinu: Violin Concerto no.2 (Supraphon 1969-2) Suk / Neumann / Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

052 Maw: Odyssey (EMI CDS 754277-2)

Rattle / City of Birmingham Symphony

053 Moeran: Symphony in g minor (Lyrita SRCS 70)LP / (Lyrita SRCD 247) Boult / New Philharmonia of London

054 Nielsen: Symphony no.5 (Sony SMK 47598)

Bernstein / New York Philharmonic

055 Orff: Carmina Burana (DG 423886-2)

Jochum / Berlin Deutschen Opernhauses Orchester

/ Deutschen Opernhauses Orchester

056 Part: Te Deum (ECM 439162)

Kaljuste / Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir /

Tallinn Chamber Orchestra

057 Piston: Symphony no.2 (DG 429860-2) Thomas / Boston Symphony Orchestra

058 Poulenc: Dialogues des Carmelites (EMI 7493312) Crespin / Dervaux / Curs et Orchestre du Thtre

National de lOpra de Paris

059 Prokofiev: Piano Concerto no.3 (Mercury 434333) Janis / Kondrashin / Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

060 Prokofiev: Symphony no.5 (RCA LSC 2272)LP / (Testament 1296) Martinon / Paris Conservatoire Orchestra

061 Prokofiev: Symphony no.6 (RCA LSC 2834) / (Testament 1395)

Leinsdorf / Boston Symphony Orchestra

062 Puccini: Turandot (Decca 414274-2)

Mehta / London Philharmonic Orchestra

063 Rachmaninov: Symphony no.2 (EMI CMS 764530-2)

Previn / London Symphony Orchestra

064 Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no.4 (EMI CDC 749236-2)

Michelangeli / Gracis / Philharmonia Orchestra

065 Ravel: Shhrazade (EMI CMS 565061-2) De Los Angeles / Pretre / Monte Carlo Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra

066 Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (RCA 61846) (RCA 2876-61388-2) Munch / Boston Symphony Orchestra

067 Ravel: Piano Concerto for the Left Hand (Sony SK 47188)

Fleisher / Ozawa / Boston Symphony Orchestra

068 Rochberg: Symphony no.2 (CRI 768)

Torkanowsky / New York Phiharmonic

069 Roussel: Symphony no.3 (Erato ECD 88225) Dutoit / Orchestre National de France

070 Rozsa: Violin Concerto (RCA 61752)

Heifetz / Hendl / Dallas Symphony Orchestra

071 Ruggles: Sun Treader (Columbia MS6801)LP

Rozsnyai / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

072 Schoenberg: Variations for Orchestra (DG 415326-2) Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker

073 Schoenberg: Moses und Aron (Sony 48456) Boulez / BBC Symphony Orchestra

074 Schoenberg: Violin Concerto (DG 431740-2) Zeitlin / Kubelik / Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rund

075 Schuman, William: Symphony no.3 (Sony 63163)

Bernstein / New York Philharmonic

076 Sessions: Symphony no.3 (CRI 573) Buketoff / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

077 Shostakovich: Symphony no.1 (RCA LSC 2322)LP

Martinon / London Symphony Orchestra

078 Shostakovich: Symphony no.5 (RCA LSC 2261)LP

Mitchell / National Symphony Orchestra

079 Shostakovich: Symphony no.10 (DG 429716-2) Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker

080 Sibelius: Symphony no.4 (DG 415108-2) Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker

081 Sibelius: Symphony no.5 (RCA LSC 2405)LP / (Decca 468488) Gibson / London Symphony Orchestra

082 Sibelius: Symphony no.7 (DG 439527-2) Karajan / Berliner Philharmoniker

083 Skalkottas: Largo Sinfonico (BIS CD 904) Christodoulou / Malmo Symphony Orchestra

084 Strauss, Richard: Salome (Decca 414414-2) Solti / Wiener Philharmoniker

085 Strauss, Richard: Elektra (Decca 417345-2) Solti / Wiener Philharmoniker

086 Strauss, Richard: Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) (EMI CDM 556241-2) Schwarzkopf / Szell / Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin

087 Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) (Sony SM3K 46291) Stravinsky / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

088 Stravinsky: Symphonie of Psalms (Sony MK 42434) Stravinsky / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

089 Stravinsky: Agon (Sony SM3K 46292) Stravinsky / Columbia Symphony Orchestra

090 Tippett: Symphony no.2 (BBC Vol.III no.6) Tippett / BBC Symphony Orchestra

091 Tubin: Symphony no.4 (BIS CD 227) Jarvi / Bergen Harmonien Musikselskabet

092 Varese: Arcana (RCA 90266-33152)

Martinon / Chicago Symphony Orchestra

093 Vaughan Williams: Symphony no.5 (EMI CDM 565110-2) Barbirolli / London Philharmonia Orchestra

094 Vermeulen: Symphony no.2 (Donemus) / (CVS 8384/4)LP

Lucas Vis / Hague Philharmonic Orchestra /

Residentie Orchestra

095 Walton: Symphony no.1 (RCA 7830)

Previn / London Symphony Orchestra

096 Walton: Cello Concerto (RCA 9026-61498-2) Piatigorsky / Munch / Boston Symphony Orchestra

097 Webern: Passacaglia (DG 423254-2) Karajan / Berliner Phiharmoniker

098 Webern: Five Orchestral Pieces (Mercury 432006-2) Dorati / London Symphony Orchestra

099 Weill: The Threepenny Opera (Sony 51520) New York Shakespeare Festival

100 Zemlinsky: Lyric Symphony (DG 449179-2) Sinopoli / Wiener Philharmoniker