NEW MUSIC

Elli-ot, Elli-ot, ... - Say, wasn't that ET's little friend?

Carter ex.'s -- Symphonia/Clarinet Concerto, GRA f. B flat clarinet, Sonata f. Cello

Cher Agonanon...
Staggering.

My (poor) contribution: Segerstam and Taverner, the latter of courtse offering new approaches to old music (byzantine).

Interesting nonetheless, ditto Seger, especially the latest pieces.

Ligeti. 1st and 2nd String Quartets
Schnittke. 1-6 Concerto Grosso; 1-8 Symphony; Piano Quintet
and Piano Trio
Webern: all the instrumental pieces; the lied are very hard
to take (hard to believe but some of his works are almost
100years old now!)
Berg: if you like opera try Wozzeck; Lulu is ok
Bartok: his six string quartets IMHO are the creme de creme
of the 20th century, some are more freely chromatic than
others
A. Part: highly emotive mystical tone poems

What do you think of Philip Glass? I am not sure if I do but I have his Glassworks CD. Reminds of a repetitive 3 chords garage band song. Over and Over and Over.......

BTW: I can only play most Modern Music when my wife is away.
She hates the stuff. She says if she had to listen to it
she would kill herself in about an hour.....

Shubertmaniac,
I have not been partial to Glass fearing the jokes may not be entirely untrue, will have to investigate further... For her may I rec'd Messiaen's rhapsodically tranquil Vingt Regards sur l'Enfant-Jésus? It comes with a guarantee of longevity ;-)

Mais enchanté toujours, cher Gregm!

Esteemed Albertporter, Zaikesman, I was not aware of Edgar Varèse and am now finding him congenial - thank you...

EV excerpts:
Integrales f. small orchestra and percussion
Ofrandes: Chanson de la haut f. soprano and chamber orchestra
Ofrandes: La croix du sud f. soprano and chamber orchestra
Density for flute

Por todos los Zappatistas, EV: The Idol of My Youth

There have been so many style progressions in the 20th century. A few favorites of mine:

-Berg String Qt. and Lyric Suite for String Qt. (by the Alban Berg Qt.)
-Lutoslawski String Qt. (by the Alban Berg Qt)
-for other string quartets contemporary with Bartok but not similar in style, the quartets of Shostakovitch (Emerson Qt) and Zemlinsky (Artis Qt)

And if you like orchestral work,
- Lutoslawski's Mi Parti and Musique Funebre
- most of the orchestral works of Thomas Ades
- the idiosyncratic and non-atonal works of Rautavaara, such as Cantus Arcticus
- John Tavener's Lamentations and Praises, sung by Chanticleer. Tavener has been progressing away from strict minimalism and combining other elements, as Gregm says