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Discography

sources of the many music clips in Music History 102

The Twentieth Century

Puccini: La Bohème
Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi; Accademia Santa Cecilia, Rome; Tullio Serafin
London 425 534

Varèse: Ionisation
Ensemble InterContemporain; Pierre Boulez
Sony SK 45844

Britten: Peter Grimes
Peter Pears, etc.; Covent Garden Opera Orchestra; Benjamin Britten
London 414 577

Britten: War Requiem
Peter Pears, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Melos Ensemble; Benjamin Britten
London 414 383

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 2
Van Cliburn; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner
RCA 5912

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Esa-Pekka Salonen
Sony MK 42662

Prokofiev: Symphony no. 5
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit
London 421 813

Prokofiev: March from "The Love for Three Oranges"
St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Leonard Slatkin
RCA 7716

Shostakovich: Symphony no. 5
Atlanta Symphony Orchstra; Yoel Levi
Telarc 80215

Shostakovich: Symphony no. 10
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan
Deutsche Grammophon 413 361

Bartók: String Quartet no. 4
Lindsay String Quartet
ASV CDDCS 301

Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra
Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Fritz Reiner
RCA 61504

Gershwin: "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess
Kiri Te Kanawa; London Sinfonietta; John McGlinn
EMI CDC7 47454

Gershwin: An American in Paris
New York Philharmonic; Leonard Bernstein
CBS/Sony MK 42264

Copland: Ballets
Detroit Symphony Orchestra; Antal Dorati
London 430 705

Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano
Gerard Fremy
Etcetera KTC 2001

Glass: Façade
London Concert Orchestra; Christopher Warren-Green
Virgin VC7 91168

Mahler: Orchestral Lieder
Dame Janet Baker; Hallé Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli
EMI CDC7 47793

Mahler: Symphony no. 2
Soloists; Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra; Otto Klemperer
EMI CDM7 69662

Mahler: Symphony no. 8
Soloists; Vienna State Opera Chorus & Singverein; Vienna Philharmonic; Georg Solti
London 414 493

Debussy: Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
London Philharmonic Orchestra; Serge Baudo
EMI CD-EMX 9502

Debussy: Preludes for piano
Martino Tirimo
IMP Masters 16

Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire
Jane Manning; Nash Ensemble; Simon Rattle
Chandos CHAN 6534

Schoenberg: Piano music
Maurizio Pollini
Deutsche Grammophon 423 249

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
Berlin Philharmonic; Herbert von Karajan
Deutsche Grammophon 429 162

Stravinsky: The Firebird
Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Charles Dutoit
London 414 409

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Festival Singers of Toronto; CBC Symphony Orchestra; Igor Stravinsky
Sony SM2K 46294

Stravinsky: Les Noces
Soloists; English Bach Festival Chorus; pianists; percussion; Leonard Bernstein
Deutsche Grammophon 423 251

Stravinsky: L’Histoire du Soldat
London Sinfonietta; Riccardo Chailly
London 433 079

Music History 102: a Guide to Western Composers and their music
Designed, compiled and created by
Robert Sherrane