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  1. Something Wild in the City: Mary Ann's Theme (1960) for horn, celesta, and string Quartet

    Morton Feldman, Ensemble Recherche

    3:07

  2. Sound Patterns

    Pauline Oliveros, Brandeis University Chamber Chorus, Alvin Lucier

    4:00

  3. Black Angels: I. Departure

    George Crumb, Kronos Quartet

    5:37

  4. Adams: Hallelujah Junction: 1st Movement

    John Adams, Nicolas Hodges, Rolf Hind

    7:09

  5. A Rainbow in the Curved Air - Instrumental

    Terry Riley

    18:39

  6. Philomel for soprano, recorded soprano, and synthesized sound

    Milton Babbitt, Bethany Beardslee

    18:53

  7. Wings for Solo Clarinet

    Joan Tower, Richie Hawley, Conor Hanick

    10:30

  8. Studies for Player Piano: Study No. 6

    Conlon Nancarrow, Ensemble Modern, Ingo Metzmacher

    3:50

  9. In a Landscape

    John Cage, Alexei Lubimov

    8:51

  10. Ellis Island

    Meredith Monk, Bruce Brubaker, Ursula Oppens

    3:02

  11. Josquiniana: I. Helas madame

    Charles Wuorinen, Brentano String Quartet

    3:16

  12. The People United Will Never Be Defeated! - 36 Variations on ¡El pueblo unido jamás será vencido!: Thema. Tempo I

    Frederic Rzewski, Igor Levit

    3:11

  13. Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales: 1) Olympos' Pentatonic 2) Archytas' Enharmonic

    Harry Partch, Kronos Quartet

    3:41

  14. Music for 18 Musicians: Pulses

    Steve Reich

    5:26

  15. The Hours: An Unwelcome Friend (From "The Hours")

    Philip Glass, Nicolas Horvath

    4:16

  16. Musica Celestis for cello and orchestra

    Aaron Jay Kernis, Eiji Oue, Truls Mørk, Minnesota Orchestra

    12:34

  17. Suite for Symphonic Strings: 2. Chorale "Et in Arcadio Ego"

    Lou Harrison, American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies

    5:51

  18. Symphony No. 1 (Three Movements for Orchestra): III

    Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, John Nelson

    4:08

  19. Etude Fantasy: No. 5, Melody

    John Corigliano, Philip Edward Fisher

    4:55

  20. Spectral Canon for Conlon Nancarrow

    James Tenney

    3:28

  21. Compositions 1960: No. 9 - Arr. for Guitar

    La Monte Young, Noël Akchoté

    7:30

  22. The Angel of Loneliness

    Robert Ashley

    5:07

  23. Alligator Alley

    Michael Daugherty, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon

    4:57

  24. December 1952

    Earle Brown, Eunmi Ko, Stuart Saunders Smith, McCormick Percussion Group, Robert McCormick

    8:29

  25. Farewell

    David Del Tredici, Hilary Hahn, Cory Smythe

    5:01

  26. Song Without Words

    Richard Danielpour, Stefano Greco

    3:20

  27. Symphony No. 1, "Music on Open Strings": I. Theme and Transformation

    Gloria Coates, Siegerland Orchestra, Jorge Rotter

    5:13

  28. 4 Butterflies: Butterfly No. 4

    Morton Subotnick

    7:07

  29. ...And the Mountains Rising Nowhere: … and the mountains rising nowhere

    Joseph Schwantner, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon

    12:16

  30. Hope Street Tunnel Blues III

    Alvin Curran, Bruce Brubaker

    16:30

  31. Synchronisms No. 6

    Mario Davidovsky, Aleck Karis

    7:06

  32. 3 Ghost Rags: No. 1. The Graceful Ghost

    William Bolcom, Spencer Myer

    4:34

  33. Black Swan (after Brahms' 6 Piano Pieces, Op. 118: No. 2. Intermezzo in A Major)

    Bright Sheng, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz

    6:52

  34. Mirabai Songs: VI. Don't Go, Don't Go

    John Harbison, Dawn Upshaw, David Zinman, Orchestra of St. Luke's

    3:41

  35. Blue Fiddle

    Paul Moravec, Hilary Hahn, Cory Smythe

    4:52

  36. Gorgon: I. Stheno - Studio

    Christopher Rouse, Colorado Symphony, Marin Alsop

    5:37

  37. Four Pieces for Mixed Chorus (a.k.a. Three Pieces for Mixed Chorus) IV. Jerimiah 31: 6-12 Ronnu leya 'akov simhah (Sing aloud with gladness for Jacob)

    Stefan Wolpe, Choir of St. Ignatius of Antioch, Harold Chaney

    4:25

  38. Reflections on the Nature of Water: V. Profound

    Jacob Druckman, Third Coast Percussion

    4:35

  39. Femenine: No. 1, Prime

    Julius Eastman, Wild Up, Christopher Rountree

    8:48

  40. Selections from Knickknacks for Violin and Viola: I. "Shufflin'"

    George Tsontakis, The Chamber Music Society Of Lincoln Center

    4:31

  41. String Quartet No. 7: With Solemnity

    Ben Johnston, Kepler Quartet

    16:21

  42. Calligraphy II/Shadows

    Joan La Barbara, Sisi Chen, Bao-Li Zhang, Tao Chen

    19:58

  43. Aurolucent Circles: I. Floating in Dark Space

    Margaret Brouwer, Evelyn Glennie, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz

    8:42

  44. First Light - Remastered 2004

    Harold Budd, Brian Eno

    7:06

  45. Pastoral Symphony

    Richard Maxfield

    4:03

  46. Give Us This Day: II. —

    David Maslanka, The University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin

    7:23

  47. Sinfonía No. 6: IV. Final

    Roberto Sierra, Domingo Hindoyan, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

    7:28

  48. Caoine

    Stephen Hartke, Michelle Makarski

    8:01

  49. Serenade (version for piano trio)

    Judith Lang Zaimont, Melissa White, Paul Wiancko, Awadagin Pratt

    5:16

  50. Vientos y Tangos

    Michael Gandolfi, North Texas Wind Symphony, Eugene Migliaro Corporon

    11:41

  51. An Hour for Piano: An Hour for Piano, Pt. 1

    Tom Johnson, Kai Schumacher

    7:15

  52. O magnum mysterium (Version for Violin and Piano)

    Morten Lauridsen, Hans Christian Aavik, Karolina Aavik

    5:46

  53. Amor mio, si muero y tu no mueres

    Peter Lieberson, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

    7:11

  54. Earth Song

    Frank Ticheli, Seraphic Fire, Patrick Dupre Quigley

    3:42

  55. Bending of Space-Time

    Bruce Adolphe, Joshua Bell, Marija Stroke

    3:03

  56. Improvisations for Orchestra and Jazz Soloists

    Larry Austin, Leonard Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

    11:58

  57. Scarlatti Cadences

    Sebastian Currier, Joyce Yang

    6:22

  58. Sones de San Blas

    Jon Appleton

    6:30

  59. Mqsical Lou (after G.F. Handel's Messiah)

    Charles Amirkhanian

    5:07

  60. A Set for Clarinet: Allegro

    Donald Martino, Sean Osborn

    3:58

  61. The Road Home

    Stephen Paulus, Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson

    3:56

  62. Deep Hockets

    Stuart Dempster, Pauline Oliveros, David Gamper, Deep Listening Band

    3:42

  63. Cocktail Music

    Salvatore Martirano, Marilyn Nonken

    6:21

  64. Ceremonial

    Bernard Rands, United States Marine Band, Gerard Schwarz

    12:51

  65. Seven Sounds Unseen: No. 3. —

    Robert Moran, Musica Sacra, Richard Westenburg

    5:13

  66. Sonata for Alto Saxophone & Piano: II. La follia nuova (A Lament for George Cacioppo)

    William Albright, Timothy McAllister, Liz Ames

    8:24

  67. Covenant: IV. It Shall

    Ralph Shapey, Elsa Charlston

    7:21

  68. Je te veux (I want you)

    Easley Blackwood, Erik Satie, Yoshikazu Mera, Masayuki Kino, Japan Philharmonic Orchestra, Shiego Genda

    3:41

  69. Wistful Haven (After Dvořák's B. 178)

    Cindy McTee, Felix Slatkin, The Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin

    3:19

  70. Spumante (arr. P. Bissell for wind ensemble)

    Dan Welcher, Paul Bissell, The University of Texas Wind Ensemble, Jerry Junkin

    6:43

  71. I Am Sitting in a Room

    Alvin Lucier, Simone Conforti

    18:26

  72. Restless Nation: I. My Eyes Were Hungry

    Andy Teirstein, Cassatt String Quartet, Muneko Otani, Jennifer Leshnower, Ah Ling Neu, Elizabeth Anderson

    4:04

  73. Sextet for Seven

    David Tudor

    18:13

  74. Angel and Stone

    Harvey Sollberger, Aleck Karis

    19:53

  75. Horn Quintet: I. Fast, Bright

    Richard Wernick, William Purvis, Juilliard String Quartet

    4:00

  76. Cafe Music: I. Allegro

    Paul Schoenfield, Lev Polyakin, Charles Bernard, Frances Renzi

    5:50

  77. Variations on a Moldavian Hora

    Ian Krouse, Jason Vieaux

    8:01

  78. The Alex Set: Alex II

    Daniel Asia, Timothy McAllister

    3:10

  79. Esty Point, Summer 1978

    David Borden

    6:28

  80. Serenade for Three: III. Variations: fast and rowdy

    Peter Schickele, Ensemble Next Parallel

    3:18

  81. Willow, Willow

    Paul Chihara, Sheridon Strokes, Roger Bobo, Kenneth Watson, Karen Ervin, Craig Kupka, Robert Ose, Kenny Sawhill

    10:21

  82. Requiem, Op. 59: V. Sutra (Enmei jukku kannon gyo)

    Arnold Rosner, Gareth Brynmor John, Crouch End Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nick Palmer

    9:48

  83. Cello Concerto: I. Audacemente ma sostenuto

    Stephen Albert, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma, David Zinman

    6:38

  84. Piano Concerto No. 1: III. Lento - Vivace

    Adolphus Hailstork, Stewart Goodyear, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Joann Falletta

    7:30

  85. Swing Shift for Bassoon, Piano and Percussion

    Adrienne Albert, Christin Schillinger, Jed Moss

    8:50

  86. We Are One

    Behzad Ranjbaran, Sa'Di, Musica Sacra, Kent Tritle

    4:27

  87. Group Variations (for Computer)

    Benjamin Boretz, Jacques-Louis Monod

    11:39

  88. Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra: I. Allegro con brio

    Benjamin Lees, Harlem Quartet, Chicago Sinfonietta, Mei-Ann Chen

    7:42

  89. Lacrymae for Cello Choir

    Bruce Wolosoff, Inbal Segev

    4:26

  90. In Time's Unfolding

    Chester Biscardi, Marc Peloquin

    5:42

  91. From the Realm of the Shadow: Act I: Overture

    Christopher Mohr, Lilia Grevtzova, Emily Herrera, Ukraine National Symphony Choir, Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar

    4:50

  92. Piano Concerto "From Noon to Starry Night": III. Lilacs (For L.S.) [Live]

    Claude Baker, Marc-André Hamelin, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Gilbert Varga

    8:18

  93. 2 Marian Carols: I Sing of a Maiden

    Conrad Susa, Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Choir, Robert Grogan, Ars Nova Brass, Leo Nestor

    3:42

  94. Concierto Romantico: I. Lively with optimism

    Craig Russell, José Maria Gallardo del Rey, San Luis Obispo Symphony Orchestra, Michael Nowak

    11:33

  95. The Mystery of God

    Dan Locklair, The Choir of Royal Holloway, Rupert Gough

    3:15

  96. Concerto for Tenor Saxophone & Wind Ensemble (After Mendelssohn): I. Allegretto non troppo

    David DeBoor Canfield, Dave Camwell, The Alberta Winds, Gareth Jones

    9:55

  97. Double Concerto "Dialogue": V. Episode IV

    David Gompper, Wolfgang David, Timothy Gill, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Emmanuel Siffert

    5:08

  98. String Quartet No. 2: I. Moderato

    David L. Post, Hawthorne String Quartet

    4:38

  99. Ducal Suite (After Duke Ellington): I. Clarinet Lament

    David Schiff, David Shifrin, Dover Quartet

    3:34

  100. Piano Quintet: I. Allegretto

    David Winkler, Alessandro Viale, Manuel De Almeida-Ferrer, Ignazio Alayza, Urska Horvat, Valentina Ciardelli

    9:26