100 Best 20th Century Classics

Pierre Boulez, Bela Bartok, John Adams, Thomas Adès, Benjamin Britten, A Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar, Manuel De Falla, Paul Hindemith, Gustav Holst, Arthur Honegger, James Horner, Karl Jenkins, Aram Khachaturian, Oliver Knussen, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Fritz Kreisler, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Witold Lutoslawski, Sir Paul McCartney, Olivier Messiaen, Thomas Newman, Michael Nyman, Carl Orff, Krzysztof Penderecki, Francis Poulenc (Jean Marcel), Sergey Prokofiev, Maurice Ravel, Joaquin Rodrigo, John Rutter, Dmitri Shostakovich, Jean Sibelius, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky (Fyodorovich), Heitor Villa-Lobos, Sir William Walton, Sergei Rachmaninov, Ralph Vaughan Williams, 3 Trouble, John Cage, Kurt Weill, Giacomo Puccini, Joseph Canteloube, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, ALEXANDER SCRIABIN, John Williams, Samuel Barber, György Ligeti, Sir John Tavener, Regino Sainz de la Maza, Karol Szymanowski, Ferruccio Busoni, Leos Janácek, Arvo Pärt, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Alban Berg, Toru Takemitsu, Arnold Schoenberg, Anton Webern, Ottorino Respighi, Hans Werner Henze, Luciano Berio, Steve Reich, Sofia Gubaidulina, Alfred Schnittke, Philip Glass, Elliott Carter, Mark-Anthony Turnage, Charles Ives (1874-1954), Yuzo Toyama, Henryk Mikolaj Gorecki (Geb. 1933)

The latest installment in the '100 Best' series focuses on on music of the 20th Century, and is a well-compiled collection of modern music. Often looked at as somewhat of a musical taboo, 20th Century Music has given us the most diverse shifts in tonality and structure. When one realizes that the lyricism of Puccini and Vaughan Williams is grouped in with the less structured works of Hindemith and Takemitsu, it truly is amazing what has happenned in this musical epoch. For those of you iuntrigued by 20th Century music, but unwilling to take the chance in buying a full work, then this is perfect set. Six CDS at an ultra budget price. A great compilation of one of music's most controvetial eras!

Price: $21.98