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from: Naxos See Larger Image Our Price: $3.99 Prices subject to change. Used Price: $0.99 Third Party New Price: $2.01 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Audio CD EAN: 7473130760794 Label: Naxos Manufacturer: Naxos Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Naxos Release Date: August 01, 2007 Sales Rank: 57685 Studio: Naxos Disc 1: Glass - Symphony No. 4, 'Heroes' (Marin Alsop; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) Penderecki: Threnody For The Victims Of Hiroshima (Antoni Wit; Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra) Nancarrow: Toccata for Violin and Player Piano (Boris Berman) Cage: First Interlude Werner Henze - Fünf Nachtstücke (Peter Sheppard Skaerved, Aaron Shorr) Scelsi - Quattro pezzi per orchestra (Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Saarbrücken; Hans Zender) Riley - In C Wuorinen: Second String Quartet Varèse: Déserts - Third Electronic Interpolation (Maryse Castets, Christopher Lyndon-Gee; Polish National Radio Symphony Orch.) Crumb - Songs, Drones, And Refrains Of Death (Nicholas Isherwood, Ensemble New Art, Fuat Kente) Ligeti - Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet (Albert Schweitzer Quintett) Gubaidulina: Silenzio Plaetner Beta Adams: Shaker Loops - A Final Shaking (Nathan Gunn, Marin Alsop; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra) Rautavaara: Piano Con. 1 Pärt: Fratres For Strings & Percussion (Tamas Benedek; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra) Related Items: Just Before Sunrise The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century Olivier Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time DEBUT ~ Nathan Gunn - "American Anthem" from Ragtime to Art Song / Kevin Murphy Glassworks see more Editorial Review: Product Description: John Cage s father once advised him: If someone says can t, that shows you what to do. It s a safe bet that the 16 iconoclastic composers on this aptly named Naxos of America compilation would agree wholeheartedly with that defiant sentiment. Sonic rebels one and all, they have consistently challenged accepted notions and standards of composition, performance, and even sound. Some have dedicated themselves to the subversion of existing musical forms; others have rejected those forms outright and created new ones of their own. Their anti-authority stance has been rooted as much in the social as the personal, directed at the dissonant trajectories of the century past as well as present. Faced with the uncertainties and complications of modern life, the onrush (some might say onslaught) of technology, and the growing instability both between and within nations, these artists have chosen to communicate their personal visions in a musical tone and language that is controversial, often confrontational, and always compelling. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Start the revolution Even people who like classical music tend to run screaming when they hear names like Penderecki, Ligeti and Cage. But it's hard to blame them. The majority of concert halls and classical music stations play it safe, programming little but such familiar composers as Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, etc. Nothing wrong with those gentlemen, but anyone looking for something a little more experimental is pretty much on their own. They couldn't do better than check out this sampler of alternative classical music ... Read More Browse for similar items by category: Classical - Styles - Music - General Chamber Music - Classical - Styles - Music - General Chamber Music - Classical - Styles - Music - Quartets Chamber Music - Classical - Styles - Music - Quintets Chamber Music - Classical - Styles - Music - Trios