Classical: Twentieth Century

(See a text list of all Classical: Twentieth Century albums.)

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Editor's Picks (see more)

OVIDIU MARINESCU, KENNETH BOULTON, RUSSIAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA: Nikolai Miaskovsky Cello Concerto/Cello Sonatas
A spectacular recording of Miaskovsky's complete cello works.
CD price: $12.97
FRANZISKA HUHN: Harp Solo
Contemporary classical music
CD price: $16.99
G. SCHWARZ, C. ROSENBERGER, DELLA FALLA JONES, LONDON SYMPHONY O.: The Three-Cornered Hat, Falla Nights In the Gardens of Spain, Musically Speaking
Classical music that blends bright energy and languorous sensuality, strong rhythms and deep lyricism, qualities that have always been part of the mysterious Spanish soul.
MP3 price: $12.97
G. SCHWARZ, NEW YORK CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, SOA SCHUBERT CONTET: Symphony No. 8 Unfinished, German Dances, Symphony No. 5, Schubert, Musically Speaking
The music of Franz Schubert is cherished for its beautiful flow of melody, melody that runs through the composer's songs and instrumental compositions like a clear and inexhaustible stream.
MP3 price: $12.97
ARS NOVA SINGERS: A Shadow and a Dream
A gem of Renaissance and modern a cappella music featuring works by Hildegard of Bingen, Gesualdo, Pärt, Pearsall, Howells, and Tavener -- our most popular CD, available again after selling out in 2002.
CD price: $12.99 / MP3 price: $12.99
CARDUCCI QUARTET: Graham Whettam: String Quartets and Oboe Quartet with Jennie - Lee Keetley (oboe)
The world premiere recording of the quartets of C20th British composer, Graham Whettam. Shades of dark and light, with influences of Shostakovitch, Britten and Bartok.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
IONEL PETROI: The Balkan Bolero
Orchestral music
CD price: $9.99 / MP3 price: $9.99
CARLOS BARBOSA-LIMA: O Boto ("The Dolphin")
This Brazilian acoustic guitarist's most adventurous musical journey to-date: from a German Baroque guitar concerto to solo pieces and contemporary guitar concertos from Brazil, Cuba, and Puerto Rico.
CD price: $18.98
POSTNIKOVA: PNO/ROZHDESTVENSKY: Prokofiev: Piano Concertos 2 & 3
Here are two of the most striking and emotionally evocative concertos of Sergei Prokofiev, one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.
CD price: $19.97 / MP3 price: $19.97
KITAENKO: CND/MOSCOW PSO: Artyomov: Requiem
The composer’s choice of the Requiem was symbolic to him for the complicity of the Russian tragedy with tragedies of the world history and for its joining with eternal spiritual values, the eventual cognition of which takes place only on the borderline be
CD price: $19.97 / MP3 price: $19.97

New Arrivals (see more)

DAVID MALMBERG: The Fortea Project
Rare recording of the original music of Daniel Fortea, student of Francisco Tarrega, the father of the modern classical guitar.
MP3 price: $12.97
DOUG FAVERO: The Quiet Road
Solo piano music blending elements of classical and folk styles
CD price: $12.97
CHARLES W. ORE: From My Perspective IV
Music or organ, voices, and diverse instruments
CD price: $12.97 / MP3 price: $12.97
SANDRA WACHA: Silver
Beautiful classical and jazzy music for Flute & Piano.
CD price: $16.00
JAMES DARLING: Sonatas For Trumpet
The New York Times calls James Darling (long time member of The Cleveland Orchestra) "a tastefully circumspect musician who cultivates a full-bodied tone, always precisely in tune:played with a beguiling variety of nuance that was flawlessly executed."
CD price: $15.99
LIOR NAVOK: Hidden Reflections
Chamber music with influences of impressionistic music, Indian music and jazz.
CD price: $18.99 / MP3 price: $16.99
KATRINA KRIMSKY, PIANIST: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Samuel Barber
Two milestones in 20th Century piano music: the sonorities, colors,and popular rhythms of Brazilian composer Villa-Lobos, and the Sonata by American composer Barber acclaimed "a virtuoso's paradise" .
CD price: $12.00 / MP3 price: $12.00
JOHN CAGE: Three, Twenty-Eight (w/ Twenty-Six, Twenty-Nine) / Borsch, Prague Winds (Fong, Krummel, Crawford, Freeman)
Thirteenth in a series featuring previously unreleased works by well-known composers, this 122-minute 96kHz|24bit Audio DVD contains the world premiere recordings of John Cage's Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Six with Twenty-Eight and Twenty-Eight with Twenty-Nine.
DVD price: $21.50
DUSTIN MANUEL: Premieres
This album, a live recording of Manuel's first concert as a composer, shows off his abilities to write in a variety of styles. These include the German art song, 20th century atonality, and more.
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $13.00
SCOTT MAYFIELD: Anthem to the Stars: The Music of Terry Winter Owens
Regarded as 21st century classical music, the work is kind of like a cross between Debussy and Pink Floyd.
CD price: $12.97

Top Sellers (see more)

MUCCA PAZZA: A Little Marching Band
Astounding Circus Punk Marching Band
CD price: $10.00
CATHERINE MARIE CHARLTON: Strange Attractors
using fusions of jazz, classical, and new age piano, these improvisations paint colorful musical pictures ranging from frenetic musings to sweeping emotional tides--includes many pieces inspired by mathematics
CD price: $7.50 / MP3 price: $7.50
MORTON FELDMAN: Complete Violin|Viola and Piano Works / Christina Fong, Paul Hersey
First in a series featuring complete works for violin|viola by well-known composers, this 128-minute 2CD set contains the world premiere recordings of Morton Feldman's early [Sonata] for Violin and Piano (1945) and late [Composition] for Violin (1984).
CD price: $19.50 / MP3 price: $15.00
MANUEL BARRUECO: Solo Piazzolla - 2008 Grammy Nomination
Music by Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla on the classical guitar
CD price: $17.95
ROBERT EDWARD THIES: Live in Recital
An electrifying live solo debut performance by International Prokofiev Competition Gold Medalist, Robert Edward Thies. Thies was the first American pianist since Van Cliburn to win a competition on Russian soil.
CD price: $15.99 / MP3 price: $15.99
AARON LARGET-CAPLAN, GUITAR: Tracing a wheel on water
Exciting, meditative, edgy, traditional & non-traditional classical guitar solos of the last 100 years. Featuring nine composers from six countries, & in various styles: energetic & twisted dances to folk lullaby & picturesque sounds of Latin America. Inc
CD price: $15.00 / MP3 price: $15.63
MORTON FELDMAN: Violin and String Quartet / Christina Fong, Rangzen Quartet
Fourth in a series featuring previously unreleased works for violin|viola by well-known composers, this 117-minute 2CD set contains the first release of Morton Feldman's mammoth 1985 work for violin and string quartet.
CD price: $16.50 / MP3 price: $12.00
LISAMARIE MCGRATH: The Colors Fall
Double CD of beautiful 20th century flute music (solo flute, flute duets, and flute and piano), including a gorgeous piece for silver flute and Native American flute called The Colors Fall.
CD price: $24.00
MORTON FELDMAN: Early and Unknown Piano Works / Debora Petrina, piano
Sixth in a series featuring previously unreleased works by well-known composers, this 54-minute CD contains world premiere recordings of Morton Feldman's early and unknown piano works.
CD price: $12.50 / MP3 price: $8.00
ROBERT HARDING: Robert Harding Guitarist, 6/13
Classical guitar. Music of Spanish and South American composers.
CD price: $10.00 / MP3 price: $10.00