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The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century is "a voyage into the labyrinth of modern music". Written by Alex Ross, famous music critic for The New Yorker, The Rest Is Noise "shows why twentieth-century composers felt compelled to create a famously bewildering variety of sounds, from the purest beauty to the purest noise. It tells of a remarkable array of maverick personalities who resisted the cult of the classical past, struggled against the indifference of a wide public, and defied the will of dictators"
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Part I: 1900-1933

1. The Golden Age: Strauss, Mahler and the Fin de Siècle
Salome
Wiener Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan / Hildegard Behrens / José Van Dam / Karl-Walter Böhm / Agnes Baltsa / Wiesław Ochman
Salome (1999)

Currently listening to this...
10 Symphonien
New York Philharmonic / Concertgebouworkest / Wiener Philharmoniker / Leonard Bernstein
10 Symphonien (1991) [Compilation]

Currently listening to the 5th and 9th from this...
Symphony No. 6
Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
Symphony No. 6 (2005)

Das Lied von der Erde
New Philharmonia Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Otto Klemperer / Christa Ludwig / Fritz Wunderlich
Das Lied von der Erde (1998)


2. Doctor Faust: Schoenberg, Debussy and Atonality
Images; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Printemps
Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez
Images; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Printemps (1992)

Orchestral Works
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Simon Rattle
Orchestral Works (2003)

Piano Concerto; Klavierstücke, Op. 11 & Op. 19 / Sonata, Op. 1 / Variations, Op. 27
Cleveland Orchestra / Pierre Boulez / Mitsuko Uchida
Piano Concerto; Klavierstücke, Op. 11 & Op. 19 / Sonata, Op. 1 / Variations, Op. 27 (2001)

Chor der Deutschen Staatsoper Berlin / Staatskapelle Berlin / Daniel Barenboim / Grundheber / Meier / Baker / Clark / Wottrich / von Kannen
Wozzeck (2007) [Video]


3. Dance of the Earth: The Rite, the Folk, le Jazz
Works of Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Works of Igor Stravinsky (2007) [Compilation]

Le sacre du printemps
Los Angeles Philharmonic / Esa-Pekka Salonen
Le sacre du printemps (2006)

The Operas (VPO/Mackerras)
Leoš Janáček
The Operas (VPO/Mackerras) (2005) [Compilation]

Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Hungarian Sketches
Chicago Symphony Orchestra / Fritz Reiner
Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Hungarian Sketches (2004) [Compilation]

Klavierkonzert No. 3 / Klavierkonzert G-dur; Gaspard de la nuit
Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado / Martha Argerich
Klavierkonzert No. 3 / Klavierkonzert G-dur; Gaspard de la nuit (1995)

La création du monde; Le boeuf sur le toit; Saudades do Brasil - quatre danses
Orchestre national de France / Leonard Bernstein
La création du monde; Le boeuf sur le toit; Saudades do Brasil - quatre danses (1978)


4. Invisible Men: American Composers from Ives to Ellington
An American Journey
San Francisco Symphony / San Francisco Symphony Chorus / Michael Tilson Thomas / Thomas Hampson
An American Journey (2002)

Ives, America’s pioneering modernist, but Michael Tilson Thomas comes close with the disc Charles Ives:An American Journey. Three Places in New England and The Unanswered Question anchor the program, which features the San Francisco Symphony and the baritone Thomas Hampson (RCA)."

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Asko Ensemble / Riccardo Chailly
The Complete Works (1998)

Porgy and Bess
The Glyndebourne Chorus / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Simon Rattle
Porgy and Bess (1989)

Porgy and Bess (Sir Simon Rattle/Glyndebourne Opera)
George Gershwin
Porgy and Bess (Sir Simon Rattle/Glyndebourne Opera) (2001) [Video]

This is the DVD (see above).
Black, Brown and Beige (1943-1945)
Duke Ellington
Black, Brown and Beige (1943-1945) (2006) [Compilation]

Black, Brown and Beige
Duke Ellington and His Orchestra Featuring Mahalia Jackson
Black, Brown and Beige (1958)
Abridged version with Mahalia Jackson (see above).


5. Apparition from the Woods: The Loneliness of Jean Sibelius
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
Symphonies Nos. 4 & 6 (1990) [Compilation]

Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
Symphonies Nos. 5 & 7 (1985) [Compilation]

The Complete Symphonies
Lahti Symphony Orchestra / Osmo Vänskä
The Complete Symphonies (2001) [Compilation]

Complete Symphonies; Violin Concerto; Finlandia
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra / Leif Segerstam / Pekka Kuusisto
Complete Symphonies; Violin Concerto; Finlandia (2006) [Compilation]

San Francisco Symphony / Herbert Blomstedt
The Symphonies: Nos. 4-6 (1999) [Compilation]

Symphonies 1-9 (London Philharmonic Orchestra/Adrian Boult)
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Symphonies 1-9 (London Philharmonic Orchestra/Adrian Boult) (2002) [Compilation]


6. City of Nets: Berlin in the Twenties
Kammermusik
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Riccardo Chailly / Brautigam / Harrell / Kulka / Kashkashian / Blume / van Doeselaar
Kammermusik (2003)

Three Penny Opera and Mahagonny (Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben; Erich Ponto; Kurt Gerron; Erika Helmke)
Kurt Weill
Three Penny Opera and Mahagonny (Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben; Erich Ponto; Kurt Gerron; Erika Helmke) [Compilation]

English translation, with Lotte Lenya as Jenny, retains much of the original Brechtian bite (CBS Masterworks)."
The Alban Berg Collection
LaSalle Quartet / Abbado / Boulez / Banse / Behrens / Fischer-Dieskau / Grundheber / Marshall / Minton / Stratas / von Otter / Barenboim / Kremer / Meyer / Mutter / Zukerman
The Alban Berg Collection (2003) [Compilation]



Part II: 1933-1945


7. The Art of Fear: Music in Stalin's Russia
Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9
New York Philharmonic / Leonard Bernstein
Symphonies Nos. 5 & 9 (1988) [Compilation]

The Symphonies
Concertgebouw Orchestra / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Bernard Haitink
The Symphonies (1995) [Compilation]

Borodin String Quartet / Sviatoslav Richter
Complete Quartets (2006) [Compilation]

Romeo and Juliet
Cleveland Orchestra / Lorin Maazel
Romeo and Juliet (1973)

with the Cleveland Orchestra (Decca) and Herbert von Karajan’s ironclad version of the Fifth Symphony with the Berlin Philharmonic (DG)."
Karajan-Edition: Symphonie classique; Symphonie Nr. 5
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan
Karajan-Edition: Symphonie classique; Symphonie Nr. 5 (1988) [Compilation]


8. Music for All: FDR's America
Copland the Populist
San Francisco Symphony / Michael Tilson Thomas
Copland the Populist (2000)

Copland stepped forward as the musical embodiment of America’s populist, leftist spirit. Michael Tilson Thomas, the irrepressible evangelist for American music, conducts the San Francisco Symphony in a strikingly fine collection titled Copland the Populist (RCA), which includes the original version of Appalachian Spring."
Portrait
New London Chamber Choir / Schönberg Ensemble / Oliver Knussen / James Wood / Lucy Shelton / Reinbert de Leeuw
Portrait (1997)

Vertigo
Royal Scottish National Orchestra / Joel McNeely / Bernard Herrmann
Vertigo (1996)


9. Death Fugue: Music in Hitler's Germany
Daphne
Wiener Symphoniker / Karl Böhm / Hilde Güden / James King / Fritz Wunderlich
Daphne (1965)
Four Last Songs; Metamorphosen; Oboe Concerto
Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan / Gundula Janowitz / Lothar Koch
Four Last Songs; Metamorphosen; Oboe Concerto (1988) [Compilation]

The Raphael Ensemble
String Sextets (2008)
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Part III: 1945-2000


10. Zero Hour: The U.S. Army and German Music, 1945-1949


11. Brave New World: The Cold War and the Avant-Garde of the Fifties
Tashi Plays Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time
Tashi
Tashi Plays Messiaen: Quartet for the End of Time (1976)

Boulez Conducts Boulez: Le marteau sans maître; Dérive 1 & 2
Ensemble Intercontemporain / Pierre Boulez
Boulez Conducts Boulez: Le marteau sans maître; Dérive 1 & 2 (2005)

Gruppen / Grabstein für Stephan; Stele
Berliner Philharmoniker / Claudio Abbado
Gruppen / Grabstein für Stephan; Stele (1996)

Metastasis; Pithoprakta; Eonta
Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F / Ensemble instrumental de musique contemporaine de Paris / Maurice Le Roux / Konstantin Simonovich / Yuji Takahashi
Metastasis; Pithoprakta; Eonta (1965)

The Seasons
American Composers Orchestra / Dennis Russell Davies / Margaret Leng Tan
The Seasons (2000)

String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5
Pacifica Quartet
String Quartets Nos. 1 and 5 (2007)


12. "Grimes! Grimes!": The Passion of Benjamin Britten
Peter Grimes
Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Benjamin Britten / Peter Pears / Claire Watson / James Pease / David Kelly / Owen Brannigan / Lauris Elms / Jean Watson / Marion Studholme / Iris Kells / Raymond Nilsson / John Lanigan / Geraint Evans / Marcus Norman
Peter Grimes (1959)

Peter Grimes
Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Colin Davis / Jon Vickers / Heather Harper / Jonathan Summers
Peter Grimes (1999)

A Midsummer Night's Dream
London Symphony / Benjamin Britten / Alfred Deller / Elizabeth Harwood / Peter Pears / Thomas Hemsley / Josephine Veasey / Heather Harper / Stephen Terry / John Shirley-Quirk / Helen Watts / Owen Brannigan / Norman Lumsden / Kenneth MacDonald / David Kelly / Robert Tear / Keith Raggett
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1966)

Cello Suites 1 & 2
Rostropovich
Cello Suites 1 & 2 (1989)


13. Zion Park: Messiaen, Ligeti, and the Avant-Garde of the Sixties
1908-1992
Olivier Messiaen
1908-1992 (2008) [Compilation]

Des canyons aux étoiles...
Asko Ensemble / Schönberg Ensemble / Slagwerkgroep Den Haag / Reinbert de Leeuw / Bon / Dullaert / de Zeeuw / Vos
Des canyons aux étoiles... (2001)

Saint François d'Assise
Hallé Orchestra / Arnold Schoenberg Chor / Kent Nagano / José van Dam / Dawn Upshaw
Saint François d'Assise (1999)

The Ligeti Project II: Lontano; Atmosphères; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony; Concert românesc
Berliner Philharmoniker / Jonathan Nott
The Ligeti Project II: Lontano; Atmosphères; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony; Concert românesc (2002)

Berliner Philharmoniker / London Voices / Asko Ensemble / Schönberg Ensemble / Terry Edwards / Reinbert de Leeuw / Jonathan Nott
The Ligeti Project IV: Hamburg Concerto; Double Concerto; Ramifications; Requiem (2003)


14. Beethoven Was Wrong: Bop, Rock, and the Minimalists
Chamber and Gamelan Works
Gamelan Sekar Kembar / Kronos Quartet / Manhattan Percussion Ensemble / Robert Hughes / Paul Price / Daniel Kobialka / Machiko Kobialka / James Barbagallo / Patricia Jennerjohn / Don Marconi / Jerome Neff / Scott L. Hartmann / Susan Bates / Lou Harrison
Chamber and Gamelan Works (2006)

Rothko Chapel; Why Patterns?
UC Berkeley Chamber Chorus / The California EAR Unit / Philip Brett / David Abel / Karen Rosenak / William Winant / Dorothy Stone / Arthur Jarvinen / Gaylord Mowrey
Rothko Chapel; Why Patterns? (1991)

In C: 25th Anniversary Concert
Terry Riley
In C: 25th Anniversary Concert (1995)

I chose this one because yeah...
Phases: A Nonesuch Retrospective
Steve Reich and Musicians
Phases: A Nonesuch Retrospective (2006) [Compilation]

I chose this one because I own it and think it sounds great...
Music for 18 Musicians
Steve Reich and Musicians
Music for 18 Musicians (1978)

Koyaanisqatsi
Philip Glass
Koyaanisqatsi (1983)


15. Sunken Cathedrals: Music at Century's End

Harmonielehre
San Francisco Symphony / Edo de Waart
Harmonielehre (1985)


Klangforum Wien / Sylvain Cambreling
in vain (2003)

Ayre
Dawn Upshaw
Ayre (2010)

The Essential Lutosławski
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra / Orchestra of the National Philharmonic, Warsaw / Witold Lutosławski / Witold Rowicki / Heinrich Schiff / Martha Argerich / Nelson Freire / Heinz Holliger / Ursula Holliger / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Eduard Brunner
The Essential Lutosławski (1999) [Compilation]

Toward the Sea; Rain Tree; Rain Spell; Bryce
Toronto New Music Ensemble / Robert Aitken
Toward the Sea; Rain Tree; Rain Spell; Bryce (2003)

Offertorium
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit / Gidon Kremer
Offertorium (1989)

Tabula rasa
Staatsorchester Stuttgart / Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra / The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra / Dennis Russell Davies / Saulius Sondeckis / Gidon Kremer / Keith Jarrett / Tatjana Grindenko / Alfred Schnittke
Tabula rasa (1984)

Asyla
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Birmingham Contemporary Music Group / Simon Rattle / Thomas Adès
Asyla (1999)

L'amour de loin
Finnish National Opera / Esa-Pekka Salonen / Gerald Finley / Dawn Upshaw / Monica Groop
L'amour de loin (2005) [Video]

Neruda Songs
Boston Symphony Orchestra / James Levine / Lorraine Hunt Lieberson
Neruda Songs (2006)
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I was too quick and saw no albums on the list eligible for AM, but there are a couple of modern classical and jazz albums. What is the scope of the book?
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Henrik wrote: Thu Aug 03, 2023 7:16 pm I was too quick and saw no albums on the list eligible for AM, but there are a couple of modern classical and jazz albums. What is the scope of the book?
https://www.amazon.com/Rest-Noise-Liste ... 0312427719

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/book ... yer-t.html
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