Some of my favourite hit and nonhit modern classics ordered by composition date.
OLD TENS (1) | |
1913 Stravinsky - Le sacre du printemps | Radio Filharmonisch Orkest & Jaap van Zweden ; Rhythm is also important | ROARING TWENTIES (1) |
1926 Sibelius - Tapiola | London Symphony Orchestra & Sir Simon Rattle; Non-modern |
1929 Edgar Varèse- Arcana | Orchestre National de France & Pascal Rophé ; Rhythm is important | THIRTIES (1) |
1934 George Gershwin - Summertime | A classic hit in a Dutch Brainbox performance | FORTIES (1) |
1940 John Cage - Second Construction | Zoltán Kocsis & Amadinda Percussion Group ; Rhythm is important | SIXTIES(1) |
1967 Terry Riley - A Rainbow in Curved Air | Minimal | SEVENTIES (4) |
1973 Louis Andriessen / Dat gebeurt in Vietnam | NL Politics in music |
1973 Galina Ustvolskaya - Composition Number 2 | Heavy stuff |
1976 Torbjörn Iwan Lundquist - SISU | Rhythm is important |
1979 Simeon ten Holt - Canto Ostinato | NL Minimal, original 1984 Live Recording | EIGHTIES (2) |
1983 Philip Glass - A Gentleman's Honor | Hit potential minimal music |
1989 Luigi Nono - Hay Que Caminar Soñando Per 2 Violini | Ear torturing | TENS (1) |
2017 Joep Beving - Hanging D | NL, Einaudi niet maar wel Neo classic | TWENTIES (but not roaring) (2) |
2020 Sarah Neutkens - September III | Nederlands Saxofoon Octet |
2023 Hauschka - Inventions | Neo classic |