The Best 20th Century Music for Strings

Arvo Pärt, Béla Bartók, Benjamin Britten, Dmitri Shostakovich & VARIOUS ARTISTS

15 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 34 MINUTES • DEC 13 2011

Adagio for Strings, Op. 11a

Samuel Barber, David Parry & London Philharmonic Orchestra

08:23

String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto

Dmitri Shostakovich & Moyzes Quartet

03:01

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 9, Version for Strings (1945): I. Prelúdio: Vagaroso e místico

Heitor Villa-Lobos, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra & Roberto Minczuk

02:09

Simple Symphony for String Orchestra, Op. 4: I. Boisterous Bourrée

Benjamin Britten, Bohdan Warchal & Slovak Chamber Orchestra

02:48

Fratres for Strings and Percussion (1977/1991)

Arvo Pärt, Jean-Jacques Kantorow & Tapiola Sinfonietta

09:49

String Trio (1988): Part III

Sofia Gubaidulina & The Moscow String Quartet

07:12

Adagio in G Minor for Strings and Organ, "Albinoni's Adagio"

Remo Giazotto, David Parry & London Philharmonic Orchestra

08:38

Ramifications for 12 Solo Strings (1969)

György Ligeti, Timur Mynbaev & Collegium Musicum Chamber Orchestra

10:55

St. Paul’s Suite for Strings, Op. 29: I. Jig

Gustav Holst, Camerata Wales & Owain Arwel Hughes

03:07

String Quartet No. 1 (1966): III.

Alfred Schnittke & Novosibirsk Philharmonic Quartet

05:41

Divertimento for Strings, Sz 113, BB 118: I. Allegro non troppo

Béla Bartók, Bohdan Warchal & Slovak Chamber Orchestra

08:50

Summa for Strings (1991)

Arvo Pärt, Jean-Jacques Kantorow & Tapiola Sinfonietta

05:24

Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106: I. Andante tranquillo

Béla Bartók, Zoltan Pesko & SWR Symphony Orchestra

07:02

Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge for Strings: Funeral March

Benjamin Britten, Stockholm Chamber Orchestra & Péter Csaba

04:27

String Trio No. 2 (1933): II. Lebhaft

Paul Hindemith, Emanuel Feuermann & Szymon Goldberg

06:37