Best 20th Century Works


TalkClassical.com:  Top 150 Recommended Modern Classical Works

1. Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring   X
2. Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, M 57  X
3. Messiaen: Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps   X
4. Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz. 116, BB 123   X
5. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis   X
6. Stravinsky: The Firebird   X
7. Debussy: La mer, L 109  X
8. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64  X 
9. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47   X
10. Berg: Violin Concerto   X
11. Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106, BB 114   X
12. Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie   X
13. Pärt: Tabula Rasa  X
14. Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110   X
15. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100   X
16. Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major, M 83   X
17. Berg: Wozzeck, Op. 7   (opera)   X
18. Stravinsky: Petrushka   X
19. Varèse: Amériques   X
20. Shostakovich: Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93   X
21. Debussy: Préludes, Books 1 and 2, L 117 and L 123   X
22. Schoenberg: Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21   X
23. Bartók: String Quartet No. 4, Sz. 91, BB 95   X
24. Penderecki: Threnody to the Victims of Hiroshima  X
25. Ligeti: Études, Books 1, 2 and 3  X
26. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 in C major, Op. 26   X
27. Bartók: Violin Concerto No. 2, Sz. 112, BB 117   X
28. Britten: War Requiem, Op. 66  X
29. Ravel: String Quartet in F major, M 35  X
30. Reich: Music for 18 Musicians  X
31. Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms   X
32. Ravel: Gaspard de la nuit, M 55   X
33. Gorecki: Symphony No. 3 "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs", Op. 36  X
34. Copland: Appalachian Spring  X
35. Nielsen: Symphony No. 5, Op. 50, FS 97
36. Ives: The Unanswered Question   X
37. Webern: Symphony, Op. 21 (need live video)
38. Lutosławski: Symphony No. 3  X
39. Pärt: Fratres
40. Berg: Lyric Suite   X
41. Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14  X
42. Debussy: Jeux, L 126   X
43. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue   X
44. Ligeti: Lux Aeterna  X
45. Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24  X
46. Adams: The Dharma at Big Sur  X (audio only)
47. Honegger: Symphony No. 3 "Symphonie Liturgique", H 186  X
48. Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras  X  (5 of 9)
49. Crumb: Black Angels
50. Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 1, Sz. 83, BB 91  X
51. Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G major, Sz. 95, BB 101   X
52. Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande, L 88  (opera)  X
53. Janáček: String Quartet No. 2 "Intimate Letters"  X
54. Hindemith: Symphony: Mathis der Maler  X
55. Scelsi: Uaxuctum  X
56. Janáček: Sinfonietta  X
57. Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber  X
58. Gershwin: An American in Paris   X
59. Glass: Akhnaten  (opera)
60. Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 16   X
61. Bartók: String Quartet No. 5, Sz. 102, BB 110   X
62. Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82   X
63. Schoenberg: Moses und Aron  (opera)
64. Ligeti: Atmosphères  X
65. Debussy: Images, Sets 1 and 2, L 110 and L 111   X
66. Shostakovich: 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87   X
67. Shostakovich: Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67   X
68. Reich: Different Trains   X
69. Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No. 1  X
70. Adams: Nixon in China  (opera)
71. Gershwin: Porgy and Bess  (opera)   X
72. Varèse: Déserts   X
73. Stravinsky: Agon
74. Messiaen: Vingt regards sur l'enfant-Jésus
75. Ligeti: Requiem
76. Xenakis: Metastasis  X (audio)
77. Adams: Harmonielehre  X
78. Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87  X
79. Lutosławski: Concerto for Orchestra  X
80. Schoenberg: Five Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 16  X
81. Webern: Six Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6  X
82. Bartók: Piano Concerto No. 3 in E major, Sz. 119, BB 127   X
83. Messiaen: Saint François d'Assise
84. Janáček: String Quartet No. 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"  X
85. Berg: Piano Sonata, Op. 1  X
86. Penderecki: St. Luke Passion
87. Stravinsky: Concerto in E-flat "Dumbarton Oaks"
88. Szymanowski: Stabat Mater
89. Penderecki: Symphony No. 7 "Seven Gates of Jerusalem"
90. Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 in B-flat major "Stalingrad", Op. 83   X
91. Ligeti: Piano Concerto  X
92. Ravel: Piano Trio in A minor, M 67  X
93. Poulenc: Gloria, FP 177
94. Brian: Symphony No. 1 in D minor "The Gothic"
95. Debussy: Images, Set 3 "Images pour orchestre", L 122
96. Cage: Sonatas and Interludes
97. Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements   X
98. Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73  X
99. Feldman: Rothko Chapel
100. Britten: Peter Grimes, Op. 33  (opera)
101. Ravel: Miroirs, M 43
102. Messiaen: L'ascension
103. Ives: Three Places in New England   X
104. Messiaen: Éclairs sur l'au-delà...
105. Ligeti: Chamber Concerto
106. Berg: Lulu  (opera)
107. Schoenberg: Piano Concerto, Op. 42   X
108. Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi
109. Stockhausen: Gruppen
110. Schoenberg: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
111. Varèse: Ionisation   X
112. Ives: Piano Sonata No. 2 "Concord"   X
113. Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin, M 68
114. Stravinsky: The Soldier's Tale
115. Schoenberg: A Survivor in Warsaw, Op. 46
116. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 6 in E-flat minor, Op. 111   X
117. Debussy: Cello Sonata, L 135
118. Bartók: Divertimento for String Orchestra, Sz. 113 BB 118   X
119. Ligeti: Le grand macabre
120. Prokofiev: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19
121. Debussy: Violin Sonata, L 140
122. Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 77  X
123. Prokofiev: Symphony No. 2 in D minor, Op. 40  X
124. Shostakovich: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57  X
125. Nordheim: Epitaffio
126. Webern: Concerto for 9 Instruments, Op. 24
127. Reich: The Desert Music
128. Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain...
129. Berio: Sinfonia
130. Riley: In C
131. Shostakovich: Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat, Op. 107  X
132. Poulenc: Concerto for 2 pianos, FP 61
133. Penderecki: Utrenja
134. Ligeti: Musica Ricercata
135. Schnittke: Piano Quintet  X
136. Ives: Central Park in the Dark  X
137. Takemitsu: From Me Flows What You Call Time
138. Janáček: In the Mists
139. Adams: Shaker Loops
140. Schnittke: Symphony No. 1
141. Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Sz. 48, DD 62
142. Crumb: Makrokosmos Vol. I-IV
143. Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20
144. Debussy: Estampes, L 100
145. Penderecki: Symphony No. 1
146. Webern: Variations for Piano, Op. 27
147. Gubaidulina: Offertorium
148. Langgaard: Music of the Spheres
149. Messiaen: Des Canyons aux Étoiles
150. Britten: Cello Suite No. 3, Op. 87













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