Recordings of the Week - Contemporary Music
Every week we ask our staff to tell us about some of their favorite recordings. We've gathered the current titles with past features for a full collection.
Have you heard music by a living composer that you particularly like? Let us know and if there is a recording, we will add it to the list.
20 products
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![Reich: Different Trains, Triple Quartet, Etc / Smith Quartet]()
Reich: Different Trains, Triple Quartet, Etc / Smith Quartet$19.99
Format: CD
Release Date: January 01, 2005
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![Hétu: Complete Chamber Works for Strings]()
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![String Quartets Nos. 2-4, 7 & 8]()
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![Babel - Schumann, Shaw, Shostakovich / Calidore String Quartet]()
Babel - Schumann, Shaw, Shostakovich / Calidore String Quartet$19.99
Format: CD
Release Date: October 23, 2020
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![Price & Sowerby: Chamber Music / Avalon String Quartet]()
Price & Sowerby: Chamber Music / Avalon String Quartet$19.99
Format: CD
Release Date: March 22, 2024
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![Higdon: All Things Majestic / Guerrero, Nashville Symphony]()
Higdon: All Things Majestic / Guerrero, Nashville Symphony$19.99
Format: CD
Release Date: March 10, 2017
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![Michael Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway, American Gothic & Once upon a Castle / Giancarlo, Guerrero, Jacobs, Nashville Symphony Orchestra]()
On SaleMichael Daugherty: Tales of Hemingway, American Gothic & Once upon a Castle / Giancarlo, Guerrero, Jacobs, Nashville Symphony Orchestra$9.99 Regular price
$19.99Format: CD
Release Date: September 09, 2016
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![Tower: Strike Zones / Glennie, McMillen, Miller, Albany Symphony]()
On SaleTower: Strike Zones / Glennie, McMillen, Miller, Albany Symphony$9.99 Regular price
$19.99Format: CD
Release Date: July 23, 2021
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![Mass Transmission - Choral Works by Mason Bates]()
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![Mazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright / Herresthal, Gaffigan, Arctic & Bergen Philharmonic]()
On SaleMazzoli: Dark with Excessive Bright / Herresthal, Gaffigan, Arctic & Bergen Philharmonic$10.99 Regular price
$21.99Format: SACD
Release Date: March 03, 2023
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![Glass - Glassworlds Vol 1 / Horvath]()
On SaleGlass - Glassworlds Vol 1 / Horvath$9.99 Regular price
$19.99Format: CD
Release Date: March 10, 2015
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![Walker: Complete Piano Works, Vol. 1 / Dossin]()
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![American Classics - Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated / Raat]()
American Classics - Rzewski: The People United Will Never Be Defeated / Raat$19.99
Format: CD
Release Date: March 25, 2008
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![Homo Ludens: Piano Music of Lera Auerbach]()
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![Soundspinning: Music of Ann Southam / Petrowska-Quilico]()
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![Martinaitytė: Saudade / Šlekyte, Lithuanian National Symphony]()
On SaleMartinaitytė: Saudade / Šlekyte, Lithuanian National Symphony$14.99 Regular price
$18.99Format: CD
Release Date: February 05, 2021
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![M. Brouwer: Rhapsodies / Alsop, ORF Vienna RSO]()
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![Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, Etc / Lintu, Mikkola, Et Al]()
Rautavaara: Cantus Arcticus, Etc / Lintu, Mikkola, Et Al$19.99
Format: CD
Release Date: February 15, 1999
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![Gorecki: Symphony No. 3]()
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![American Classics - Adams: Shaker Loops, Etc / Alsop, Gunn, Et Al]()
American Classics - Adams: Shaker Loops, Etc / Alsop, Gunn, Et Al$19.99
Format: CD
Release Date: October 19, 2004
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