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If you'd like a step-by-step approach to contemporary classical music, please check the listening category - from LR 01 to LR 04.

Silvestrov, Valentin: Bagatellen: I.
Is modern classical music unlistenable? Let's start with a 21st-century piece of music and see for ourselves...!


Adès, Thomas: Darknesse Visible
Solo piano music composed in the late 20th century. Attention, this will most likely be your next favorite.


Barber, Samuel: Adagio
Modern classical music ... perhaps the most famous... and one of the saddest pieces...


Crumb, George: MAKROKOSMOS I.
Evocative love-death piano music...


Shostakovich, Dmitri: Violin Concerto No.1
Ecstasy with violin and orchestra.


Glass, Philip: Metamorphosis Five
The first steps towards music with a repetitive structure.


Prokofiev, Sergei: Visions Fugitives
This is perhaps the most beautiful vision in a series of the lesser-known Prokofiev miniatures.


Panufnik, Andrzej: Autumn Music
Tranquillity and beauty.


Doderer, Johanna: Violin Concerto No. 2
Yes, it’s possible: emotional yet overwhelming momentum…


Pärt, Arvo: Für Alina
A little peace of mind…


Samy, Moussa: A Globe Itself Infolding
Are you expecting splendid and joyful music? This piece is one of the most excellent options.


Schnittke, Alfred: Choir Concerto
Pure vocal masterpiece. Raison d’être.


Pärt, Arvo: Spiegel im Spiegel
Mirror in the mirror: infinity.


Gundermann, Karsten: Faust
A fascinating and heartbreaking “night game” on the Faust theme.


Shschedrin, Rodion: Echo Sonata
Beyond question, Vengerov is phenomenal; just listen to this painfully delicate performance.


Pärt, Arvo: Pari Intervallo
You can rarely hear a harp these days. It is profoundly regrettable.


Glass, Philip: Modern Love Waltz (arr. Leng Tan)
When was the last time you heard a toy piano? And a waltz or a love waltz?


Glass, Philip: Violin Concerto
Can modern classical music create a very pleasant so-called “melody stick”? Just give it a try with Glass’ music.


Penderecki, Krzysztof: Polish Requiem
Incredible requiems were born in the common practice period. The 20th and 21st centuries are no exception.


Eno, Brian: Emerald and Stone (arr. Knoth)
Demanding music works the same way. Or does the tone of the violin add something to the original version?


Szymanski, Pawel: Deux études pour piano - II.
A fast track also can be unforgettable.
... fast ... waving ... ahead ... fast ... waving ... ahead ....


Penderecki, Krzysztof: 3 Pieces in Old Style
Music that is much more than an exercise in style…


Lohse, Martin: 5 Momenti Mobile
The first step towards modern harmonica music, right from the start with an unusual combination of an accordion duo and a piano trio...


Rasmussen, Karl Aage: The Four Seasons After Vivaldi
One of the most famous classical music pieces, just in a slightly different way.
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