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Fourth Part: Antistrophe Not exactly Takemitsu's most well known piece (this and many others are generally overshadowed by works like the Requiem for Strings and A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden), but definitely one of my favourites by Takemitsu. From Wikipedia: Tōru Takemitsu (武満徹Takemitsu Tōru?, October 8, 1930 February 20, 1996) was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Though largely self-taught, Takemitsu is recognised for his skill in the subtle ...

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Third Part: Traces Not exactly Takemitsu's most well known piece (this and many others are generally overshadowed by works like the Requiem for Strings and A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden), but definitely one of my favourites by Takemitsu. From Wikipedia: Tōru Takemitsu (武満徹Takemitsu Tōru?, October 8, 1930 February 20, 1996) was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Though largely self-taught, Takemitsu is recognised for his skill in the subtle ...

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Second Part: Genesis Not exactly Takemitsu's most well known piece (this and many others are generally overshadowed by works like the Requiem for Strings and A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden), but definitely one of my favourites by Takemitsu. From Wikipedia: Tōru Takemitsu (武満徹Takemitsu Tōru?, October 8, 1930 February 20, 1996) was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Though largely self-taught, Takemitsu is recognised for his skill in the subtle ...

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First part: Strophe Not exactly Takemitsu's most well known piece (this and many others are generally overshadowed by works like the Requiem for Strings and A Flock Descends Into The Pentagonal Garden), but definitely one of my favourites by Takemitsu. From Wikipedia: Tōru Takemitsu (武満徹Takemitsu Tōru?, October 8, 1930 February 20, 1996) was a Japanese composer and writer on aesthetics and music theory. Though largely self-taught, Takemitsu is recognised for his skill in the subtle ...

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Part 2. From Wikipedia: György Kurtág was born in Lugoj in the Banat region, Romania. In 1946, he began his studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where he met his wife, Márta, and also György Ligeti, who became a close friend. His piano teacher at the academy was Pál Kadosa; he studied composition with Sándor Veress and Ferenc Farkas. Following the Hungarian uprising in 1956, Kurtágs time in Paris between 1957 and 1958 was of critical importance for him. Here, he studied ...

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Kurtag's opus 1 - not his greatest piece but still very impressive. From Wikipedia: György Kurtág was born in Lugoj in the Banat region, Romania. In 1946, he began his studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where he met his wife, Márta, and also György Ligeti, who became a close friend. His piano teacher at the academy was Pál Kadosa; he studied composition with Sándor Veress and Ferenc Farkas. Following the Hungarian uprising in 1956, Kurtágs time in Paris between 1957 ...

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One of my favourite Lutoslawski pieces - right up there with pieces like the Cello Concerto and Symphonies 2 and 3 IMHO. I was really quite surprised to find it wasn't on youtube. From Wikipedia: Witold Lutosławski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈvitɔld lutɔsˈwafski]; January 25, 1913 February 7, 1994) was one of the major European composers of the 20th century, and one of the pre-eminent Polish musicians during his last three decades. During his lifetime, Lutosławski earned many international ...

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A late work by Messiaen, for piano solo, brass, wind and percussion. From Wikipedia: Olivier Messiaen (French pronunciation: [ɔlivje mɛsjɛ̃]; December 10, 1908 April 27, 1992) was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11 and numbered Paul Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel, Charles-Marie Widor and Marcel Dupré among his teachers. He was appointed organist at the church of La Trinité in Paris in 1931, a post he held until his death. On the fall ...

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