On Saturday nights between 10 and 12 P.M., on KDFC radio (and www.kdfc.com), Alan Chapman hosts Modern Times, his curation of modern “classical” music. I’ve been logging the titles played over the course of the last 18 months and present them here as a “Playlist” one can use to explore this genre. You may be surprised at what you can find to sample these composers via your local library or on the internet from various sites.
While not all selections fit neatly into what you may think of as a classical style, the variety actually makes the styles heard here very interesting. Chapman stays away from soundtracks, which his compatriots on KDFC enjoy and bring into the mix on their various shows. I appreciate that as it isn’t difficult these days to find John Williams works highlighted at your local orchestra’s performances. Everyone needs to pay the rent, I guess.
| Title | Composer | Artist/Ensemble |
|---|---|---|
| Gnarly Buttons | John Adams | Robert Collins soloist John Adams / London Sinfonietta |
| Harmonielehre | John Adams | |
| Slonimsky's Earbox | John Adams | Kent Nagano / Halle Orchestra |
| Habanera | John Adams | Kronos Quartet |
| Grand Pianola Music | John Adams | John Alley, piano |
| City Noir | John Adams | |
| Become Ocean | John Luther Adams | Ludovic Morlot / Seattle Symphony |
| String Quartet | John Adams | St. Lawrence String Quartet |
| Shaker Loops | John Adams | Edo de Waart / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra |
| Common Tones in Simple Time | John Adams | Edo de Waart / San Francisco Symphony Orchestra |
| The Dharma at Big Sur | John Adams | Tracy Silverman, electric violin |
| Nixon in China - The Chairman Dances | John Adams | Edo de Waart / San Francisco Symphony |
| Nixon in China - News Has a Kind of Mystery | John Adams | |
| Living Toys Op 9 | Thomas Ades | Markus Stanz / London Sinfonietta |
| Tevot | Thomas Ades | Sir Simon Rattle / Berlin Philharmonic |
| Thirteen Ways | Thomas Albert | Eighth Blackbird |
| Apsheron Quintet | Franghiz Ali-Zadeh | Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, piano Kronos Quartet |
| Impulse | Franghiz Ali-Zadeh | Hilary Hahn |
| Mugam Sayagi | Franghiz Ali-Zadeh | Kronos Quartet |
| Northern Concerto | Joan Albert Amargos | Michala Petri, recorder Danish National Symphony Orchestra |
| De Staat (The Republic) | Louis Andriessen | Synergy Vocals Reinbert de Leeuw / Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| Ballet Mecanique | George Antheil | Daniel Spalding Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra |
| Airplane Sonata | George Antheil | |
| Cancion lejana | Vicente Arregui | Roberto Moronn Perez, guitar |
| Lyric Piece #3 - Campesina | Vicente Arregui | Roberto Moronn Perez, guitar |
| Sin Fronteras | Clarice Assad | Mei-Ann Chen Chicago Sinfonietta |
| Speak, Memory | Lera Auerbach | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Capricorn Concerto Op 21 | Samuel Barber | Jacob Berg, flute |
| Music for a Scene from Shelley Op 7 | Samuel Barber | Neeme Jarvi / Detroit Symphony Orchestra |
| Knoxville: Summer of 1915 Op 24 | Samuel Barber | Dawn Upshaw, soprano |
| shade | Richard Barrett | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| The Miraculous Mandarin Op 19 | Bela Bartok | Soloists of Lyon, David Robertson, Orchestre National de Lyon |
| Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta | Bela Bartok | Chicago Symphony Strings |
| Piano Concerto #3 | Bela Bartok | |
| Six Dances in Bulgarian Rhythm | Bela Bartok | Kornel Zempleni, piano |
| Anthology of Fantastic Zoology | Mason Bates | Riccardo Muti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Alternative Energy | Mason Bates | Mason Bates, electronica San Francisco Symphony |
| Violin Concerto | Mason Bates | Anne Akiko Meyers, violin Leonard Slatkin / London Symphony Orchestra |
| Fords Farm | Mason Bates | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Theme and Variations: Selections Op 80 | Amy Beach | Eugenia Zukerman, flute Shanghai Quartet |
| Violin Concerto | Alban Berg | Renaud Capucon, violin Vienna Philharmonic |
| Serenade (after Plato's Symposium) | Leonard Bernstein | Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin |
| Tangerine Dance | Between the Notes | Matthew Barley / Between the Notes |
| Trio Sonata #5 in F | Joseph Bodin de Boismortier | Ensemble Geminiani |
| Ancient Keys | Victoria Bond | Paul Barnes, piano Kirk Trevor / Slovak Radio Orchestra |
| Nocturne | Lili Boulanger | Dawn Wohn, violin; Esther Park, piano |
| Just Time | Martin Bresnick | New York Woodwind Quintet |
| Concertino for Clarinet and String Quartet | Bright Sheng | |
| El Decameron Negro | Leo Brouwer | Sharon Isbin, guitar |
| The Fifth Century | Gavin Bryars | PRISM Quartet; John Grecia, piano Donald Nally / The Crossing |
| Boston Concerto | Elliott Carter | Oliver Knussen / BBC Symphony Orchestra |
| Trombone Concerto | Carlos Chavez | Christian Linberg, trombone |
| Inner Voices | Chinary Ung | Dennis Russell Davies / American Composers Orchestra |
| Sonatina #6 in D Op 36 | Muzio Clementi | June Chun, piano |
| E chiaro nella valle il fiume appare | Guillaume Connesson | SF Symphony Stéphane Denève |
| Four Piano Blues | Aaron Copland | Leo Smit, piano |
| Piano Concerto | Aaron Copland | Aaron Copland, piano |
| Piano Quartet | Aaron Copland | Gilbert Kalish, piano |
| Phantasmagoria on The Ghosts of Versailles | John Corigliano | Eri Klas / Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Symphony #2 | John Corigliano | John Storgards / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Symphony #1 Of Rage and Remembrance | John Corigliano | Stephen Hough, piano Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Kaleidoscope | John Corigliano | Ursula Oppens, piano; Jerome Lowenthal, piano |
| Choreografic Suite Op 86a | Paul Creston | Gerard Schwarz / New York Chamber Symphony |
| Echoes of Time and the River | George Crumb | Thomas Conlin / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Voice of the Whale | George Crumb | Conchord |
| Echoes of Time and the River | George Crumb | Thomas Conlin / Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Night Time | Sebastian Currier | Marie-Pierre Langlamet, harp; Jean-Claude Velin, violin |
| Concerto for Orchestra | Richard Danielpour | David Zinman / Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra |
| Toward the Splendid City | Richard Danielpour | |
| Toword a Season of Peace | Richard Danielpour | Hila Plitmann, soprano |
| Urban Dances V Vivace Leggiero | Richard Danielpour | Zdenek Macal / Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Night Owl | Michael Daugherty | JoAnn Falletta / Virginia Symphony Orchestra |
| Fire and Blood for Violin and Orchestra | Michael Daugherty | Detroit Symphony Orchestra |
| Deus Ex Machina for Piano and Orchestra | Michael Daugherty | Terrence Wilson, piano Giancarlo Guerrero / Nashville Symphony |
| Blue Curve of the Earth | Tina Davidson | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Andaluza | Manuel de Falla | Javier Perianes, piano |
| Nocturne et Scherzo | Claude Debussy | Fred Sherry, cello; Anne-Marie McDermott, piano |
| Tattoo | David del Tredici | Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic |
| Farewell | David del Tredici | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Variations on an Original Christmas Tune | Norman Dello Joio | Boehm Quintette |
| Piano Quintet | Edison Denisov | Tigran Alikhanov, piano |
| Symphony #2 | David Diamond | Gerard Schwarz / Seattle Symphony |
| Piano Concerto in A | Avner Dorman | Eiliran Avni, piano Andrew Cyr / Metropolis Ensemble |
| Moments Musicaux: #1: Adagio | Avner Dorman | Eliran Avni, piano |
| Azerbaijani Dance | Avner Dorman | Eliran Avni, piano |
| Mandolin Concerto | Avner Dorman | Avi Avital, mandolin Andrew Cyr / Metropolis Ensemble |
| Piccolo Concerto | Avner Dorman | Mindy Kaufman, piccolo Andrew Cyr / Metropolis Ensemble |
| Memory Games | Avner Dorman | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| When a Tiger Meets a Rosa Rugosa | Du Yun | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Cello Concerto | Henri Dutilleux | Mstislav Rostropovich, cello |
| Quintet for Glass and Strings | Garry Eister | Dennis James, Glass Harmonica, Emerson String Quartet |
| Clarinet Concerto Visions of Arctic Night | Eriks Esenvalds | Ints Dakderis, clarinet Atvars Lakstigala / Liepaja Symphony Orchestra |
| Concertino | Jean Francaix | Claude Francaix, piano |
| The Tempest | Jonas Franke-Blom | Jonas Franke-Blom / (unidentified ensemble) |
| String Trio Op.1 | Géza Frid | Black Oak Ensemble |
| Third Sigh | Antón García Abril | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Chinese Rhapsody | Ge Gan-Ru | Jose Serebrier / Royal Scottish National Orchestra |
| Concerto Fantasy for 2 timpanists and orchestra | Philip Glass | Evelyn Glennie, timpani |
| Concerto for Saxophone Quartet | Philip Glass | Rascher Saxophone Quartet |
| Koyaanisqatsi: Koyaanisqatsi, Organic, Clou | Philip Glass | Western Wind Vocal Ensemble |
| Music in 12 Parts: Part 1 | Philip Glass | Philip Glass, keyboards and mixing |
| Symphony #2 | Philip Glass | Dennis Russel Davies / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra |
| Voyage: Mechanical Ballet | Philip Glass | Dennis Russell Davies / Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Symphony #3 | Philip Glass | Dennis Russel Davies / Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra |
| Mad Rush | Philip Glass | Donald Joyce, organ |
| Echorus | Philip Glass | Daniel Hope, violin Simon Halsey / German Chamber Orchestra of Berlin |
| The Lark | Mikhail Glinka | |
| Ayre: Wa Habibi | Osvaldo Golijov | Dawn Upshaw, soprano |
| Last Round | Osvaldo Golijov | Ying Quartet; Mark Dresser, double bass |
| Lullaby and Doina | Osvaldo Golijov | Tara Helen O'Connor, flute; Todd Palmer, clarinet; Mark Dresser, double bass |
| St. Mark Passion (Parts 1-22) | Osvaldo Golijov | Schola Cantorum de Caracas |
| St. Mark Passion (Parts 23-34) | Osvaldo Golijov | Schola Cantorum de Caracas |
| Last Round | Osvaldo Golijov | Ying Quartet; Mark Dresser, double bass |
| Symphony #3 Symphony of Sorrowful Songs: | Henryk Gorecki | |
| Symphony #2 - Copernican - Op 31 | Henryk Gorecki | Zofia Kilanowicz, soprano Antoni Wit Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan | Charles Tomlinson Griffes | Gerard Schwarz / Seattle Symphony |
| Two Yuletide Pieces for Piano | Howard Hanson | Brian Preston, piano |
| Concerto for Oboe, Clarinet, and Strings | John Harbison | Peggy Pearson, oboe Scott Yoo / Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra |
| String Quartet #1 | John Harbison | Lydian String Quartet |
| The Most Often Used Chords | John Harbison | David Alan Miller / Albany Symphony Orchestra |
| Symphony #9 | Roy Harris | David Alan Miller / Albany Symphony Orchestra |
| Double Music | Lou Harrison | |
| Serenade for Guitar and Percussion (1978) | Lou Harrison | David Tanenbaum, guitar; William Winant, percussion |
| Suite for Violin and American Gamelan | Lou Harrison | John Bergamo / American Gamelan |
| Solstice | Lou Harrison | |
| Coming To | Christos Hatzis | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| A Carol Symphony | Victor Hely-Hutchinson | Gavin Sutherland / City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra |
| All Things Majestic | Jennifer Higdon | Giancarlo Guerrero / Nashville Symphony |
| blue cathedral | Jennifer Higdon | Robert Spano / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| City Scape | Jennifer Higdon | Robert Spano / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| Percussion Concerto | Jennifer Higdon | Colin Currie, percussion |
| Violin Concerto | Jennifer Higdon | Hilary Hahn, violin Vasily Petrenko / Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Zaka | Jennifer Higdon | Eighth Blackbird |
| blue cathedral | Jennifer Higdon | Robert Spano / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| Concerto for Orchestra | Jennifer Higdon | Robert Spano / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| Viola Concerto | Jennifer Higdon | Roberto Diaz, viola Giancarlo Guerrero / Nashville Symphony |
| Echo Dash | Jennifer Higdon | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Pacific 231 | Arthur Honegger | Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Lousadzak - Concerto for Piano and Strings | Alan Hovhaness | Martin Berkofsky, piano Konstantine Krimets / Globalis Symphony Orchestra |
| Piano Sonata #2 Concord | Charles Ives | |
| Variations on America | Charles Ives | Leonard Slatkin / Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra |
| Concerto for Horn and Orchestra Op 61 | Jouni Kaipainen | Esa Tapani, horn Hannu Lintu / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Magnum Ignotum | Giya Kancheli | Jansug Kakhidze / Members of The Royal Flanders Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Double Concerto for Violin and Guitar | Aaron Jay Kernis | Cho-Liang Lin, violin |
| Second Symphony | Aaron Jay Kernis | Hugh Wolff / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra |
| String Quartet #1 musica celestis | Aaron Jay Kernis | Lark Quartet |
| Colored Field | Aaron Jay Kernis | Truls Mork, cello Eiji Oue / Minnesota Orchestra |
| Timepiece | Amy Knoles | Amy Knoles, all instruments |
| Horn Concerto Op 28 | Oliver Knussen | Barry Tuckwell, horn Oliver Knussen / London Sinfonietta |
| Music for a Puppet Court | Oliver Knussen | |
| Concerto for Four Percussion Soloists and Orchestra | William Kraft | Zubin Mehta / Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| Gerald McBoing Boing | Gail Kubik | Werner Klemperer, narrator |
| Lulu: Overture Op 65 | Friedrich Kuhlau | Michael Schonwandt / Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Solitude d automne | Bun-Ching Lam | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| light moving | David Lang | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Chatter of Pins | Paul Lansky | Paul Lansky, voice; Hannah MacKay, voice |
| Ring of Fire | Libby Larsen | Joel Revzen / London Symphony Orchestra |
| Symphony Number Three: Lyric | Libby Larsen | Joel Revzen / London Symphony Orchestra |
| Preludes and Fugues Op 58 | Lars-Erik Larsson | |
| Reminiscence of the North | Jon Leifs | |
| Concerto for Flute and Orchestra Op 39 | Lowell Liebermann | James Galway, flute Lowell Liebermann / London Mozart Players |
| Neruda Songs | Peter Lieberson | Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, mezzo-soprano |
| Lux aeterna | Gyorgy Ligeti | Timothy Brown / The Choir of Clare College, Cambridge |
| Etudes IV, V, VI | Gyorgy Ligeti | Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano |
| Suite of Brawles in Bb | Matthew Locke | Parley of Instruments |
| Twenty Polish Christmas Carols | Witold Lutoslawski | Polish Radio Chorus Antoni Wit / Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Concerto for Orchestra | Concerto for Orchestra | |
| Animal, Vegetable, Mineral | Steven Mackey | PRISM Saxophone Quartet |
| Violin Concerto | Frank Martin | Michael Erxleben, violin |
| La Revue de Cuisine | Bohuslav Martinu | St. Paul Chamber Orchestra |
| Merry Christmas 1941 | Bohuslav Martinu | Christopher Hogwood / St. Paul Chamber Orchestra |
| Horses of Instruction | Steve Martland | Steve Martland Band |
| Sonata in D | Nicola Matteis | Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin |
| Three Ayres in F | Nicola Matteis | Palladian Ensemble |
| Tabuh-Tabuhan | Colin McPhee | Elizabeth Burley, piano Lenonard Slatkin / BBC Symphony Orchestra |
| 2 Preludes | Olivier Messiaen | Alexander Lonquich, piano |
| Catalogue d'Oiseaux - L'Alouette Lulu (The Wood Lark) | Olivier Messiaen | Carl-Axel Dominique, piano |
| Catalogue d'oiseaux: Le Merle blue (The Blue Rock Thrush) | Olivier Messiaen | Carl-Axel Dominique, piano |
| Concerto for Double Bass in D | Edgar Meyer | Edgar Meyer, double bass Hugh Wolff / Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra |
| Cello Concerto #1 Op.136 | Darius Milhaud | Hee-Young Lim, cello Scott Yoo / London Symphony Orchestra |
| Divertissement in three parts Op. 299b | Darius Milhaud | Athena Ensemble |
| Tempest Fantasy | Paul Moravec | David Krakauer, clarinet Trio Solisti |
| The Time Gallery | Paul Moravec | Eighth Blackbird |
| Blue Fiddle | Paul Moravec | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Motion | Nico Muhly | Nicholas Collon / Aurora Orchestra |
| Two Voices | Nico Muhly | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Two's Company | Thea Musgrave | Evelyn Glennie, percussion Jiri Belohlavek / BBC Symphony Orchestra |
| The Angry Birds of Kauai | Myers | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Mindscape: Four Poetic Images | Akemi Naito | Jeffrey Milarsky / Cygnus Ensemble |
| 133… At Least | James Newton Howard | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Levitation | Søren Nils Eichberg | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Jubilate Deo in primavere | Ib Norholm | Bolette Roed, recorder; Peter Navarro-Alonso, saxophone; David Hildebrandt, percussion |
| PLAY | Andrew Norman | Gil Rose / Boston Modern Orchestra Project |
| Memories | Michiru Oshima | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Solfeggio | Arvo Part | Paul Hillier / Theatre of Voices |
| Tabula rasa (1977) | Arvo Part | Eleonora Turovsky, violin Yuli Turovsky / I Musici de Montreal |
| Berliner Messe | Arvo Part | Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ Paul Hillier Theatre of Voices |
| Elegy, in memory of Steven Stucky | Joseph Phibbs | Gloria Cheng, piano |
| Concierto para bandoneon | Astor Piazzolla | Astor Piazzolla, bandoneon Lalo Schifrin / Orchestra of St. Luke's |
| Romances and Interludes | Tobias Picker | Robert Atherholt, oboe Houston Symphony |
| The Incredible Flutist: Suite | Walter Piston | Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic |
| Concerto for Tuba and Strings | Arild Plau | Oystein Baadsvik, tuba Bjorn Sagstad / Musica Vitae |
| Babar the Elephant | Francis Poulenc | Meryl Streep, narrator |
| Concerto for 2 pianos | Francis Poulenc | Sylviane Deferne, piano Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Concerto for 2 pianos | Francis Poulenc | Sylviane Deferne, piano |
| Gloria | Francis Poulenc | Tanglewood Festival Chorus |
| Improvisation #15 in c | Francis Poulenc | Pascal Roge, piano |
| Improvisation #7 in C | Francis Poulenc | Pascal Roge, piano |
| Les Biches FP 36 | Francis Poulenc | National Orchestra of France |
| Sextet | Francis Poulenc | Dennis Russell Davies, piano |
| Sonata for Oboe and Piano | Francis Poulenc | Allan Vogel, oboe; Bryan Pezzone, piano |
| The Nightingale | Ugis Praulins | Michala Petri, recorder Stephen Layton / Danish National Vocal Ensemble |
| Violin Concerto Anne-Sofie | Andre Previn | Anne-Sophie Mutter, violin Andre Previn / Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Symphony #1 in e | Florence Price | John Jeter / Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra |
| Piano Sonata #6 in A Op 82 | Sergei Prokofiev | Simon Trpceski, piano |
| Piano Concerto #2 in g Op 16 | Sergei Prokofiev | Nikolai Demidenko, piano |
| Concerto Duo | Joel Puckett | Anthony McGill, clarinet; Demarre McGill, flute; Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra |
| Nais: Suite | Jean-Philippe Rameau | Nicholas McGegan Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra |
| Aalap and Tarana | Kala Ramnath | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Cantus Arcticus | Einojuhani Rautavaara | Leif Segerstam / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Symphony #2 | Einojuhani Rautavaara | Max Pommer / Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Adoration of Aphrodite | Einojuhani Rautavaara | Leif Sergerstam / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Symphony #7 Angel of Light | Einojuhani Rautavaara | Leif Sergerstam / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Piano Concerto #2 | Einojuhani Rautavaara | |
| Serenade #2 Pour la vie | Einojuhani Rautavaara | Hilary Hahn, violin Mikko Franck / Radio France Philharmonic |
| Whispering | Einojuhani Rautavaara | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| The Desert Music | Steve Reich | Chorus and Members of the Brooklyn Philharmonic |
| Proverb | Steve Reich | |
| Variations for Winds, Strings and Keyboards | Steve Reich | Edo de Waart / San Francisco Symphony |
| Megamix | Steve Reich | Remix and additional production by Michael Kandel |
| You Are (Variations) | Steve Reich | Grant Gershon / Los Angeles Master Chorale |
| The Cusp of Magic | Terry Riley | Wu Man, pipa; Kronos Quartet |
| Mercy | Max Richter | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| A la busca del mas alla | Joaquin Rodrigo | Enrique Batiz / London Symphony Orchestra |
| Violin Concerto | Ned Rorem | Gidon Kremer, violin Leonard Bernstein / New York Philharmonic |
| The Leopard: Goodbye Waltz | Nino Rota | Kathy Kienzle, harp; Michele Frisch, flute |
| Odna Zhizn | Christopher Rouse | Alan Gilbert / New York Philharmonic |
| Concert de Gaudi | Christopher Rouse | |
| Symphony No 3 | Christopher Rouse | Alan Gilbert / New York Philharmonic |
| Symphony #4 | Christopher Rouse | |
| Pocket Symphony | Frederic Rzewski | Eighth Blackbird |
| Ascanio: Airs de ballet | Camille Saint-Saens | Susan Milan, flute |
| Symphony #4 Op. 49 | Aulis Sallinen | Okko Kamu / Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Cello Concerto | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Esa-Pekka Salonen / Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| Three Preludes | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Gloria Cheng, piano |
| Foreign Bodies | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Esa-Pekka Salonen / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| Piano Concerto | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Yefim Bronfman, piano Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| Insomnia | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Esa-Pekka Salonen / Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra |
| LA Variations | Esa-Pekka Salonen | Pekka Salonen / Los Angeles Philharmonic |
| Bifu | Somei Satoh | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Twelve Soundscapes inside the Piano | Steffan Schleiermacher | Steffan Schleiermacher, piano |
| String Quartet #3 | Alfred Schnittke | Kronos Quartet |
| Two Piano Pieces Op 33aandb | Arnold Schoenberg | Glenn Gould, piano |
| Chamber Symphony #1 Op 9 | Arnold Schoenberg | Orpheus Chamber Orchestra |
| String Quartet #1 (1924) | Erwin Schulhoff | Ysaye Quartet |
| Preludes | Ruth Crawford Seeger | Steffen Schleiermacher, piano |
| Storm of the Eye | Elliott Sharp | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| The Listeners | Caroline Shaw | Avery Amereau, contralto; Dashon Burton, bass-baritone; Philharmonia Chorale |
| Old Russian Circus Music | Rodion Shchedrin | Vassily Sinaisky / BBC Philharmonic |
| The Enchanted Wanderer: First Part | Rodion Shchedrin | Sergei Alexaschkin, bass Valery Gergiev / Mariinsky Orchestra and Chorus |
| Tibetan Dance | Bright Sheng | Verdehr Trio |
| Concertino for Clarinet and String Quartet | Bright Sheng | David Shifrin, clarinet; Ani Kavafian, violin; Mark Peskanov, violin; Toby Hoffman, viola; Fred Sherry, cello; |
| Piano Sonata #1 Op 12 | Dmitri Shostakovich | |
| Seven Dolls' Dances - Lyrical Waltz | Dmitri Shostakovich | Lisa Batiashvili, violin |
| String Quartet #7 in f# Op 108 | Dmitri Shostakovich | St. Petersburg String Quartet |
| Symphony #1 in f Op 10 | Dmitri Shostakovich | Sir Simon Rattle Berliner Philharmoniker |
| String Quartet #11 in f Op 122 | Dmitri Shostakovich | Borodin String Quartet |
| Two Pieces | Valentin Silvestrov | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Ciaccona | Bernardo Storace | Jory Vinikour, harpsichord |
| Firebird (complete - original 1910 version) | Igor Stravinsky | Montreal Symphony Orchestra |
| Jeu de Cartes: Ballet in 3 deals | Igor Stravinsky | Sir Georg Solti / Chicago Symphony Orchestra |
| Octet | Igor Stravinsky | Riccardo Chailly / London Sinfonietta |
| The Song of the Nightingale | Igor Stravinsky | Riccardo Chailly / Radio Symphony Orchestra Berlin |
| Threni: The Lamentations of Jeremiah | Igor Stravinsky | Julie Moffat, soprano |
| Octet | Igor Stravinsky | Riccardo Chailly London Sinfonietta |
| Violin Concerto in D | Igor Stravinsky | Hilary Hahn, violin |
| Movements for Piano and Orchestra | Igor Stravinsky | Paul Crossley, piano Esa-Pekka Salonen / London Sinfonietta |
| Meditation and Dance | Steven Stucky | David Howard, clarinet; Vicki Ray, piano |
| Pinturas de Tamayo (Painting of Tamayo) | Steven Stucky | |
| Second Concerto For Orchestra | Steven Stucky | |
| Son et Lumiere | Steven Stucky | David Alan Miller / Albany Symphony Orchestra |
| Spirit Voices (2002–03) for percussionist and orchestra | Steven Stucky | |
| Two Holy Sonnets of John Donne | Steven Stucky | Gloria Cheng, piano; Carolyn Hove, oboe; Peabody Southwell, mezzo-sprano |
| Double Concerto for Violin, Oboe and Chambre | Steven Stucky | |
| Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra | Ellen Taaffe Zwilich | hristian Linberg, trombone, James DePreist Malmo Symphony Orchestra |
| Piano Sonata #1 | Louise Talma | Teresa Dybvig, piano |
| Peony Pavilion: Bitter Love # 1-7 | Tan Dun | New York Virtuoso Singers Tan Dun / NChiCa Orchestra |
| Eight Memories in Watercolor Op 1 | Tan Dun | Lang Lang, piano |
| Peony Pavilion: Bitter Love # 8-14 | Tan Dun | New York Virtuoso Singers Tan Dun / NChiCa Orchestra |
| Tears of the Angels | John Tavener | |
| Canzon a duoi liutti unisoni Claudio da Cor | Giovanni Antonio Terzi | members of Early Music New York |
| Rainbow Body | Christopher Theofanidis | Robert Spano / Atlanta Symphony Orchestra |
| Bassoon Concerto | Christopher Theofanidis | Martin Kuuskmann, bassoon Barry Jekowski / Northwest Chamber Orchestra |
| Sanctuary | Frank Ticheli | Thomas G. Leslie / University of Nevada Las Vegas Wind Orchestra |
| Wild Nights! | Frank Ticheli | Scott Weiss / University of Kansas Wind Ensemble |
| Adjustable Wrench | Michael Torke | Kent Nagano / London Sinfonietta |
| Chalk | Michael Torke | Balanesqu Quartet |
| December | Michael Torke | Michael Torke / Philharmonia Orchestra |
| Saxophone Concerto | Michael Torke | |
| Bright Blue Music | Michael Torke | David Zinman / Baltimore Symphony Orchestra |
| I Hear the Water Dreaming | Toru Takemitsu | |
| And then I knew 't was wind | Toru Takemitsu | Aurele Nicolet, flute; Nobuko Imai, viola; Naoko Yoshino, harp |
| Londonderry Air | Toru Takemitsu | Sharon Isbin, guitar |
| Prelude to the Celebration of Birds Op. 83 | Takashi Yoshimatsu | Sachio Fujioka / BBC Philharmonic |
| From me flows what you call Time | Toru Takemitsu | Carl St. Clair / Pacific Symphony Orchestra |
| Quatrain | Toru Takemitsu | Peter Serkin, piano; Ida Kavafian, violin; Fred Sherry, cello |
| Quotation of Dream | Toru Takemitsu | Paul Crossley, piano |
| Rain Coming | Toru Takemitsu | Oliver Knussen / London Sinfonietta |
| Made in America | Joan Tower | Leonard Slatkin / Nashville Symphony |
| Concerto for Orchestra | Joan Tower | Colorado Symphony |
| Knots | Fraser Trainer | Viktoria Mullova, violin Matthew Barley / Between the Notes |
| Hilarys Hoedown | Mark-Anthony Turnage | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Piano Concerto #4 Northern Lights Op. 13 | Geirr Tveitt | Haakon Austbo, piano |
| Double Concerto | Unsuk Chin | Samuel Favre, percussion, Stephan Asbury / Ensemble Intercontemporain |
| Talking Drums | Joshua Uzoigwe | |
| Voices (Balsis) - Symphony for Strings | Peteris Vasks | Gidon Kremer, violin Kremerata Baltica |
| Leaping Dance | Kevin Volans | Wim Steinmann / Netherlands Wind Ensemble |
| Entr'Acte #3 in C | Peter von Winter | Johannes Moesus / Munich Radio Orchestra |
| Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion | Melinda Wagner | Paul Lustig Dunkel, flute Mark Mandarano / Westchester Philharmonic |
| Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra Op 12 | Kurt Weill | Nona Liddell, violin David Atherton / London Sinfonietta |
| Piano Concerto | Judith Weir | Xak Bjerken, piano Mark Davis Scatterday / Ensemble X |
| Sleep | Eric Whitacre | Stephen Layton / Polyphony |
| The Sacred Veil | Eric Whitacre | Lisa Edwards, piano; Jeffrey Zeigler, cello Grant Gershon / Los Angeles Master Chorale |
| Torua | Gillian Whitehead | Hilary Hahn; Violin Cory Smythe, Piano |
| Cut 37535 | Yehudi Wyner | Robert Levin, piano Boston Symphony Orchestra |
| Atom Hearts Club Suite #2, opus 79a | Takashi Yoshimatsu | Sachio Fujioka / BBC Philharmonic |
| Cello Concerto Centaurus Unit | Takashi Yoshimatsu | Peter Dixon, cello – Sachio Fujioka / BBC Philharmonic |
| Dupree's Paradise | Frank Zappa | Pierre Boulez / Ensemble InterContemporian |
| The Perfect Stranger | Frank Zappa | Pierre Boulez / Ensemble InterContemporian |
| Da Qu | Zhou Long | Jonathan Fox, percussion |
| Symphony #3 | Ellen Taaffe Zwilich | |
| Concerto for Trombone and | Ellen Taaffe Zwilich | |
| Symphony #4 The Gardens | Ellen Taaffe Zwilich | MSU Choral Ensembles and Children Choir Leon Gregorian / MSU Symphony Orchestra |
| Symphony No. 1 | Ellen Taaffe Zwilich | John Nelson / Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra |
| Motion | Nico Muhly | Nicholas Collon / Aurora Orchestra |
You have the soul of a librarian! Thank you for logging their playlist. It looks quite interesting, as most of these composers aren’t household names.