Have there been any Great Modern Classical Record released so far this century?

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"Mahler didn't compose much in this century"

Symphony No. 4 (1899–1901)
Symphony No. 5 (1901–1902)
Symphony No. 6 (1903–1904)
Symphony No. 7 (1904–1905)
Symphony No. 8 (1906)
Symphony No. 9 (1909–1910)
Symphony No. 10 (1910)

Das Lied von der Erde (1907–1909)
Kindertotenlieder (1901–1904)
Ruckert Lieder (1901–1902)

In other words, all his important works barring symphonies 2, 3 and 4 were composed in the 20th century. Your opinions can be as wrongheaded as you want them to be, the facts have to be right.

"As for the rest", if you can say that Sibelius, Vaughan Williams and Ravel lack those qualities that obsess you so, you're simply an idiot.

**%@, Saturday, 25 December 2004 22:20 (nineteen years ago) link


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