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Best avant garde songs — page 10

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629 of the best avant garde songs

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  1. 451
    MoonflightOtto Luening
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  2. 452
    Four AspectsDaphne Oram
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  3. 453
    Sinfonia for 8 Voices and Orchestra: II. O KingLuciano Berio, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Peter Eötvös, London Voices
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  4. 454
    Four Pieces for Harp - ProducedLou Harrison
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  5. 455
    Saturday Dance Pt 1Derek Bailey
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  6. 456
    De StaatLouis Andriessen
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  7. 457
    in vainGeorg Friedrich Haas, Sylvain Cambreling, Klangforum Wien
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  8. 458
    Silver Apples of the Moon: Revisited - 50th Anniversary • LIVE at Redcat • Feb. 13, 2018Morton Subotnick
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  9. 459
    Hommage À John Cage - 1958-59Nam June Paik
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  10. 460
    HabaneraMichel Chion
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  11. 461
    Sequenza I for Flute (1958)Luciano Berio, Sophie Cherrier
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  12. 462
    Nørgård: Wie ein Kind, I. Wiigen-liedPer Nørgård, Adolf Wölfli, Ensemble 96, Kjetil Almenning
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  13. 463
    For a Language to ComeDavid Toop
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  14. 464
    Barstow - Eight Hitchhiker Inscriptions from a Highway Railing at Barstow, CaliforniaHarry Partch, John Stannard, Danlee Mitchell
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  15. 465
    Three Orchestral Pieces, Op. 6: II. ReigenAlban Berg, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
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  16. 466
    Six moments musicaux, Op. 44: 1. Invocatio [un fragment]György Kurtág, Parker Quartet
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  17. 467
    Violin Concerto: IV. PassacagliaGyörgy Ligeti, Benjamin Schmid, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
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  18. 468
    Cello Concerto: Movement I, "Aniri"Unsuk Chin, Myung-Whun Chung, Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra, Alban Gerhardt
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  19. 469
    Dutilleux: Ainsi la nuit: I. NocturneHenri Dutilleux, Belcea Quartet
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  20. 470
    Musica Ricercata - Allegro Con SpiritoGyörgy Ligeti
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  21. 471
    Fantasia for Violin & OrchestraEinojuhani Rautavaara, Simone Lamsma, Malmö Symphony Orchestra, Robert Trevino
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  22. 472
    Maknongan (1976): for double bass soloGiacinto Scelsi, Joëlle Léandre
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  23. 473
    Du cristalKaija Saariaho, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Esa-Pekka Salonen
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  24. 474
    Messe pour le temps présent: 3. Jéricho jerkPierre Henry, Michel Colombier
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  25. 475
    Stimmung: Model 7Karlheinz Stockhausen, Paul Hillier, Theatre Of Voices
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  26. 476
    Stimmung: Model 5Karlheinz Stockhausen, Paul Hillier, Theatre Of Voices
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  27. 477
    Occam XXIIÉliane Radigue, Yannick Guédon
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  28. 478
    Piano Sonata, Op. 1 (Orchestrated by Sir Andrew Davis)Alban Berg, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis
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  29. 479
    Piano Concerto No. 3, "Gift of Dreams": II. Adagio assaiEinojuhani Rautavaara, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
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  30. 480
    Missa a cappella: CredoEinojuhani Rautavaara, Latvian Radio Choir, Sigvards Kļava
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  31. 481
    Ancestral Beings, Sightless by Their Own DustDavid Toop
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  32. 482
    ...miramondo multiplo... for trumpet and orchestra (2006): I. aria dell' angeloOlga Neuwirth, Håkan Hardenberger, Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Ingo Metzmacher
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  33. 483
    Piano Sonata, Op. 1: II. LiedHenri Dutilleux, Akane Makita
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  34. 484
    Dutilleux: Ainsi la Nuit: IntroductionHenri Dutilleux, Quatuor Ébène
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  35. 485
    Violin Concerto: V. AppassionatoGyörgy Ligeti, Benjamin Schmid, Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Hannu Lintu
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  36. 486
    Sonata per pianoforte soloLuciano Berio, Andrea Lucchesini
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  37. 487
    Requiem: Dies iraeAlfred Schnittke, Annika Eliasson-Frick, Helena Olsson, Susanne Carlstrom, Malena Ernman, Johan Christensson, Jonas Lindeborg, Mikael Oskarsson, Magnus Bengtsson, Anders Kotz, Michael Engstrom, Eric Skarby, Stefan Therstam, Jonny Ronnlund, Fredrik Bjorlin, Rolf Thunander, Bo Soderberg, Swedish Radio Choir, Tõnu Kaljuste
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  38. 488
    "Gesungene Zeit" 1991/92 - Music for Violin and Orchestra: I. Beginning: Quasi SenzaWolfgang Rihm, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, James Levine
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  39. 489
    Cortical Songs - Neuron Trigger MixJohn Matthias, Nick Ryan, String Ensemble of Trinity College of Music, Nic Pendlebury, Thom Yorke
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  40. 490
    Dutilleux: Piano Sonata: I. Allegro con motoHenri Dutilleux, Anne Queffélec
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  41. 491
    Lux aeternaGyörgy Ligeti, Schola Heidelberg, Walter Nussbaum
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  42. 492
    TerminalHolly Herndon
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  43. 493
    Lorca Suite, Op.72: II. El Grito (The Scream)Einojuhani Rautavaara, Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Paul Hillier
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  44. 494
    Compelled to ApproachDavid Toop
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  45. 495
    Winter FragmentsTristan Murail, Argento Chamber Ensemble, Michel Galante, Erin Lesser
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  46. 496
    Grisey: ModulationsGérard Grisey, Pierre Boulez, Ensemble Intercontemporain
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  47. 497
    Klavierstück IKarlheinz Stockhausen, Jeremy Denk
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  48. 498
    Rendering: I. AllegroLuciano Berio, Leon Botstein, American Symphony Orchestra
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  49. 499
    Dutilleux: Piano Sonata: III. Choral et variationsHenri Dutilleux, Anne Queffélec
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  50. 500
    Quattro versioni originali della "Ritirata notturna di Madrid" di L. Boccherini sovrapposte e trascritte per orchestraLuciano Berio, Riccardo Chailly, Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi
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