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  1. 151
    Deux Sérénades (Written for Hilary Hahn): No. 1. Sérénade pour mon amour. ModeratoEinojuhani Rautavaara, Hilary Hahn, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Mikko Franck
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  2. 152
    KoumeÉliane Radigue
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  3. 153
    Bark City (A Glimpse Of Something)öOoOoOoOoOo
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  4. 154
    String Quartet No. 2: I. ModeratoAlfred Schnittke, Duke Quartet
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  5. 155
    6 Chansons: No. 5. En hiverPaul Hindemith, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Marcus Creed
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  6. 156
    Commondance IIMinais B
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  7. 157
    IPhill Niblock
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  8. 158
    Die Geschichte Eines Unbekannten Schauspielers (The Story of the Unknown Actor): Agitato I - SchlittenAlfred Schnittke, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, Frank Strobel
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  9. 159
    Old WaveLaurie Spiegel
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  10. 160
    Why Patterns?Morton Feldman
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  11. 161
    SaltOren Ambarchi
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  12. 162
    Samoa: III. —Ensemble Recherche
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  13. 163
    Banteay SreyCarl Stone
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  14. 164
    Two Archetypes: Hall of Mirrors - ILaurie Spiegel
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  15. 165
    String Quaret No. 2, Op. 10: I. MässigArnold Schoenberg, Heath Quartet
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  16. 166
    6 Chansons: No. 2. Un cygnePaul Hindemith, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Marcus Creed
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  17. 167
    6 Encores: No. 3 WasserklavierLuciano Berio, Hélène Grimaud
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  18. 168
    IonePauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis
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  19. 169
    3 Sacred Hymns: No. 1. Bogoroditse devo, raduysya, Blagodotnaya Marie (Hail Mary, full of Grace)Alfred Schnittke, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Peter Dijkstra
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  20. 170
    Scene 6Louis Andriessen, Reinbert de Leeuw
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  21. 171
    Banteay Srey 1991Carl Stone
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  22. 172
    The Wave (feat. Doja Cat & Left Brain)Pregnant Boy, Doja Cat, Left Brain
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  23. 173
    Klavierstuck V, Work No. 4Karlheinz Stockhausen, Fredrik Ullén
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  24. 174
    Violin Concerto, Op. 36: I. Poco AllegroArnold Schoenberg, Hilary Hahn, Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen
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  25. 175
    Compositions 1960: No. 13 - Arr. for GuitarLa Monte Young, Noël Akchoté
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  26. 176
    Katedra BotanikiArne Nordheim, Biosphere, Deathprod
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  27. 177
    Remedios the BeautyOren Ambarchi
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  28. 178
    Composition 1960 No. 7La Monte Young, Jeroen van Veen
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  29. 179
    Compositions 1960: Piano Piece for Terry Riley - Arr. for GuitarLa Monte Young, Noël Akchoté
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  30. 180
    Le Grand Macabre: Akt I - Dies irae, dies illaGyörgy Ligeti, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, ORF Chor, Elgar Howarth
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  31. 181
    In CTerry Riley, Bang On A Can All-Stars, Maya Beiser, David Cossin, Steve Gilewski, Scott Kuney, Michael Lowenstern, Wu Man, Lisa Moore, Todd Reynolds, Mark Stewart, Danny Tunick, Evan Ziporyn
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  32. 182
    Intolleranza 1960 (Sung in German): Act I Scene 5: Die Folterung (Tortured Emigrants, Voice of Sartre)Luigi Nono, Wolfgang Neumann, Maria Kowollik, Judy Berry, Ina Schlingensiepen, Armin Kolarczyk, Bart Driessen, Anne-Katrin Auch, Wolfgang von Borries, Heinrich Brockerhoff, Achim Rikus, Bremen Theatre Chorus, Bremen Theatre Extra Chorus, Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra, Gabriel Feltz
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  33. 183
    Breaking BreadMatmos
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  34. 184
    Our Exquisite Replica of "Eternity"Gastr Del Sol
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  35. 185
    MielisaurusAlamaailman Vasarat
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  36. 186
    Luci mie traditrici, Act II: Questa notte non vi tratterrò tantoSalvatore Sciarrino, Nina Tarandek, Christian Miedl, Ensemble Algoritmo, Marco Angius
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  37. 187
    Drumming - Four Tet RemixSteve Reich
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  38. 188
    Ultimate Care II Excerpt OneMatmos
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  39. 189
    Ligeti: Piano Etudes [Book Two]: XIII. L'escalier du diableGyörgy Ligeti, Jeremy Denk
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  40. 190
    7 Papillons: No. 5. —Kaija Saariaho, Anssi Karttunen
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  41. 191
    4 Gesänge, Op. 2: I. Schlafen, schlafenAlban Berg, Matthias Goerne, Daniil Trifonov
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  42. 192
    Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play 5Philip Glass, Michael Riesman, Marc Jacoby, Philip Gavin Smith, Philip Glass Ensemble
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  43. 193
    CorkscrewOren Ambarchi
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  44. 194
    Scenes From "Elegy For Young Lovers" - German Version By L. Landgraf With The Collaboration Of W. Schachteli & H.W. Henze: Ah! Schnee fällt aufs BlütenmeerHans Werner Henze, Liane Dubin, Catherine Gayer, Martha Mödl, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Thomas Hemsley, Loren Driscoll, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, members, Members of the Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin
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  45. 195
    Au gré des ondes (Arr. K. Hesketh): V. Hommage à Bach [À Claude Arrieu]Henri Dutilleux, Britten Sinfonia, Jac van Steen
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  46. 196
    Symphonic Metamorphosis of THemes:Ⅱ - RemixPaul Hindemith, That Brothers
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  47. 197
    Tierkreis, Work No. 41 1/2: No. 7. LeoKarlheinz Stockhausen, Peter Söderberg, Sven Aberg
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  48. 198
    Education of The Girlchild: TravellingMeredith Monk, Collin Walcott
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  49. 199
    KailashaÉliane Radigue
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  50. 200
    Au JusCarl Stone
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