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  1. 251
    String Quartet No. 2: I. ModeratoAlfred Schnittke, Duke Quartet
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  2. 252
    6 Chansons: No. 5. En hiverPaul Hindemith, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Marcus Creed
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  3. 253
    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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  4. 254
    Why Patterns?Morton Feldman
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  5. 255
    Samoa: III. —Ensemble Recherche
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  6. 256
    AEIOUBrooklyn Youth Chorus, Wye Oak
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  7. 257
    6 Chansons: No. 2. Un cygnePaul Hindemith, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Marcus Creed
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  8. 258
    6 Encores: No. 3 WasserklavierLuciano Berio, Hélène Grimaud
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  9. 259
    IonePauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis
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  10. 260
    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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  11. 261
    First DateBryce Dessner, LANZ
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  12. 262
    Scene 6Louis Andriessen, Reinbert de Leeuw
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  13. 263
    Klavierstuck V, Work No. 4Karlheinz Stockhausen, Fredrik Ullén
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  14. 264
    Compositions 1960: No. 13 - Arr. for GuitarLa Monte Young, Noël Akchoté
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  15. 265
    Katedra BotanikiArne Nordheim, Biosphere, Deathprod
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  16. 266
    Composition 1960 No. 7La Monte Young, Jeroen van Veen
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  17. 267
    Compositions 1960: Piano Piece for Terry Riley - Arr. for GuitarLa Monte Young, Noël Akchoté
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  18. 268
    Le Grand Macabre: Akt I - Dies irae, dies illaGyörgy Ligeti, Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, ORF Chor, Elgar Howarth
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  19. 269
    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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  20. 270
    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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  21. 271
    Seven Magnificat Antiphons: O WeisheitArvo Pärt, Choir of New College, Oxford, Edward Higginbottom
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  22. 272
    Luci mie traditrici, Act II: Questa notte non vi tratterrò tantoSalvatore Sciarrino, Nina Tarandek, Christian Miedl, Ensemble Algoritmo, Marco Angius
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  23. 273
    Drumming - Four Tet RemixSteve Reich
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  24. 274
    Hymn to a Great CityArvo Pärt, Katia & Marielle Labèque
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  25. 275
    Meal For OneBryce Dessner
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  26. 276
    moonmoonsAnna Meredith
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  27. 277
    Ligeti: Piano Etudes [Book Two]: XIII. L'escalier du diableGyörgy Ligeti, Jeremy Denk
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  28. 278
    7 Papillons: No. 5. —Kaija Saariaho, Anssi Karttunen
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  29. 279
    SleeplessDzeko, Jonas Hahn, Richard Craker
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  30. 280
    Einstein on the Beach: Knee Play 5Philip Glass, Michael Riesman, Marc Jacoby, Philip Gavin Smith, Philip Glass Ensemble
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  31. 281
    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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  32. 282
    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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  33. 283
    Symphonic Metamorphosis of THemes:Ⅱ - RemixPaul Hindemith, That Brothers
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  34. 284
    Tierkreis, Work No. 41 1/2: No. 7. LeoKarlheinz Stockhausen, Peter Söderberg, Sven Aberg
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  35. 285
    Education of The Girlchild: TravellingMeredith Monk, Collin Walcott
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  36. 286
    In Nomine (Instrumentation colorée I)Ensemble Recherche
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  37. 287
    Before the Icons: VI. —Einojuhani Rautavaara, Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Leif Segerstam
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  38. 288
    Symphonic Metamorphosis of THemes:Ⅰ - RemixPaul Hindemith, That Brothers
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  39. 289
    Symphonic Metamorphosis of THemes:ⅡPaul Hindemith, 天之籁音乐
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  40. 290
    Metamorphosis: Metamorphosis One - Metamorphosis OneBruce Brubaker, Philip Glass
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  41. 291
    La MareaBryan Senti, Spencer Zahn, Noah Hoffeld, Czech National Symphony
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  42. 292
    NikePauline Oliveros, Stuart Dempster, Panaiotis
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  43. 293
    Sound PatternsPauline Oliveros, Brandeis University Chamber Chorus, Alvin Lucier
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  44. 294
    Glassworks: OpeningPhilip Glass, Víkingur Ólafsson
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  45. 295
    Die haltbare GraugansHanns Eisler, Holger Falk, Steffen Schleiermacher
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  46. 296
    A Cello Sings in Daventry - LivePublic Service Broadcasting, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Jules Buckley, Seth Lakeman
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  47. 297
    WassermannKarlheinz Stockhausen, Ricciarda Belgiojoso, Walter Prati
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  48. 298
    Horse Sings from CloudPauline Oliveros
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  49. 299
    Inhale ExhaleAnna Meredith
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    WinterTime For Three, Joshua Radin
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