Anthony Burton introduces works first performed in 1975. Rameau Les Boreades
Orchestra of the 18th Century, conductor Frans Briiggen
Viktor Ullman Der Kaiser von Atlantis
(Scene 3)
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra, conductor Lothar Zagrosek
Ligeti San Francisco Polyphony
Swedish RSO, conductor Elgar Howarth Shostakovich Four Verses of Captain Lebyadkin Yevgeni Nesterenko
(bass), Yevgeni Shenderovich (piano) Schnrttke Prelude in Memoriam
Dmitri Shostakovich
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Boulez Rituel in Memoriam Bruno
Maderna BBC Symphony Orchestra, conducted by the Composer Producer Philip Tagney
SOUNDING THE CENTURY