A taster's choice
How to sample modern orchestral music? Here's an eclectic list of short works that span the century.
The Unanswered Question - Charles Ives
Classical Symphony - Sergei Prokofiev
La Valse - Maurice Ravel
Music for Strings, Percussion, & Celeste - Bla Bartk
Circus Polka - Igor Stravinsky
Symphonic Metamorphoses - Paul Hindemith
Appalachian Spring - Aaron Copland
Knoxville: Summer of 1915 - Samuel Barber
Overture to Candide - Leonard Bernstein
Threnody - Krzysztof Penderecki
Pied Piper Fantasy - John Corigliano
Short Ride in a Fast Machine - John Adams
The Shadows of Time - Henri Dutilleux
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