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57/60. Dissent

How did music in the 1960s and 70s express political dissent? Hans Werner Henze used his music to communicate his loathing of Fascism and Henryk Gorecki found a musical voice to fire up a spiritual renewal in Eastern Europe.

Gorecki: Symphony No.3 (Movements Two and Three)
Lento e Largo - Tranquillissimo
Lento, Cantabile-semplice
Dawn Upshaw (soprano)
London Sinfonietta
David Zinman (conductor)
Elektra nonesuch 7559-79282 2 Track 3

Berio: O King
Ensemble Avantgarde
Thomas Michael Gribow (conductor)
MD& G - MDG61307542 Track 3

Gubaidulina: In Croce
Elsbeth Moser (bayan)
Maria Kliegel (cello)
Naxos 8.553557 Track 1

Henze: The Raft of the Medusa - The ballad of the man on the raft
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone)
North German Radio (NDR) Chorus
RIAS Chamber Choir
Members of the St. Nikolai Boys' Choir
North German Radio (NDR) Symphony Orchestra Hamburg
Hans Werner Henze (conductor)
DG 449 871-2 Track 15

Schnittke: Concerto Grosso No 3
Stockholm Chamber Orchestra
Lev Markiz (conductor)
BIS CD 537 Tracks 1, 2




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