Naxos Schubert Lied Edition on Spotify

"In what is the perfect introduction to Schubert's world of songs, acclaimed pianist Ulrich Eisenlohr accompanies the élite of today's young German Lieder singers to give superior performances in this ongoing recording project of Schubert's Lieder, totalling over 700 songs set to poetry from classical Greece, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from 18th-century German authors, early Romantics, Biedermeier poets, and Heine. All recordings are supplemented by German and translated English sung texts online." - Official site

Get this edition in one Spotify playlist: Naxos Schubert Lied Edition (672 tracks, 35 volumes, 38 CDs, total time: 41 hours) Ctrl (CMD) + G to browse in album view. Albums are sorted by volume number. Check out booklets and original German texts with English translation on Naxos.

P.S. The Franz Schubert: Complete Chronological Catalogue D. 1 - 998 has been updated accordingly. Original post here.

Charles Ives: Complete Chronological Catalogue

"For all his singularity, the Yankee maverick Charles Ives is among the most representative of American artists. Optimistic, idealistic, fiercely democratic, he unified the voice of the American people with the forms and traditions of European classical music. The result, in his most far-reaching work, is like nothing ever imagined before him: music at once unique and as familiar as a tune whistled in childhood, music that can conjure up the pandemonium of a small-town Fourth of July or the quiet of a New England church, music of visionary spirituality built from the humblest materials--an old gospel hymn, a patriotic tune, a sentimental parlor song. The way in which Ives pursued his goal of a democratic art, and his career of creating at the highest level of ambition while making a fortune in the life insurance business, perhaps could only have happened in the United States. And perhaps only there could such an isolated, paradoxical figure make himself into a major artist." - Jan Swafford

This playlist is a roughly chronological collection of Ives' works; compiled after the list of works on AllMusic, sorted by year. Two realizations (by Larry Austin and Johnny Reinhard) of the Universe Symphony are included, as well as two versions (1908 and 1935) of The Unanswered Question, Emerson Concerto, and A Concord Symphony. For the Holiday Symphony, I put the four movements, composed from 1897 to 1913, in their chronological place, and also included a performance of the complete piece (assembled around 1917). The playlist starts with Bernstein's discussion of Ives, and ends with John Adams's orchestral version of five Ives songs.

Get this collection in one Spotify playlist: Charles Ives: Complete Chronological Catalogue (400 tracks, total time: 25 hours). Ctrl (CMD) + G to browse in album view.

John Adams: Complete Chronological Collection, So Far

"John Coolidge Adams (born 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer with strong roots in minimalism. His best-known works include Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986), On the Transmigration of Souls (2002), a choral piece commemorating the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2003), and Shaker Loops (1978), a minimalist four-movement work for strings. His well-known operas include Nixon in China (1987), which recounts Richard Nixon's 1972 visit to China, and Doctor Atomic (2005), which covers Robert Oppenheimer, the Manhattan Project, and the building of the first atomic bomb." - Wikipedia

Works in this playlist, with links to introductory articles:

• Christian Zeal and Activity (1973)
• China Gates (1977)
• Phrygian Gates (1977)
• Shaker Loops (1978) Both the string septet and string orchestra version are included.
• Common Tones in Simple Time (1979)
• Harmonium (1980)
• Grand Pianola Music (1982)
• Light Over Water (1983)
• Harmonielehre (1985)
• Nixon in China (1987) Libretto here.
• The Chairman Dances  (1985)
• Tromba Lontana (1986)
• Short Ride in a Fast Machine (1986)
• Fearful Symmetries (1988)
• The Wound-Dresser (1989)
• Eros Piano (1989)
• The Black Gondola (1990) Orchestration of Liszt's La lugubre gondola.
• The Death of Klinghoffer (1991)
• Berceuse élégiaque (1991) arrangement for small orchestra of Busoni's Berceuse Élégiaque.
• Choruses from The Death of Klinghoffer (1991)
• El Dorado (1991)
• Chamber Symphony (1992)
• Hoodoo Zephyr (1993)
• Le Livre de Baudelaire (1993) Orchestration of Debussy's Cinq poèmes de Charles Baudelaire.
• Violin Concerto (1993)
• Six Songs by Charles Ives (1993) Arrangements of Ives' songs.
• John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994)
• I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky (1995)
• Lollapalooza (1995)
• Road Movies (1995)
• Gnarly Buttons (1996)
• Hallelujah Junction (1996)
• Todo Buenos Aires (1996) Orchestration of Piazzolla's tango.
• Century Rolls (1997)
• Naive and Sentimental Music  (1998)
• El Niño (2000) 
• American Berserk (2001)
• Guide to Strange Places (2001)
• On the Transmigration of Souls (2002)
• The Dharma at Big Sur (2003)
• My Father Knew Charles Ives (2003)
• A Flowering Tree (2006)
• Doctor Atomic Symphony (2007)
• Son of Chamber Symphony (2007)
• String Quartet (2008)

Get this collection in one Spotify playlist: John Adams: Complete Chronological Collection (247 tracks from 45 albums, total time: 28 hours) Ctrl (CMD) + G to browse in album view. Try this Nonesuch compilation first if you don't know where to start. Photo from here.

Béla Bartók: Complete Chronological Catalogue

Do you remember the music in Kubrick's Shining, when Danny first rides past and notices room 237 on his tricycle? That's Béla Bartók's Music For Strings, Percussion & Celesta, which also can be heard when Wendy and Danny walk into the hedge maze for the first time; and when Danny goes up to his room to retrieve his fire engine.

Béla Bartók (1881 - 1945) is one of the most important composers of the 20th century and is regarded, along with Liszt and Ligeti, as Hungary's greatest composer (though Liszt barely spoke the language, and his Hungarian Rhapsodies have more to do with Gypsy bands rather than Hungarian folk music). Through his collection and analytical study of folk music, he was one of the founders of ethnomusicology.

Bartók transcribing folk music from an Edison phonograph, ca. 1910s.

This playlist was compiled after the chronological list of compositions on Wikipedia (sorted by Sz number; also including works not in Szőllősy's catalogue). From Scherzo-Fantasie (1897) to the unfinished Viola Concerto (1945). Two completions of the latter are included. The six string quartets, a monumental achievement of 20th century music, were taken from six complete sets. For the lovely Romanian Folk Dances, in addition to the original piano version, I also put in four arrangements, including the violin & piano version recorded by Szigeti and Bartók in 1930. They also made the recording of Contrast (for clarinet, violin & piano) used in this playlist, together with Benny Goodman. For The Miraculous Mandarin, an arrangement for 2 pianos made by the composer is also included. Hungaroton's complete Bartók edition is not completely on Spotify (and out of print elsewhere), so a few early and obscure works are missing.

Get this collection in one Spotify playlist: Béla Bartók: Complete Chronological Catalogue (692 tracks, total time: 35 hours). Ctrl (CMD) + G to browse in album view. You can find an introduction to Bartók from the Musically Speaking series at the beginning of the playlist.

Morton Feldman: Complete Chronological Catalogue on Spotify

"We do not hear what we hear..., only what we remember."  - Morton Feldman

"A major figure in 20th century music, Morton Feldman was a pioneer of indeterminate music, a development associated with the experimental New York School of composers also including John Cage, Christian Wolff, and Earle Brown. Feldman's works are characterized by notational innovations that he developed to create his characteristic sound: rhythms that seem to be free and floating; pitch shadings that seem softly unfocused; a generally quiet and slowly evolving music; recurring asymmetric patterns. His later works, after 1977, also begin to explore extremes of duration." - Wikipedia

This playlist is a collection of Feldman's works sorted in chronological order, after the list on this Feldman site. From First Piano Sonata [(To Bela Bartok)] (1943), to For Samuel Beckett (1987). Two Mode albums have wrong metadata, like Variation for Piano in this album was tagged as Nature Pieces. I have informed Spotify about this issue, and compiled the playlist using the right tracks, despite the wrong titles. Correct trackslists of the two albums here: 1, 2.

Get this collection in one Spotify playlist: Morton Feldman: Complete Chronological Catalogue (277 tracks, total time: 49 hours) Ctrl (CMD) + G to browse in album view. If you are not familiar with this composer, try Coptic Light, Trio, Three Voices, and the Dance Suite first.

Touched By The Hand Of Eno: 150 Tracks From 150 Brian Eno Recordings on Spotify

"Ambient pioneer, glam rocker, hit producer, multimedia artist, technological innovator, worldbeat proponent, and self-described non-musician -- over the course of his long, prolific, and immensely influential career, Brian Eno was all of these things and much, much more. Determining his creative pathways with the aid of a deck of instructional, tarot-like cards called Oblique Strategies, Eno championed theory over practice, serendipity over forethought, and texture over craft; in the process, he forever altered the ways in which music is approached, composed, performed, and perceived, and everything from punk to techno to new age bears his unmistakable influence."  - AllMusic

This playlist features 150 tracks handpicked from 150 albums/EPs/singles that credit Eno as composer, instrumentalist, vocalist, mixing engineer or producer, sorted in chronological order. No cover version here, though every Eno fan should hear Music for Airports played by Bang On A Can, and Icebreaker's rendition of Apollo. Below is a list of albums included; titles are linked to articles in which details about Eno's involvement can be found. His contribution to the selected tracks are noted in the brackets.

• 1971 Cornelius Cardew: The Great Learning (as member of the Scratch Orchestra) 
• 1972 Roxy Music: Roxy Music (Eno produced some self-styled "lunacy" when Ferry asked him for a sound "like the moon" for the track "Ladytron")
• 1972 Matching Mole: Little Red Record (synthesizer on "Gloria Gloom")
• 1973 Roxy Music: Pyjamarama (Single, Eno as band member)
• 1973 Roxy Music: For Your Pleasure (Eno is very present in the final song/title track from the album)
• 1973 Brian Eno: Here Come The Warm Jets
• 1974 Robert Calvert: Captain Lockheed And The Starfighters (Eno on synthesizer, as Brian Peter George St John La Baptiste De La Salle)
• 1974 John Cale: The Man Who Couldn't Afford to Orgy/ Sylvia Said (Single from Fear)
• 1974 John Cale: Fear ("Gun" features an unusual two-man guitar solo from Manazanera and Eno, with the latter using a synthesizer to process the former's guitar playing in real-time)
• 1973 Various Artists: June 1, 1974 (Eno played synthesizer on Nico's cover of The End)
• 1974 Lady June: Lady June's Linguistic Leprosy (Eno helped out on "Tunion" and was also sole composer of the music for one of the other tracks, Optimism.)
• 1974 Nico: The End (Eno on synthesizer)
• 1974 Brian Eno: Taking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)
• 1974 Genesis: The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway (adding vocal F/X on Gabriel's voice during The Grand Parade Of Lifeless Packaging, another source)
• 1974 John Cale: Slow Dazzle (Eno on synthesizer)
• 1975 Phil Manzanera: Diamond Head ("Big Day" co-written and sung by Eno)
• 1975 Quiet Sun: Mainstream (Eno - synthesizer, treatments & Oblique Strategies)
• 1975 Robert Wyatt: Ruth Is Stranger Than Richard (Eno played guitar & synthesizer on "5 Black Notes And 1 White Note")
• 1975 Robert Calvert: Lucky Leif And The Longships (Produced by Eno)
• 1975 Brian Eno: Another Green World
• 1975 John Cale: Helen Of Troy (Eno on synthesizer)
• 1975 Gavin Bryars: The Sinking Of The Titanic (Produced by Eno)
• 1975 Brian Eno: Discreet Music
• 1975 David Toop / Max Eastley: New And Rediscovered Musical Instruments (Produced by Eno)
• 1976 Michael Nyman: Decay Music (Produced by Eno)
• 1976 Simon Jeffes: Music From The Penguin Cafe (Produced by Eno)
• 1976 Harold Budd: The Pavilion Of Dreams (Produced by Eno)
• 1976 Brian Eno: Music For Films
• 1976 801: Live (Eno – keyboards, synthesizers, guitar, tapes and vocals)
• 1976 David Bowie: Low (Produced by Eno)
• 1976 Ultravox: Ultravox! (Produced by Eno)
• 1976 Harmonia 76: Tracks & Traces (collaboration with Harmonia)
• 1977 Brian Eno: Before And After Science
• 1977 Cluster & Eno: Cluster & Eno
• 1977 801: Listen Now (Eno - guitar treatment, chorus piano, synthesizer)
• 1977 David Bowie: Heroes (Produced by Eno)
• 1977 Camel: Rain Dances (Eno - Mini Moog, Electric piano and Piano on "Elke")
• 1978 Devo: Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! (Produced by Eno)
• 1978 Talking Heads: More Songs About Buildings And Food (Produced by Eno)
• 1978 Eno / Moebius / Roedelius: After The Heat 
• 1978 Brian Eno: Music For Airports
• 1978 David Bowie: Lodger (Produced by Eno)
• 1979 Talking Heads: Fear Of Music (Produced by Eno) 
• 1979 David Byrne/Brian Eno: My Life In The Bush Of Ghosts
• 1980 Talking Heads: Remain In Light (Produced by Eno)
• 1980 Laraaji :Day Of Radiance (Produced by Eno)
• 1980 Jon Hassell / Brian Eno: Fourth World No. 1: Possible Musics
• 1981 David Byrne: The Catherine Wheel (Eno co-wrote, played bass and piano on "Two Soldiers")
• 1982 Brian Eno: On Land
• 1982 Material: One Down (Eno co-wrote "Holding On")
• 1983 Brian Eno: Music For Films, Volume 2
• 1983 Brian Eno with Daniel Lanois and Roger Eno: Apollo - Atmospheres & Soundtracks
• 1984 Harold Budd / Brian Eno: The Pearl
• 1984 U2: The Unforgettable Fire (Produced by Eno)
• 1984 Brian Eno: Dune (collaboration with Toto)
• 1984 Jon Hassell: Power Spot (Bass on "Wing Melodies")
• 1985 Brian Eno: Thursday Afternoon
• 1985 U2: Wide Awake in America (Produced by Eno)
• 1985 Michael Brook: Hybrid (Produced by Eno)  
• 1985 Roger Eno: Voices
• 1985 Teresa De Sio: Africana (co-wrote and played on the last track)
• 1986 He Said: Hail (Eno played a Yamaha DX7 synthesiser on the track I Fall into Your Arms)
• 1987 U2: The Joshua Tree (Produced by Eno)  
• 1987Jon Hassell: The Surgeon Of The Nightsky Restores Dead Things By The Power Of Sound
• 1987 Harold Budd: The White Arcades (Produced by Eno)
• 1987 Pieter Nooten / Michael Brook: Sleeps With The Fishes
• 1988 Jon Hassell / Farafina: Flash Of The Spiri (Co-produced by Eno)
• 1988 Brian Eno: Opera Soundtrack
• 1988 U2: Rattle & Hum (Eno - keyboards on "Heartland")
• 1989 Zvuki Mu: Zvuki Mu (Produced by Eno)
• 1989 Daniel Lanois: Acadie (Eno co-wrote "White Mustang II")
• 1989 Terry Riley: In C (mixed by Eno)
• 1989 John Cale: Words For The Dying (Eno co-wrote most tracks)
• 1989 Neville Brothers: Yellow Moon (Eno - keyboards, sound effects, vocals on "A Change Is Gonna Come")
• 1990 Geoffrey Oryema: Exile (Eno co-wrote and played on "Land of Anaka")
• 1991 The Walkabouts: Scavenger (Eno: Synthesizer and back-up vocals on "Train to Mercy")
• 1991 U2: Achtung Baby (Produced by Eno)
• 1992 Michael Brook: Cobalt Blue (Eno co-wrote "Ultramarine")
• 1992 Brian Eno: Nerve Net
• 1992 Peter Gabriel: Us (Eno - additional keys on track 2)
• 1992 Brian Eno: The Shutov Assembly
• 1993 Depeche Mode: I Feel You (Remixed by Eno)
• 1993 Brian Eno: Neroli
• 1993 Slowdive: Souvlaki (Produced by Eno)
• 1993 U2: Zooropa (Produced by Eno)
• 1993 Jane Siberry: When I Was A Boy (Produced, and played Shaker and oboe on track #1 "Temple") 
• 1993 James: Laid (Produced by Eno)
• 1993 Geoffrey Oryema: Beat The Border (Eno - Keyboards on track 8)
• 1994 Depeche Mode: In Your Room (Remixed by Eno) 
• 1994 Bryan Ferry: Mamouna (Keyboards on ""Wildcat Days") 
• 1994 Laurie Anderson: Bright Red (Co-wrote and produced "Poison")
• 1994 James: Wah Wah (Produced by Eno)
  
• 1994 Suede: The Wild Ones ("Eno's Introducing the Band")
• 1995 Laurie Anderson: The Ugly One With The Jewels (Keyboards on track 13)
• 1995 EBN: Telecommunication Breakdown (Eno gives a little creepy breathing room for the track "Homicidal Schizophrenic")
• 1995 Help
• 1995 David Bowie: Outside (Produced by Eno)
• 1995 Passengers: Original soundtracks1 (As band member) 
• 1995 Passengers: Miss Sarajevo (As band member) 
• 1996 Joseph Arthur: Big City Secrets (Vocals on "Mercedes")
• 1997 Tim Booth: Booth And The Bad Angel (Vocals on "Butterfly's Dream")
• 1997 David Bowie: Earthling (Co-wrote "I'm Afraid of Americans")
• 1997 James: Whiplash (Produced by Eno)
• 1997 Robert Wyatt: Shleep ( Arranged and played keyboards on "Heaps of Sheep")
• 1997 Can: Sacrilege (track 1 remixed by Eno)
• 1998 U2: If God Will Send His Angels (Back vocals on "Slow Dancing")
• 1998 Baaba Maal: Nomad Soul (Co-wrote "Lam Lam")
• 1998 James: Millionaires (Produced by Eno)
• 2000 Sinead O'Connor: Faith & Courage (Eno produced, played piano on "Emma's Song")
• 2002 Various Artists: Makrodelia 2
• 2000 Sikter: Now, Always, Never (Eno co-produced, and provided back vocals & piano on "Time and Space") 
• 2001 U2: All That You Can't Leave Behind (Produced by Eno) 
• 2001 Brian Eno and J. Peter Schwalm: Drawn From Life
• 2001 James: Pleased To Meet You (Produced by Eno)
• 2002 Bryan Ferry: Frantic (Eno co-wrote and played on "I Thought")
• 2003 John Cale: HoboSapiens (Drum track on "Bicycle")
• 2003 UNKLE: Never, Never, Land (Synthesizer, effects, sampler on "I Need Something Stronger")
• 2003 Damien Dempsey: Seize The Day (Atmospheric guitar on "It's All Good")
• 2003 Robert Wyatt: Cuckooland (Vocal on "Forest")
• 2004 Rachid Taha: Tékitoi? (Eno co-wrote "Dima")
• 2005 BJ Cole: Trouble In Paradise (Credited for "processing" on "Milkshake Roadmap")
• 2005 Bronagh Gallagher: Precious Soul (String arrangements on "Hooks")
• 2005 Damien Dempsey: Shots (Vocals on first track)
• 2005 Brian Eno: Another Day On Earth
• 2005 Coldplay: X & Y (Synthesizer on "Low")
• 2005 Fovea Hex–Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent (Vocals and fretless bass on opening track)
• 2006 Paul Simon: Surprise (Eno co-wrote and provided sound landscape for "Outrageous")
• 2006 RE-TROS: Cut Off! (Eno played keyboards on this EP during vacation in China)
• 2006 J. Peter Schwalm: Musikain (Vocals on "No Order")
• 2006 Various Artists: Plague Songs
• 2006 Jools Holland & His Rhythm & Blues Orchestra: Moving Out To The Country (Eno covers "Dreaming My Dreams With You")
• 2007 Bryan Ferry: Dylanesque (electronics" on "If Not for You")
• 2007 Robert Wyatt: Comicopera (Keyboards on "Stay Tuned"
• 2007 Daniel Lanois: Here Is What Is ( "Blue Bus" is an alternative version of "Deep Blue Day" from Apollo)
• 2007 Belinda Carlisle: Voila (Eno on kerboards)
• 2007 Leo Abrahams: The Unrest Cure (Vocals on"No Frame")
• 2007 Coldplay: Viva La Vida, or Death And All His Friends (Produced by Eno)
• 2007 David Byrne & Brian Eno: Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
• 2008 Grace Jones: Hurricane (Eno - production, keyboards, backing vocals on title track)
• 2008 Dido: Safe Trip Home (Eno co-wrote "Grafton Street")
• 2009 U2: No Line On The Horizon (Produced by Eno)
• 2009 Natalie Imbruglia: Come To Life (Includes the song "Lukas", produced by Brian during sessions with Coldplay)
• 2009 Various Artists: Athens (including a track with Brian and Karl Hyde, "Beebop Hurry".)
• 2010 Bryan Ferry: Olympia (Ssynthesizer on "Alphaville")
• 2010 Brian Eno: Small Craft On A Milk Sea
• 2010 Coldplay: Christmas Lights (Produced by Eno)
• 2011 Fovea Hex: Here Is Where We Used To Sing (Keyboards on "Every Evening")
• 2011 Anna Calvi: Anna Calvi (vocals and piano on "Desire")
• 2011 Seun Kuti: From Africa With Fury: Rise (Co-produced by Eno)
• 2011 Andrea Corr: Lifelines (Eno played keyboards and contributed sounds & backing vocals on "Pale Blue Eyes")
• 2011 Coldplay: Mylo Xyloto (Produced by Eno)

Get this collection in one Spotify playlist here: Brian Eno: Musician, Composer & Producer - Complete Chronological Collection (150 tracks from 150 albums) Ctrl (CMD) + G to browse in album view, and click cover art or album title to browse full album. See this page for an annotated discography. Set the playlist on shuffle and enjoy some Golden Hours on Radio Eno. Look forward to add new recordings soon.

Klavier Wind Recording Project on Spotify

"Since its inception in 1989, the Klavier Wind Recording Project, under the creative direction of Eugene Migliaro Corporon. has been praised worldwide by composers, conductors, critics and listeners for its innovation, excellence and professional standards. These state-of-the-art digital recordings have indentified and preserved the standard repertoire and encouraged composers around the world to contribute to the ever-growing legacy of quality literature by making their new works immediately available to thousands of listening enthusiasts. The series highlights the fact that wind symphony, in its many forms thoughout hundreds of years of music history, has been and continues to be a significant original medium for serious artistic expression. In the last 18 years the project has yielded 34 recordings which feature the creative work of hundreds of world renowned composers." - Official site

8th New York State Militia Band, in Arlington, Virginia, 1861. Source

Get this collection in one Spotify playlist: Klavier Wind Recording Project (Concert Band Music) (437 tracks, total time: 41 hours) Ctrl (CMD) + G to browse in album view. It features all 34 recordings in this series, sorted by release date, with the latest albums at the top. Look up the official site for more information about each recording.

Leonard Bernstein the Composer: Complete Chronological Catalogue on Spotify

"As composer, conductor, and educator, Leonard Bernstein emerged as one of a handful of figures in the twentieth century who truly changed the face of music. As a composer, Bernstein left a far-reaching legacy that includes three symphonies, a film score of singular distinction, (On the Waterfront), and an important body of stage works, including one of the cornerstones of American musical theater, West Side Story. The first American-born conductor to attain international superstardom, Bernstein made a profound impression on audiences; his podium manner was dynamic, even flamboyant, to an extent never before witnessed. Bernstein's extroverted manner attracted much criticism from those who dismissed him as a mere exhibitionist; his advocates, however, far outnumbered his detractors." - AllMusic

Works in this playlist, with links to program notes:

• Psalm 148, for voice & piano, 1935 
• Music for Two Pianos, 1937
• Piano Trio, 1937
• Piano Sonata, 1938
• Sonata for violin & piano, 1940
• Sonata for clarinet & piano, 1942
• Symphony No.1 ("Jeremiah"), for mezzo-soprano & orchestra, 1942
• 7 Anniversaries, for piano, 1943
• I Hate Music, cycle of "5 kid songs" for soprano & piano, 1943
• Dream With Me, song for voice & piano with obbligato cello, 1944
• Fancy Free, ballet, 1944
• New York, New York, song for voice & piano (from "On the Town"), 1944
• Some Other Time, song (from "On the Town"), 1944
• On the Town, musical, 1944
• 3 Dance Episodes from "On the Town", for orchestra, 1945
• Hashkiveinu, for tenor, chorus & organ, 1945
• Lonely Me, song for voice & piano (originally written for "On the Town"), 1945
• Facsimile, ballet, 1946
• La Bonne Cuisine: 4 recipes, for voice & piano, 1947
• Rinah, Hebrew folksong arranged for chorus & orchestra, 1947
• Simchu Na, for chorus & piano, 1947
• 4 Anniversaries, for piano, 1948
• Brass Music, pieces (5) for piano, trumpet, horn, trombone & tuba, 1948
• 5 Anniversaries, for piano, 1949
• Prelude, Fugue & Riffs, for clarinet & jazz ensemble, 1949
• Symphony No. 2 ("The Age of Anxiety"), for piano & orchestra or 2 pianos, 1949
• Peter Pan, musical, 1950
• Yigdal, Hebrew liturgical melody for chorus & piano, 1950
• Silhouette (Galilee), song for voice & piano, 1950
• Trouble in Tahiti, opera in 1 act, 1951
• It's Love, song (from "Wonderful Town"), 1953
• Wonderful Town, musical in 2 acts, 1953
• Serenade (after Plato: Symposium), for violin, harp, percussion & strings; also for violin & piano, 1954
• Candide, operetta in 2 acts, 1955
• On the Waterfront, symphonic suite, 1955
• Sabras (4), for piano, 1955
• The Lark, incidental music for countertenor, chorus & percussion, 1955
• Glitter and Be Gay, for soprano & orchestra (from "Candide"), 1956
• Make Our Garden Grow, song for voice & orchestra or piano (from "Candide"), 1956
• Overture to Candide, for orchestra, 1956
• West Side Story, musical, 1957
• I Feel Pretty, song (from "West Side Story"), 1957
• Maria, song (from "West Side Story"), 1957
• Somewhere, song (from "West Side Story"), 1957
• Tonight, song (from "West Side Story"), 1957
• The Firstborn, incidental music for voice & chorus, 1958
• Bridal Suite, for 2 pianos, 1960
• Symphonic Dances from "West Side Story", 1961
• Fanfare for the inauguration of J. F. Kennedy, for brass ensemble, 1961
• Symphony No. 3 ("Kaddish"), for soprano, speakers, choruses & orchestra, 1963
• Chichester Psalms, for boy soloist, chorus & orchestra, 1965
• So Pretty, song for voice & piano, 1968
• A Simple Song, for voice & piano, 1971
• Mass, theatre piece for singers, players & dancers, 1971
• Meditations (2) from "Mass", for orchestra, 1971
• Dybbuk, ballet, 1974 
• Dybbuk, Suite No.1, for tenor, bass & orchestra, 1974 
• Dybbuk, Suite No.2 (Eight Dances), for orchestra, 1974
• 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, musical, 1976
• A White House Cantata, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, 1976
• Candide, suite from the operetta in 2 parts for voices, chorus & orchestra, 1977
• 3 Meditations from "Mass", for cello & orchestra; also for cello & piano, 1977
• Slava! A Political Overture, for orchestra, 1977
• Songfest, song cycle for 6 singers & orchestra or piano, 1977
• Piccola Serenata, vocalise for voice & piano, 1979
• A Musical Toast, for orchestra, 1980
• Divertimento, for orchestra, 1980
• Halil, nocturne for flute solo, piccolo, alto flute, percussion & harp; also for flute, piano & percussion, 1981
• Olympic Hymn, for chorus & orchestra, 1981
• Touches (Chorale, 8 Variations & Coda), competition test piece for piano, 1981
• A Quiet Place, opera, 1984
• Concerto for Orchestra (Jubilee Games), for orchestra, 1986
• 13 Anniversaries, for piano, 1988
• Arias & Barcarolles, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, strings & percussion (or piano duet), 1988
• Missa Brevis, for alto, chorus & percussion (or 7 violins & percussion), 1988
• Dance Suite, for brass quintet & optional percussion, 1989
• Vayomer Elohim (Let There Be Light), for voice & piano, 1989

Get this collection in one Spotify playlist: Leonard Bernstein the Composer: Complete Chronological Catalogue (485 tracks, total time: 27 hours) Ctrl (CMD) + G to browse in album view. For Bernstein's music lectures, see this playlist. Photo by George Zimbel.

György Ligeti: Complete Chronological Catalogue & Études Mix

"György Ligeti was one of the most important avant-garde composers in the latter half of the twentieth century. He stood with Boulez, Berio, Stockhausen, and Cage as one of the most innovative and influential among progressive figures of his time. His early works show the influence of Bartók and Kodály, and like them, he studied folk music and made transcriptions from folk material. In Apparitions (1958-1959) and Atmosphères (1961), he developed a style forged from chromatic cluster chords that are devoid of conventional melody, pitch and rhythm, but instead grow into timbres and textures that yield new sonic possibilities. The composer referred to this method as "micropolyphony." In Aventures (1962), Ligeti devised a vocal technique in which the singers are required to make a full range of vocalizations, cries and nonsense noises to fashion a kind of imaginary, non-specific drama, but with rather specifically expressed emotions. Ligeti was almost alone among progressive composers from the latter twentieth century who have written popular and widely performed music." AllMusic

This chronological playlist was compiled after the lists of works on Wikipedia, Schott Music, and gyorgy-ligeti.com. It features recordings from the Ligeti Edition (Sony), Ligeti Project (Teldec) and dozens more albums. At the end,I added another set of the 18 Études from 18 different albums, including notable new releases from Yuja Wang, Jeremy Denk, and Pour Irina played by its dedicatee Irina Kataeva.

Get this collection in one the Spotify playlist: György Ligeti: Complete Chronological Catalogue & Études Mix (299 tracks, total time: 16 hours) Ctrl (CMD) + G to browse in album view. For Ligeti's music used in Kubrick's films, see this previous playlist.

Robert Fripp: Collaborations & Guest Appearances

I used to be a big fan of King Crimson, and collected over 50 DGM CDs (by the way I am 28). I still regard Robert Fripp as a formidable guitarist; his attempt to fight unlicensed services like Grooveshark has my utmost support, but his dogmatic attitude towards digital music finally made me give up listening to King Crimson regularly.

What are successful artists doing nowadays? Beastie Boys gave 50 cameras to fans before a concert, asked them to shoot the gig in different angles and made a feature film. Grateful Dead had a long history of helping bootleggers to tape their concerts, and guess what? When they released a giant 73-CD, $450 box-set of the Europe '72 tour last year, the initial 7200 copies of the limited edition were sold out in four days, and made the Dead $3.24 million. I wonder if the annual revenue of DGM exceeds that figure.

I have no intention to embarrass Mr. Fripp as a businessman. It is his music and his call. But as a fan, I can't help but feel sorry for King Crimson, because the decision of not having their music available on iTunes, Amazon MP3 or any digital service including Spotify is damaging their own legacy. Kids today couldn't care less about your too-precious-to-be-digitized music.

I compiled a playlist for recordings that Fripp played guitar on, or contributed Soundscapes. Including David Bowie's Heroes, Brian Eno's St. Elmo's Fire, Future Sound of London's Flak, various projects with King Crimson alumni (Trey Gunn, Tony Levin, Adrian Belew & John Wetton) and many more.

Get this collection in one Spotify playlist here: Robert Fripp: Collaborations & Guest Appearances (75 tracks from 75 albums) Ctrl (CMD) + G to browse in album view. Complete discography here. I noticed that when Europa String Choir's album The Starving Moon, originally a DGM release, was re-licensed to other labels and became available on Spotify, the sole track Fripp played on (ironically, it's titled The Saving Grace) was deleted. I admire Mr. Fripp's determination, and sincerely hope he leaves Bowie and Eno alone.