| 1. |
Milton Babbitt (b. 1916) --
Excerpt from Philomel (1964). Bethany Beardslee, soprano. (4:43) |
| 2. |
John Cage (1912-1992) -- 4'33" (1952). David Tudor, piano. (4:33) |
| 3. |
John Cage -- Excerpt from Indeterminacy (1950-59). John Cage, voice,
and David Tudor, piano. (5:55) |
| 4. | George Crumb (b. 1929) --
Sections 6 and 7 from Black Angels (1970). Kronos Quartet. (3:10) |
| 5. | La Monte Young
(b. 1935) -- Excerpt from 90 XII 9 c. 9:35-10:52 PM NYC The Melodic Version (1984)
of the Second Dream of the High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer from the Four Dreams
of China (1962) (1990). The Theater of Eternal Music Brass Ensemble. (4:30) |
| 6. | Terry Riley (b. 1935) --
Rainbow in Curved Air (1969). (18:47) |
| Philip
Glass (b. 1936) -- Two excerpts from Einstein on the Beach (1976).
Philip Glass Ensemble, cond. Michael Riesman. |
| 7. | "Building" (7:30) |
| 8. | "Knee 5 (Two Lovers)" (5:30) |
| 9. | Steve Reich (b. 1936) --
Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices, and Organ (1973). (16:47) |
| 1. | John Zorn
(b. 1953) -- Excerpt from Spillane (1985). () |
| 2. |
John Adams (1947-) -- Excerpt from movement 1 of Harmonielehre
(1987). Edo de Waart cond. San Francisco Symphony. (9:59) |
| 3. | David Del Tredici
(b. 1937) -- Excerpt from In Memory of a Summer Day (1983). Phyllis Bryn-Julson,
soprano, with Leonard Slatkin cond. St. Louis Symphony Orchestra. (4:45) |
| 4. |
John Corigliano (b. 1938) -- Movement II "Tarantella" from Symphony #1
(1990). Daniel Barenboim cond. Chicago Symphony Orchestra. (8:42) |
| 5-6. | Steve Reich (b. 1936) --
Two excerpts from Drumming (1973). Steve Reich and Musicians. (3:15, 3:41) |
| 7. | Kevin Volans(b. 1949)--First
movement from White Man Sleeps (1985). Kronos Quartet. (3:41) |
| 8. | Lou Harrison
(1917-2003)-- Threnody for Carlos Chavez (1979). Susan Bates, viola, and Gamelan
Sekar Kembar (7:16) |
| 9. | David Borden
(b. 1938)-- Excerpt from Part 6 from The Continuing Story of Counterpoint (1978).
Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece () |
| 10. | Laurie Anderson
(b. 1947)--"New Jersey Turnpike" from United States (1980). Laurie Anderson and
musicians. (5:00). |
| 11. | Paul Dresher
(b. 1951) -- "Sleeping with the Light On" from Slow Fire (1984). Rinde Eckert
and the Paul Dresher Ensemble (6:09) |
| 12. | Michael Daugherty
(b. 1954) -- Excerpt from Sing Sing: J. Edgar Hoover (1992). Kronos String Quartet
(with tape) (3:08) |