Product Review

This exciting series of 2-CD sets from EMI Classics

features music written in the 20th century, a period of enormous upheaval, both political and artistic. During these 100

years music went through an unprecedented period of

revolution and transformation and the music in these sets illustrates

how these changes manifested themselves in the musical landscape. This seventh installment in the 20th-Century Classics

series showcases the depth and range of music offered of the

EMI catalogue: Béla Bartók and Zoltán Kodály from Hungary;

Frederick Delius and Sir William Walton from England; Karl

Hartmann from Germany; Arthur Honegger from Switzerland; Jacques

Ibert and Darius Milhaud from France; Erich Korngold from Czech

Republic; and Heitor Villa-Lobos from Brazil, all go to make up a

fascinating release of ten 2-CD sets. With striking covers and budget prices, these sets

provide a perfect introduction to the exciting music of these modern

composers.