Classical Tops 2006

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These were the top modern composition / classical recordings that the Wire magazine gave in 2006, following on from my last post about Julian Anderson. 

Julian Anderson  - Book Of Hours (Nmc)
Luciano Berio  - Sequenzas (Mode)
Gloria Coates  - Symphonies 1, 7, 14 (Naxos)
Julius Eastman  - Unjust Malaise (New World)
Luigi Dallapiccola/Goffredo Petrassie - Musica Da Camera (Mode)
Beat Furrer - Fama (Kairos)
Bernhard Lang - Das Theater Der Wiederholungen (Kairos)
György Ligeti - Complete Piano Music (Bis)
Anthony Pateras & Robin Fox  - Flux Compendium (Editions Mego)
Steve Reich - Different Trains (Black Box)
Wolfgang Rihm - String Quartets Nos 12 & 14 (Col Legno)
Spunk - En Andeles Forferdelig Sykdom (Rune Grammofon)
Jakob Ullmann - Catalogue Of Sounds (Editions RZ)
Iannis Xenakis - Music For Strings (Mode)