Schreker: Chamber Symphony Romantic Suite / Opera Preludes and Arias / Schmidt: Variations on a Hussar's Song / Busoni: Two studies for Doktor Faust

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 will be the fifth release in the 20th-Century Classics series from EMI Classics. Once again the depth of the EMI catalog is amply illustrated by the range of music offered here all go to make up a fascinating release of five 2-CD sets. With striking covers these sets provide a perfect introduction to the oft-times challenging music of these composers.