The DeuxDuel 20th-Century Classical lineup
24 songs · 23 artists · 1951–2026 · listed A–Z, not ranked
What this list is
DeuxDuel draws from 24 songs when it builds a 20th-Century Classical matchup. Two of them appear side by side, you play a 30-second preview of each, and you pick the one you would rather hear. Every track here is a real Apple Music catalogue song, hand-picked for this category — not pulled from a streaming chart — and voting needs no music subscription.
The order below is alphabetical by artist. It is not a ranking and does not imply one.
No ranking is published for 20th-Century Classical yet. DeuxDuel only publishes a chart once a category has real head-to-head evidence behind it, so this page shows the lineup and nothing more. How the ranking works.
Every song in 20th-Century Classical
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Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copland & London Symphony Orchestra · 1956 -
3 Gymnopédies: No. 1, Lent et douloureux
Aldo Ciccolini · 1956 -
6 Gnossiennes: No. 1, Lent
Aldo Ciccolini · 1956 -
String Quartet No. 8 in C Minor, Op. 110: II. Allegro molto
Alinde Quintet · 2025 -
Pavane pour une infante défunte, M. 19
Carlo Maria Giulini & Philharmonia Orchestra · 1966 -
Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L. 86
Czech Philharmonic, Serge Baudo & Géza Novák · 2000 -
The Firebird Suite: Infernal Dance of King Kastchei
Erich Leinsdorf & Boston Symphony Orchestra · 1991 -
Deux arabesques, L. 66: No. 1 (Transcr. H. Renié)
Ernitine Stoop & Amsterdam Sinfonietta · 1995 -
Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64: Dance of the Knights
Esa-Pekka Salonen & Berlin Philharmonic · 1988 -
Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz. 106: III. Adagio
Herbert von Karajan & Philharmonia Orchestra · 1951 -
Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
Iona Brown, Sir Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Trevor Connah, Stephen Shingles & Kenneth Heath · 1972 -
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C Major, Op. 26: I. Andante – Allegro
Isata Kanneh-Mason, Philharmonia Orchestra & Ryan Bancroft · 2026 -
Rhapsody in Blue
James Levine & Chicago Symphony Orchestra · 1981 -
Waltz No. 2, from Suite for Variety Orchestra
Jouko Harjanne & Tuomas Turriago · 2023 -
Appalachian Spring Suite: VII. Variations on a Shaker Hymn "Simple Gifts". Doppio movimento
London Symphony Orchestra & Antal Doráti · 1962 -
Pines of Rome, P. 141: IV. I pini della Via Appia
London Symphony Orchestra & István Kertész · 1969 -
La Mer, L. 109: I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer
London Symphony Orchestra & Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos · 1989 -
Gayaneh: Sabre Dance
London Symphony Orchestra & Stanley Black · 1989 -
Symphony No. 5 in D Minor, Op. 47: IV. Allegro non troppo
Mstislav Rostropovich & London Symphony Orchestra · 2005 -
Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring): Danses Des Adolescentes
Pierre Boulez & The Cleveland Orchestra · 1970 -
Daphnis et Chloê, M. 57: Lever du jour
Pierre Boulez, New York Philharmonic & Camerata Singers · 1975 -
Piano Concerto in G Major, M. 83: II. Adagio assai
Seong-Jin Cho, Boston Symphony Orchestra & Andris Nelsons · 2025 -
The Lark Ascending
Vernon Handley, London Philharmonic Orchestra & David Nolan · 1987 -
An American in Paris
Zubin Mehta & New York Philharmonic · 1991
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