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audiophile recordings of 12 tone/serialist works

What are your favorite 12 tone, serialist, or other 20th century recordings for pure sonic excellence?

Here are some of mine:
1. original LP pressing of Webern columbia box set (Craft)
2. Schoenberg piano pieces on nonsuch (Paul Jacobs)
3. Ligeti string quartets on Wergo (Arditti)
4. John Cage number pieces on Mode (CD only)
5. Morton Feldman 'Coptic Light' (Michael Tilson Thomas)
Just to name a few...
chashmal

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chashmal OP
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Rushton: I have never heard Martino. Is he a 12 tone composer? I am going to poke around and see if I can find some. (My secret reason for the thread is revealed: getting more music!)

I wish I had the original pressings of some of your listings.
chashmal OP
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I am continually learning to appreciate how vast the nonsuch catalogue is!
chashmal OP
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Fool that I am, I just paid an embarassing $75 for the Nonesuch LP of Paul Jacobs playing the Schoenberg piano pieces over the internet. The thing that did it: it was still sealed. It blows the CD away, and I will get many many plays from it, so I do not regret the obscene and ridiculous price.
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