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Charles Wuorinen: Chamber Music / Peter Serkin

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-03-29

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Scherzo for piano; Quartet for Strings no 1; Viola Variations; Piano Quintet no 2
Performers: Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Mills, Jesse; Serkin, Peter [Piano]; Sherry, Fred [Cello]

Charles Wuorinen's staggeringly prolific output has been remarkably consistent yet tremendously varied. This disc presents the first commercial recordings of three recent pieces, along with...continue...

American Classics - Wuorinen: The Dante Trilogy

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-01-29

Works: Charles Wuorinen: The Mission of Virgil; The Great Procession, ballet; The River of Light, ballet
Performers: Bush, Phillip; Carroll, Paul [Percussion]; Cobb, Timothy; Finn, Michael; Grant, Cameron; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Kay, Alan R.; Kolor, Thomas; Macomber, Curtis; Moredock, Richard; Neubauer, Paul; Oldfat...
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: Contemporary Music Group

In his long composing life, Charles Wuorinen has drawn on an extremely wide range of intellectual and musical inspirations, including many from science and literature....continue...

Adapting to the Times - Charles Wuorinen / James Winn

1 CD / Albany Records / 2006-11-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Katz Fugue, for piano; Christes Crosse, for voice & piano; Short Pieces (12), for piano; Self-Similar Waltz, for piano; Album Leaf for Howard Klein; Violin Variations; Album Leaf fo...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin; Farnum, Elizabeth; Hudson, Benjamin; Macomber, Curtis; Nonken, Marilyn; Schick, Steve; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Winn, James

"Thanks to Wuorinen's connections and his credibility as a pianist, the performers here are of the highest quality-many of them were members of Wuorinen's Group...continue...

American Classics - Wuorinen: String Sextet, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-09-26

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Sextet for Strings; Quartet for Strings no 2; Divertimento; Piano Quintet
Performers: Gordon, Joshua [Cello]; Hudson, Benjamin; Macomber, Curtis; Martin, Lois; Oppens, Ursula; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; St. John, Scott [Violin]; Zeavin, Carol; Zori, Carmit
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music; Tashi

"Suddenly feeling the weight of Beethoven, Brahms, and Bartok on his shoulders, Wuorinen's penchant for prolix, perversely disquieting dysrhythmia gives way to traditional forms of...continue...

Charles Wourinen Series - Genesis

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-08-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Genesis, oratorio for chorus & orchestra; Ave Christe of Josquin; A Solis Ortu; Mass for the Restoration of St. Luke in the Fields
Performers: Alessi, Joseph [Trombone]; Chaney, Harold; Macomber, Curtis; Pugh, Jim [Trombone]; Taylor, David; Wuorinen, Charles
Conductors: De Waart, Edo; Wuorinen, Charles
Ensemble: ; New York Virtuoso Singers