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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...

American Classics - Wuorinen: Six Trios

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-02-21

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Trio for Bass Instruments; Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano; Trio for violin, cello & piano; Double Solo for Horn Trio; Trombone Trio
Performers: Borror, Ronald; Braynard, David; Druckman, Daniel; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Hudson, Benjamin; Palma, Donald [Double Bass]; Purvis, William [Horn]; Schulte, Rolf; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Taylor, David; W...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Columbia University Group for Contemporary Music

For all Charles Wuorinen's longstanding reputation as a modernist, his musical career has more in common with those of Brahms and Beethoven than with any...continue...

Charles Wuorinen - On Alligators

1 CD / Tzadik / 2005-02-22

Works: Charles Wuorinen: On Alligators, for flute/piccolo, oboe, clairnet, bassoon & string quartet; Quartet for Strings no 4; Natural Fantasy for organ; Concerto for piano & orchestra, No 3; Concerto for p...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin; Frautschi, Jennifer; Geem, Jack van; Kolkay, Peter; Lim, Sunghae Anna; Neidich, Charles; O'Connor, Tara Helen; O'Neill, Richard; Ohlsson, Garrick; Reuter, Gerard; Rioth, Doug; Sherry, ...
Conductors: Wuorinen, Charles; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: ; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Douglas Rioth (harp); Jennifer Frautschi (violin); Misha Amory, Richard O'Neill (viola); Fred Sherry , Nina Lee (cello); Tara Helen O'Connor (flute, piccolo); Charles Neidich (clarinet); Ge...continue...

Charles Wuorinen Series - The Golden Dance

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-11-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Five, concerto for amplified cello & orchestra; Golden Dance for piano & orchestra; Concerto for amplified violin & orchestra
Performers: Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Zukofsky, Paul
Conductors: Wuorinen, Charles; Blomstedt, Herbert; Inbal, Eliahu
Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Wuorinen: Fast Fantasy / Fred Sherry

1 CD / Albany Records / 2004-04-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Fast Fantasy for cello & piano; Cello Variations; An Orbicle of Jasp, for cello & piano; Cello Variations II; Andante Espressivo, for cello & piano; Cello Variations III; Grand Unio...
Performers: Kolor, Tom; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Wuorinen, Charles

Personnel: Charles Wuorinen (piano); Fred Sherry (cello).

Recording information: American Academy Of Arts And Letters, New York, NY; Recital Hall Of The Purchase College Conservatory Of Mu....continue...

Southwest Chamber Music Composer Portrait Series

12 CD / Cambria / 2002-01-01

Works: Anthony Vazzana: Whispers and Chants, for voice & ensemble; Buccina, suite for horn & piano; Lamentazione; Charles Wuorinen: A Winter's Tale; Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano; A Song to the Lute in Musi...
Performers: Ambroson, Don; Atkinson, James; Blankenburg, Gayle; Boatman, Timm; Bryn-Julson, Phyllis [Soprano Vocal]; Campbell, Nathan; Diamond, Theresa; Dickstein, Marcia; Edmondson, Maggie; Ellis, Tony; Forrest...
Conductors: Schmidt, Jeff von der; Mosko, Stephen; Bergamo, John
Ensemble: ; CalArts Gamelan Ensemble; Mentorship Students from John Muir High School, Pa; Southwest Chamber Music Society

Southwest Chamber Music Composer Portrait Series - Wuorinen

1 CD / Cambria / 2002-01-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: A Winter's Tale; Trio for Horn, Violin & Piano; A Song to the Lute in Musicke, for voice & piano; Christes Crosse, for voice & piano
Performers: Atkinson, James; Blankenburg, Gayle; Bryn-Julson, Phyllis [Soprano Vocal]; Edmondson, Maggie; Ginstling, Gary; Gottschewski, Agnes; Karlin, Jan; Schmidt, Jeff von der; Sims, Amy
Conductors: Schmidt, Jeff von der
Ensemble: Southwest Chamber Music Society

"'Christes Crosse' is a witty, tender, and respectful re-imagination of soprano singing the original tune while the piano presents the other vocal lines. Phyllis Bryn-Julson,...continue...

Charles Wuorinen - Music of Two Decades Vol 1

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2000-05-23

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Trio for Strings; Arabia Felix; Variations for Piano; Variations I for Flute; Variations II for Flute solo; Bearbeitungen über das Glogauer Liederbuch; Speculum Speculi
Performers: Blackwell, Virgil; Blackwood, Easley; DesRoches, Raymond; Dunkel, Paul; Fitz, Richard; Graham, John; Hudson, Benjamin; MacCourt, Donald; Miller, Robert; Oppens, Ursula; Palma, Donald; Schulte, Rolf; ...
Conductors: Sherry, Fred;
Ensemble: Group for Contemporary Music; Speculum Musicae members

Fanfare
The disc is drawn primarily from Nonesuch originals recorded in 1971 and 1974. In addition to restoring some major Wuorinen back into circulation, they serve...continue...

Wuorinen: Chamber Works / Group for Contemporary Music

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Sonata for violin & piano; Quartet for Strings no 3; Fast Fantasy for cello & piano
Performers: Group for Contemporary Music, The; Hudson, Benjamin; Hudson, Benjamin [Strings]; Martin, Lois; Ohlsson, Garrick; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Wuorinen, Charles; Zeavin, Carol
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Ensemble: The Group for Contemporary Music