Wuorinen, Charles

American Classics - Wuorinen / Shelton, Rothenberg, Brentano String Quartet

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-04-29

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Ashberyana; Praegustatum; Fenton Songs no 1; Fenton Songs no 2; Ave Christe of Josquin; Josquiniana
Performers: Rothenberg, Sarah; Shelton, Lucy [Soprano Vocals]; Williams, Leon
Conductors: Wuorinen, Charles;
Ensemble: Camera of Houston

The music of distinguished American composer Charles Wuorinen is notable for its compositional wit, dynamic virtuosity and intellectual rigor. This CD features vocal chamber works...continue...

Wuorinen: Archaeoptryx / Charles Wuorinen, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-01-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Hyperion; Archaeopteryx; Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16; Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31
Performers: Grant, Cameron; Moredock, Richard; Taylor, David; Winn, James
Conductors: Wuorinen, Charles
Ensemble: St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

To bring together two pieces by Charles Wuorinen with seminal works of Arnold Schoenberg is, in part, to underline a continuity. Wuorinen, exceptionally among his...continue...

Charles Wuorinen Series - Vocal Works

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-11-01

Works: Charles Wuorinen: Two Machine Portraits, for voice & piano; The Long Boat, for voice & English horn; Twang, for mezzo-soprano or soprano & piano; Lightenings VIII; Visible, for voice & violin; Septem...
Performers: Bryn-Julson, Phyllis [Soprano Vocal]; Bush, Phillip; Farnum, Elizabeth; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Ferguson, William; Han, June; Leclair, Jackie; MacPherson, Ryan; Nessinger, Mary; Steinberg, Mark; Winn...
Conductors: ; Wuorinen, Charles
Ensemble: ; Cygnus Ensemble

This series devoted to one of America's most significant composers brings together 12 vocals works, all but one written in the last two decades. Most...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

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

Babbitt: Concerto For Piano And Orchestra; The Head Of The Bed

1 CD / New World / 1992-12-08

Works: Milton Babbitt: Concerto for Piano no 1; Head of the Bed, for soprano, flute, clarinet, violin & cello
Performers: Bettina, Judith; Devendra, Anand; Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Finckel, Chris; Grossman, Henry; Stevens, Cyrus; Underwood, Keith
Conductors: Wuorinen, Charles; Korf, Anthony
Ensemble: ; Parnassus (New York)