John Corigliano won an Oscar in 1999 for his film score to François Girard's film, The Red Violin, which he later developed into a violin concerto.
Performer Biography
Hila Plitmann, the soprano on this album, won a GRAMMY® Award in 2009 for 'Best Classical Vocal Performance' for Corigliano's song cycle Mr. Tambourine Man.
Performer Biography
Dame Evelyn Glennie, the percussionist on this album, is the first person in musical history to sustain a full-time career as a solo percussionist.
Composer Biography
John Corigliano, the composer, has created over one hundred chamber, vocal, choral, and orchestral works, including three symphonies and eight concertos.
Composition History
The piece Vocalise was commissioned by the New York Philharmonic for an event called Messages for the Millennium in 1999, where composers were asked for their message on the eve of the new millennium.
Composer's Artistic Vision
John Corigliano often begins his compositions by posing a musical problem and then writing the piece as a solution to that problem.
Composer's Artistic Vision
For Vocalise, John Corigliano aimed to integrate amplification and electronic manipulation into classical music, believing that the medium can be the messenger for a composer's message.
