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Wuorinen: Dante Trilogy (Chamber Version)

7/27/2008, 20 Tracks, 1:12:09

Featuring

  • Richard Moredock
  • Cameron Grant
  • Oliver Knussen
  • Rachel Rudich
  • Alan R. Kay
  • Curtis Macomber
  • Fred Sherry
  • Phillip Bush
  • Tom Kolor
  • Benjamin Ramirez
  • Stephen Taylor
  • Michael Finn
  • Paul Neubauer
  • Timothy Cobb
  • Christopher Oldfather
  • Paul Carroll
  • Susan Jolles
  • The Group for Contemporary Music
  • Charles Wuorinen

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Compositional Technique

For practical reasons, each ballet in The Dante Trilogy exists in both chamber and orchestral versions.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

The recordings of The Great Procession and The River of Light are world première recordings.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The three ballets in The Dante Trilogy correspond to the books of Dante's Commedia: The Mission of Virgil to Inferno, The Great Procession to Purgatorio, and The River of Light to Paradiso.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The chamber version of The Mission of Virgil is scored for two pianos, The Great Procession for six players, and The River of Light for thirteen players.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The chamber version of The Great Procession was commissioned by the Christian Humann Foundation for the New York New Music Ensemble.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Wuorinen's music for The Dante Trilogy focuses on detail and atmosphere, rather than attempting to mirror the entire narrative of Dante's Commedia.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Charles Wuorinen wrote The Dante Trilogy between 1993 and 1996 for Peter Martins and the New York City Ballet.

Source: Booklet

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