Charles Wuorinen, Vol. 3 <br> BRIDGE 9490Charles Wuorinen has always been comfortable in a range of genres, embracing the traditional forms of opera, symphony, or string quartet as readily as he accepts the challenge of composing for the unusual combinations which have become a second norm since Pierrot Lunaire. Nor has any particular focus dominated any period of Wuorinen's nearly sixty year career: his eight symphonies span more than fifty years, his piano concertos forty. He has written

and numerous other ensembles

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The largest composition on this disc is the piano concerto Jeux Deux

Viola includes premiere recordings of new works composed for viola by Steven Mackey (a chamber concerto)

never quite arriving anywhere specific but always feeling as if you are making progress and getting somewhere

This new release contains two of Mozart's greatest concertos

Partita I in B minor

Patrick Mason and Orchestra 2001

Bunita Marcus

Ricercare Plus (2000

the Tanglewood Music Festival

was composed in 1912