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He has been making records for decades

Super intelligent songs with smart lyrics and infectious melodies

autobiographical songs about being abandoned by his mother and father

Acrimante's attempt to seduce Ipomene (Donna Anna)

with Bo Carter

the Showa Recital Hall in Tokyo

brings Ruders's gripping 80-minute score vividly to life

Awarded the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Music and described as "

With them comes the opportunity to zero in not just on the intellect of their lyrics and the complexity of their (often competing) emotions

Here Andrew Litton leads the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in a program which explores this lighter side of a composer who is otherwise often regarded as unrelentingly serious

" "Sweet Dreams

the release on CD included several extra songs