"Had Stravinsky been young when he turned to seriealism, he might have sounded like American composer Charles Wuorinen. The unrepentant modernist is writing some great music these days--such as Mass and Genesis, on Koch--with a level of refinement Stravinsky never approached."

David Patrick Stearns, Classical Pulse, February/March 1997

 MASS
New York Virtuoso Singers
Charlers Wuorinen, conductor
A SOLIS ORTU
New York Virtuoso Singers
Charlers Wuorinen, conductor
AVE CHRISTE (Josquin Des Prez)
Charles Wuorinen, piano
GENESIS
Minnesota Orchestra, Minnesota Choral
Edo de Waart, conductor

Koch International Classics CD 3-7336-2H1

Minnesota Orchestra
Minnesota Chorale
New York Virtuoso Singers
Edo de Waart conductor
Charles Wuorinen, conductor and piano

Musicians (Mass):
Hal Chaney, organ
Curtis Macomber, violin
James E. Pugh, trombone
Joseph Alessi, trombone
David Taylor, bass trombone

Genesis (1989) for chorus and orchestra 35:32
Mass for the Restoration of St. Luke in the Fields (1982) 33:40
A Solis Ortu (1989) a cappella 1:15
Ave Christe: Josquin (1988) for solo piano 5:00

Genesis recorded live in Orchestra Hall, Minnespolis (November 1992) by Preston Smith; Mastering by Adam Abeshouse, New York. All other works produced and engineered by Judith Sherman. Mass and A Solis Ortu recorded at St. George’s Episcopal Church, New York (April 1995), Ave Christe recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters (December 1994).
Executive Producer: Howard Stokar

Liner notes by Howard Stokar and Michael Steinberg
Cover: frontpiece from the Bible Moralisée, Austrian National Library

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