program:
[01] HeartShadow for piano (2005) 09:19
[02] The long and the short for violin solo (1969) 10:23
[03] Harpsichord Divisions (1966) World Premiere Recording 14:31
[04] Violin Variations (1972) 17:49
Six Pieces for Violin and Piano (1977) 19:29
[05] No.1 01:36
[06] No.2 02:30
[07] No.3 01:49
[08] No.4 04:28
[09] No.5 04:15
[10] No.6 04:51
Total playing time: 72:35
Anna Skouras, violin
Andrew Skouras, piano & harpsichord
Press:
“Twelve-tone”
On March 30.3.2019nd, XNUMX Dr. Jürgen Schaarwaechter up www.classik.com:
An exemplary look at Charles Wuorinen's instrumental chamber music work.
This collection of solo works for piano, harpsichord, violin and chamber music for violin and piano spans almost forty years - an exciting journey through the sound world of the New Yorker, who celebrated his 2018th birthday in 80. Charles Wuorinen has made a name for himself as a genuine twelve-tone composer, for whom, according to the extremely clever booklet text, twelve-tone technique has become second nature. The fact that it always sounds new and exciting testifies to its diverse yet clearly recognizable tonal language. (...) One can hardly imagine a more convincing plea for the chamber music composer Wuorinen.
05/2016
“Often relegated to the 'easy to admire, difficult to love' category, Charles Wuorinen (b1938) has amazed a sizeable output in a variety of media whose intellectual rigor does not preclude engaging or playful qualities. (…) Anna and Andreas Skouras are the dedicated violinist and keyboardist in this rewarding Music, combining in Six Pieces (1977) for a cycle whose initially disjunctive contrasts quickly reveal a powerfully cumulative momentum no less typical of this composer.”
(Richard Whitehouse)