Canon
Where to start with Corigliano
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralClarinet Concerto
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StageThe Red Violin — Film score
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VocalA Black November Turkey, for chorus
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ChamberBlack November Turkey
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KeyboardChiarascuro, for 2 pianos
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OrchestralSymphony no. 1
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OrchestralThe Mannheim Rocket
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VocalA Dylan Thomas Trilogy, for vocal soloist, chorus, and orchestra
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StageAltered States — Film score
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ChamberChaconne from The Red Violin, for violin and piano
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OrchestralConjurer, concerto for percussionist and string orchestra
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VocalDodecaphonia, for voice and piano
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OrchestralElegy, for orchestra
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KeyboardEtude Fantasy
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ChamberFancy on a Bach Air, for cello
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Corigliano's catalogueMost Popular
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Symphony No. 1written in response to the AIDS epidemic — each movement mourns a specific friend
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The Red Violin (film score)
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Clarinet Concerto
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Pied Piper Fantasyflute concerto
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Fantasia on an Ostinato
Most Acclaimed
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Symphony No. 1
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String Quartet
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Ghosts of Versaillesopera — the first Met commission in 25 years
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Of Rage and Remembrancesymphony movement revised as memorial
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Mr. Tambourine Mansoprano + orchestra — 7 songs on Dylan texts
Most Weird
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Fantasia on an Ostinatopiano — one short Beethoven fragment repeated for 15 minutes, gradually transforming
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Gazebo Dances
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Symphony No. 2 for string orchestradrawn from his String Quartet
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Tournaments Overture
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A Dylan Thomas Trilogymassive choral-orchestral work — 35 years in composition
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 42
- Orchestral
- Clarinet Concerto
- Symphony no. 1
- The Mannheim Rocket
- Conjurer, concerto for percussionist and string orchestra
- Elegy, for orchestra
- Fantasia on an Ostinato
- Phantasmagoria
- Summer Fanfare
- Symphony no. 2
- Symphony no. 3, for large wind ensemble, "Circus Maximus"
- The Red Violin, chaconne for violin and orchestra
- The Red Violin, suite for violin and orchestra
- To Music
- Violin Concerto, "The Red Violin"
- Voyage, for flute and string orchestra
- Stage
- The Red Violin — Film score
- Altered States — Film score
- The Ghosts of Versailles, — Opera
- Vocal
- A Black November Turkey, for chorus
- A Dylan Thomas Trilogy, for vocal soloist, chorus, and orchestra
- Dodecaphonia, for voice and piano
- Fern Hill, for mezzo-soprano, chorus, and orchestra
- L'Invitation au Voyage, for a cappella chorus
- Marvelous Invention, for voice and piano
- Mr. Tambourine Man: Seven Poems of Bob Dylan, for voice and orchestra
- Of Rage And Remembrance, for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, male chorus, and orchestra
- One Sweet Morning, for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
- Three Irish Folk Songs Settings, for voice and flute
- Vocalise, for voice, electronics and orchestra
- Chamber
- Black November Turkey
- Chaconne from The Red Violin, for violin and piano
- Fancy on a Bach Air, for cello
- Snapshot: Circa 1909
- String Quartet
- The Red Violin Caprices, for violin
- Violin Sonata
- Keyboard
- Chiarascuro, for 2 pianos
- Etude Fantasy
- Fantasia on an Ostinato
- Gazebo Dances, for piano 4-hands
- Kaleidoscope, for 2 pianos
- Winging It, improvisations for piano