John Corigliano’s music has been commissioned, performed, and recorded by some of the most prominent orchestras, soloists, and chamber musicians in the world. He is the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, five Grammy Awards, the Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition, and an Oscar. The Piano Concerto ranges in expression between lyricism and atonality and is extremely virtuosic and theatrical, while the competition piece Fantasia on an Ostinato investigates the performer’s imagination and musicality through minimalist techniques. The devilish discipline of Étude Fantasy contrasts with the improvisatory origins of Winging It, while Prelude for Paul echoes the soul of Rachmaninov.

Naxos releases of John Corigliano’s works include the Grammy award-winning premiere recording of his percussion concerto The Conjurer (8559757) which was considered ‘Fresh, vital, vigorous; contemporary music of quality, winningly played’ in MusicWeb International, and his violin concerto The Red Violin (8559671) admired as ‘a total winner’ by ClassicsToday.com.