Corigliano: Symphony No.1 / Of Rage and Remembrance
Corigliano's most famous piece of music is the score to the filmAltered States.Actually, all of his music kind of sounds like that-- alternating moments of poignant lyricism with explosions of rhythmic energy. The  son of the former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, Corigliano  literally grew up around the orchestra. So it's no surprise that his music is  orchestrated with almost preternatural skill and brilliance. The First Symphony,  inspired in part by the AIDS tragedy, is both an angry and a moving work.  Leonard Slatkin plays it with the kind of manic energy the music demands, and  the sound quality is terrific.--David Hurwitz