WUORINEN: Works for Violin and Piano (1969-1983)....

WUORINEN: Works for Violin and Piano (1969-1983). Benjamin Hudson, violin; Garrick Ohlsson, piano with members of Speculum Musicae. Bridge BCD 9008 (compact disc). Wuorinen, the ultimate maximalist even when writing for solo piano (“Blue Bamboula”), solo violin (“The Long and the Short”) or the two together (“Six Pieces,” “Spinoff” and “Fantasia”), composes music that is dense in notes and allusion. He demands much of performers--the two here are outstanding--and listeners, far more than most of the latter will think is worth the effort.