François Bayle and Bernard Parmegiani pooled their considerable resources to create a setting of the Divine Comedy for narrator and electronics with Parmegiani setting the Inferno section and Bayle adapting Purgatory and Paradise. Both work have a lot of narration in French, so those who don't know the language may not get as much out of it, but the electronic sounds are facinating in and of themselves.
In truth, I've never read the Divine Comedy - I've tried (in English) but the poem seemed so full of references to Italian politics and history that I couldn't follow it very easily, I got through a good part of Inferno but never even broached the other two books. Given that I'm very interested in electronic music, this may be a good way to access the poem.
Paul von Klenau: Symphony no.4, "Dante-Sinfonie" (1913) & "Paolo & Francesca", Symphonic Poem (1913) Still under-recorded, probably due to German connections before and during WWII, this ambitious composer belonged to Berg´s circle.
Rued Langgaard:"The Hell of Dante" for Organ (1951) & "The Fire Chambers/Flammekamrenne" for Piano (1933)
Granados:"Dante", Symphonic Poem (1908)
Poul Ruders:"1st Piano Sonata, Dante" (1970)
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Felix Glonti:"Symphony no.6, Vita Nova" (1974)
William Wallace:"The Passing of Beatrice", Symphonic Poem no.1 (1892)
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