 Laborintus II is a recording of the 1965 composition of the same name by Luciano Berio , who wrote it for the 700th anniversary of Dante <unk> 's birth . The libretto was provided by Edoardo Sanguineti , who included elements of his 1956 poem Laborintus in it . AllMusic 's Thom Jurek described the original poem as speaking of " the <unk> of love and mourning , while acting as a critique of the <unk> of all things " . In addition to Sanguineti 's own poetry — itself based on themes found in Dante 's <unk> <unk> , <unk> and La Vita <unk> — the work uses <unk> from the Bible and the writings of poets T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound . Musically , Laborintus II incorporates elements of jazz and electronic music while sometimes <unk> the style of Italian composer Claudio <unk> . 
