Alfred Schnittke – Alto CD https://altocd.com Classical Music and Nostalgia CDs Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:44:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Alfred Schnittke: Concerto Grosso 1, 2 https://altocd.com/product/alfred-schnittke-concerto-grosso-1-2/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:43:42 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=52006 Alfred Schnittke: Concerto Grosso 1, 2 Tatiana Grindenko (violin) Moscow Philharmonic Soloists Yuri Bashmet Oleg Kagan (violin) Natalia Gutman (cello) USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Catalogue Number: ALC 1341 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Time: 61:54, stereo 1986/8 Barcode: 5055354413414]]>
(C.G No.1) “This is a special work. It begins with a dialogue between the soloists, cello and viola which seems very elaborated. Then starts a Handel-like concerto grosso sound which is in that context very mad. Soon join drums and electrical guitar to the orchestra. This is a great fun and could be called a remix of old classical music with modern parts … Orchestra, Soloists and Conductor are the best of that time in Russia” (Discogs)

  • Concerto Grosso No. 1 for Two Violins, Harpsichord,
    Prepared Piano and Strings (1977)
  • [1] I. Prelude
  • [2] II. Toccata
  • [3] III. Recitative
  • [4] IV. Cadence
  • [5] V. Rondo
  • [6] VI. Postlude
  • Concerto Grosso No. 2 for Violin, Cello and Orchestra (1982)
  • [7] I. Andantino – Allegro
  • [8] II. Pesante
  • [9] III. Allegro
  • [10] IV. Andantino
]]> Alfred Schnittke: Viola & Cello (no.1) Concertos https://altocd.com/product/alfred-schnittke-viola-cello-no-1-concertos/ Wed, 31 Jan 2024 23:42:57 +0000 https://amuletts.com/altocd/?post_type=product&p=51886 Alfred Schnittke: Viola & Cello (no.1) Concertos Yuri Bashmet (viola) Natalia Gutman (Cello) USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra Gennady Rozhdestvensky Catalogue Number: ALC 1311 Number of Discs: 1 Date/Runtime: Time: 77:44, DDD, 1986/7 Barcode: 5055354413117]]> “Both these especially lyrical works were composed specifically for (these) star players whose recordings have generally been accepted as definitive….(Viola) Improving on Yuri Bashmet’s recordings…was never going to be an easy task. Other performers may play the piece, but Bashmet lives it” (Cello):“The Schnittke concerto was written for Gutman, and she takes possession of it with playing that blazes with emotional conviction as well as technical command…(It) comes to life…in a finale that seems to cross the anguished soul-searching of the last section of Berg’s Violin Concerto with the heaven-storming assertions that conclude Mahler’s Third Symphony. Schnittke added (this) after his near fatal illness in 1985, and its blend of triumph and foreboding is awesome” (© Gramophone)

    Viola Concerto (1985) (35.21)

  • [1] Largo 4:52
  • [2] Allegro molto 13:00
  • [3] Largo 17:39

    • Cello Concerto No.1 (1986) (42.14)

  • [4] Pesante. Moderato 14:58
  • [5] Largo 10:23
  • [6] Allegro vivace 3:34
  • [7] Largo 13:18
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