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Tag: Schnittke

Editor's Choice, Music, SQS1 Comment

Schnittke String Quartet no. 1

October 14, 2018October 13, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Kronos Quartet, or below by the Quatuor Molinari The treatment of the instruments and the formal process aim for the impression of a quasi-improvisation in which the “uncertainty” is continually increasing. In the second movement it explodes … Continue reading Schnittke String Quartet no. 1

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Schnittke Violin Concerto no. 1

October 11, 2018October 13, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Mark Lubotsky and the Malmö Symphony Orchestra under Eri Klas, available on Spotify (cover image by Bohdan Lesiv) I see a desperate striving to find myself in the work on this concerto. This quest was very rarely successful, … Continue reading Schnittke Violin Concerto no. 1

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Schnittke Symphony no. 0

October 9, 2018October 7, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Cape Town Philharmonic under Owain Arwel Hughes, available on Spotify (cover image by Serge Kutuzov) Strong arguments exist both for and against publishing works that composers either themselves decided not to publish or later withdrew (or perhaps … Continue reading Schnittke Symphony no. 0

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Schnittke: 8 Pieces for piano

July 30, 2018July 28, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Simon Smith (available on Spotify, but not YouTube) The music of Alfred Schnittke has always delivered on its promise of darkness, but one must occasionally remind oeself [sic] that man could be really funny sometimes; on his misshapen circle, … Continue reading Schnittke: 8 Pieces for piano

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Schnittke Violin Sonata (1955)

May 16, 2018March 28, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Carolyn Huebl, violin; Mark Wait, piano (You can find this recording on Spotify, or with different performers on SoundCloud, but probably only if you’re in the U.S.) (cover image by Jez Timms) Alfred Schnittke published four violin concertos … Continue reading Schnittke Violin Sonata (1955)

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Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, op. 61

February 9, 2018January 26, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Gidon Kremer and The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields under Sir Neville Marriner, with cadenzas by Alfred Schnittke (cover image by Steven Wang) This is one of only a few violin concertos we’ve discussed on the … Continue reading Beethoven Violin Concerto in D, op. 61

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Schnittke Quintet for Piano and Strings

January 27, 2018January 4, 2018 Fugue for Thought

performed by Boris Berman and the Vermeer Quartet, or as below (with the composer’s wife at the piano) I had to take what I wrote from imaginary spaces defined in terms of sound and put it into the psychological space … Continue reading Schnittke Quintet for Piano and Strings

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Schnittke Symphony no. 1

January 1, 2018December 27, 2017 Fugue for Thought

performed by the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra under Leif Segerstam, or below by the USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra under Gennady Rozhdestvensky While composing the symphony for four years, I simultaneously worked on the music to M. Romm‘s film I Believe…. … Continue reading Schnittke Symphony no. 1

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Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for piano and strings

November 29, 2016November 25, 2016 Fugue for Thought

performed by Roland Pöntinen and the New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra under Lev Markiz, or below by Ksenia Kogan and the Korean Chamber Orchestra under Sergey Smbatyan Alfred Garrievich Schnittke was born on 24 November, 1934. His father was born in Frankfurt and moved … Continue reading Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for piano and strings

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