Alfred Schnittke - Concerto Grosso No.1; Concertos for Oboe & Harp; and for Piano

Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934 -1998)

Concertos

Concerto Grosso I Für 2 Violinen, Cembalo, Präp. Klavier Und Streicher (1977)

Konzert Für Oboe, Harfe Und Streichorchester (1971)

Konzert Für Klavier Und Streichorchester (1979)

Helen Jahren (oboe) 

Kjell Axel Lier (harp) 

Patrik Swedrup (violin) 

Christian Bergqvist (violin) 

Roland Pöntinen (piano)

New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra

Lev Markiz

Recorded August 20/22, 1987 (tracks 1 to 6 & 8) and September 5/6, 1987 (track 7)

 at Danderyd Grammar School, Sweden.

Kapustin & Schnittke - Cello Concertos

Transitions

Nikolai KAPUSTIN (1937-2020)

Cello Concerto No. 1, Op. 85

Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)

Cello Concerto No. 1

Eckart Runge (cello)

Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Frank Strobel

Recording: Berlin, RBB, Haus des Rundfunks, 9.-10-3.2018 / 30.9.-2.10.2019

Alfred Schnittke - Chamber Music - Prelude in Memoriam Dimitri Shostakovich

Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)

Chamber Music

Prelude in Memoriam Dimitri Shostakovich, for two violins (1975)

MOZ-ART for two violins (1976)

Stille Musik for violin and cello (1979)

A Paganini for violin solo (1982)

Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan for violin solo (1990)

Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan for cello solo (1990)

Trio for violin, cello and piano (1992)

Oleg Krysa violin

Alexander Fischer violin II

Torleif Theden cello

Tatiana Tchekina piano

Alfred Schnittke - Concerto Grosso No.1; Symphony No.9

Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)

Concerto grosso No.1, version for flute, oboe, harpsichord, prepared piano and string orchestra (1988) 

Symphony No.9 (reconstruction by Alexander Raskatov) (1997) 

Sharon Bezaly (flute)

Christopher Cowie (oboe)

Cape Philharmonic Orchestra

Owain Arwel Hughes

rec. December 2008, Hugo Lambrechts Auditorium, Cape Town

World première recording Concerto grosso No.1 in this version

 

Schnittke - Music featured in Volker Schlöndorff´s film ´Der Neunte Tag´ (Cello Concerto No1; Concerto grosso No.1)

Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)

Music featured in Volker Schlöndorff´s film ´Der Neunte Tag´ (The Ninth Day)

Concerto grosso No.1*

Cello Concerto No.1

Roland Pöntinen (Piano)*

Patrik Swedrup; Christian Bergqvist (Violins)*

New Stockholm Chamber Orchestra*

Lev Markiz, conductor*

Danish National Symphony Orchestra

Torleif Thedéen (Cello)

Leif Segerstam, conductor

Recording Date: 20-22 August 1987 (Concerto Grosso No. 1); 

2-3 November 1989 (Cello Concerto No. 1)

Alfred Schnittke - The Film Music Edition (4 CD Set)

Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)

Film Music Edition

Die Geschichte von einem unbekannten Schauspieler / The story of an unknown actor (Alexander Sarchi / Mosfilm 1976) [18:38]

Die Kommissarin / The Commissar (Alexander Askoldow / Mosfilm 1967/87) [47:26]      

Clowns und Kinder / Clowns and Children (Alexander Mitta, Mosfilm 1976) [8:57]

Der Walzer / The Waltz (Viktor Titow / Mosfilm 1969) [11:09]

Die Glasharmonika / The Glass Harmonica (Andrei Khrzhanovsky, 1968) [20:46]

Der Aufstieg / The Ascent (Larissa Schepitko / Mosfilm 1976) [14:15]    

Das Märchen der Wanderungen / The Fairytale of the Wanderings (Alexander Mitta, Mosfilm 1982/83) [44:55]

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (Alexander Sguridi / ZentrNaútschFilm, 1976) [24:03]         

Sport, Sport, Sport (Elem Klimow, Mosfilm 1970) [25:21]  

Die Abenteuer eines Zahnarztes / The adventures of a dentist (Elem Klimow, Mosfilm 1965) [24:36]

Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Frank Strobel

rec. Jesus Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem, 2003-2005

4 CDs

Schnittke - In Memoriam, Viola Concerto

Alfred Schnittke: 

In Memoriam; Viola Concerto

Nobuko Imai 

Lev Markiz 

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

In Memoriam, for orchestra (orchestral version of the Piano Quintet)

Viola Concerto

Alfred Schnittke - Symphony No.4; Three Sacred Hymns

Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)

Three Sacred Hymns

Symphony No.4

 

  Dmitri Pianov tenor

  Elena Adamovich harpsichord

  Evgeniya Khlynova celesta

  Yaroslav Zdorov counter-tenor

  Igor Khudolei piano

 

  Russian State Symphonic Cappella

  Russian State Symphony Orchestra

  Valeri Polyansky

 

Schnittke - Requiem; Piano Concerto

Alfred Schnittke: 

Requiem; Piano Concerto

Ludmila Kuznetsova, Vsevolod Grivnov, Anaida Agadzhanian, Olga Sizova, Olga Tal , Tatiana Sharova, 

Valeri Polyansky (Conductor), Russian State Symphony Orchestra/Chorus, 

Igor Khudolei (Piano) 

Schnittke - The Complete String Quartets

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998)

The Complete String Quartets

Kronos Quartet

Alfred Schnittke - Symphony No.7; Cello Concerto No.1

Alfred Schnittke

Symphony No.7; Cello Concerto No.1

Alexander Ivashkin (Cello)

Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Valeri Polyansky

Alfred Schnittke - Symphony No.6, Concerto Grosso No.2

Alfred Scnittke (1934-1998)

Symphony No.6

Dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich and the National Symphony Orchestra of the USA

Concerto Grosso No.2*

No. 2*Dedicated to Oleg Kagan and Natalia Gutman

Tatiana Grindenko violin

Alexander Ivashkin cello

Russian State Symphony Orchesta

Valeri Polyansky

*Recorded in memory of Alfred Schnittke by soloists Tatiana Grindenko, the co-dedicatee of Schnittke's Concerti grossi Nos 1 & 3, and Alexander Ivashkin

Alfred Schnittke - Symphony No.0; Nagasaki (Oratorio for mezzosoprano, Chorus and Orchestra)

Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)

Symphony No.0 

Nagasaki (Oratorio for mezzosoprano, Chorus and Orchestra)

Cape Town Opera Voice of the Nation (Chorus)

Cape Philharmonic Orchestra

Conductor: Owain Arwel Hughes

Alfred Schnittke - Symphony No.9; Alexander Raskatov - Nunc Dimitis

Alfred Schnittke

Symphony No. 9

Alexander Raskatov
Nunc dimittis

Dresdner Philharmonie
Dennis Russell Davies 

Elena Vassilieva mezzo-soprano
The Hilliard Ensemble
Recorded January 2008, Lukaskirche, Dresden

Arvo Part - Tabula Rasa; Fratres; Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten

Arvo PART ()

Tabula Rasa

Fratres (for violin and piano)

Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten

Fratres (for 12 celli)

Tabula rasa

Gidon Kremer (violin)

Keith Jarrett (piano)

Staatsorchester Stuttgart 

Dennis Russell Davies 

The 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra 

Tatjana Grindenko (violin)

Alfred Schnittke (prepared piano)

Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra 

Saulius Sondeckis

Recorded November 1977, October 1983

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Alfred Schnittke - Peer Gynt (Complete Ballet)

Alfred  SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)

Peer Gynt (Complete Ballet)

Royal Opera Stockholm

Eri Klas

Alfred Schnittke - Faust Cantata, Ritual, Passacaglia

Alfred SCHNITTKE (1934-1998)

Ritual for large symphony orchestra (1984/85)

(K)ein Sommernachtstraum for large orchestra (1985)

Passacaglia for large orchestra (1980)

Seid nüchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata) for contralto,

counter-tenor, tenor, bass, mixed chorus and orchestra

(1982/83)

Bass Cold, Ulrik

Tenor Devos, Louis

Counter-tenor Bellini, Mikael

Mezzosoprano Blom, Inger

Malmö Symphony Orchestra

Malmö Symfonikör

James de Preist

Leif Segerstam