Schnittke Discoveries
SCHNITTKE, Alfred

Catalogue Number: TOCC0091
EAN: 5060113440914
Release Date: 08 March 2010
Duration: 78:15

Dialogue
Magdalina
Yellow Sound
Piano Preludes
Variations for string quartet

Drosostalitsa Moraiti, piano
Alexander Ivashkin, cello
Ensemble Pentaèdre de Montréal
Jeremy Bell, conductor
Nelly Lee, soprano
Bolshoi Soloists’ Ensemble
Alexander Lazarev, conductor
Liora Grodnikaite, soprano
Oleh Krysa, violin
Natalia Lomeiko, violin
Konstantin Boyarsky, viola

The output of Alfred Schnittke (1934–98) has been documented in recordings more thoroughly than that of any other Russian composer since Shostakovich. But there are a number of works which have not yet been released on CD, and four of the five here are not only first recordings; they also document Schnittke’s stylistic evolution over more than four decades of creative activity, moving from the relatively traditional Preludes, via the serial Dialogue and the experimental Yellow Sound to the elliptical Variations, one of his last works, written in the teeth of enormous physical difficulty.

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Track Listing, MP3 Downloads & Streaming Samples

Track No.	Track Title/Details	Duration	Sample	Download Track
	Six Preludes for piano (1953-54) Alfred Schnittke, composer Drosostalitsa Moraiti, piano (first recording)	18:23
1	1, Moderato	2:30
2	2, Presto	1:44
3	3, Lento	2:57
4	4, Andante	2:16
5	5, Maestoso	4:24
6	6, Fugue	4:32
7	Dialogue for cello and ensemble Alfred Schnittke, composer Alexander Ivashkin, cello Ensemble Pentaèdre de Montréal Jeremy Bell, conductor (recorded live)	12:55
8	Yellow Sound, after Vassily Kandinsky: stage composition for pantomime, instrumental ensemble, soprano and mixed chorus (1974) [Recorded in the presence of the composer] Alfred Schnittke, composer Nelly Lee, soprano Bolshoi Soloists’ Ensemble Alexander Lazarev, conductor (first recording, recorded live)	34:54
9	Magdalina for mezzo soprano and piano (1977) Alfred Schnittke, composer Drosostalitsa Moraiti, piano Liora Grodnikaite, soprano (first recording)	7:53
10	Variations for string quartet (1997) Alfred Schnittke, composer Alexander Ivashkin, cello Oleh Krysa, violin Natalia Lomeiko, violin Konstantin Boyarsky, viola (first recording)	4:10

Artists

Alfred Schnittke, composer

Drosostalitsa Moraiti, piano

Alexander Ivashkin, cello

Ensemble Pentaèdre de Montréal, ensemble
[credit: Bernard Préfontaine]

Jeremy Bell, conductor

Nelly Lee, soprano

Bolshoi Soloists’ Ensemble, ensemble

Alexander Lazarev, conductor

Liora Grodnikaite, soprano

Oleh Krysa, violin

Natalia Lomeiko, violin

Konstantin Boyarsky, viola