Shostakovich – String Quartets – Pacifica Quartet (Vol.4)

The Soviet Experience (Vol.4)

CD 1:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
String Quartet No.13 in B flat major, op.138
String Quartet No.14 in F sharp major, op.142

CD 2:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
String Quartet No.15 in E flat minor, op.144
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998):
String Quartet No.3

Pacifica Quartet

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Schnittke – in Memoriam Shostakovich; Shostakovich – Symphony No.15 – Kremerata Musica

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998):
Prelude in Memoriam Dmitri Shostakovich for Violin and Tape
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975):
Symphony No.15, op.141 bis (arranged for chamber ensmble by Viktor Derevianko)

Gidon Kremer - violin
Clemens Hagen - cello
Vadim Sakharov - piano and celesta
Peter Sadlo - percursion
Edgar Guggeis - percursion
Michael Gärtner - percursion

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Arvo Pärt – Tabula Rasa – Various Artists

tribute to Arvo Pärt on his birthday

(born 11 September 1935)

Arvo Pärt (b.1935):
Fratres - for Violin and Piano *
Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten - for Orchestra +
Fratres - for 12 Cellos #
Tabula rasa - for 2 Violins, prepared Piano and Orchestra §

Gidon Kremer - violin * §
Tatjana Grindenko - violin §
Keith Jarret - piano *
Alfred Schnittke - prepared piano §
The 12 Cellists of the Berliner Philharmoniker #
Staatsorchester Stuttgart +
Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra §
Dennis Russell Davies - conductor +
Saulius Sondeckis - conductor §

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Martinů, Schnittke – Concertos for Two pianos – Piano Duo Genova & Dimitrov

remembering Alfred Schnittke on the anniversary of his death

(November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998)

Bohuslav Martinů (1890-1959):
Concerto for two Pianos and Orchestra
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998):
Concerto for Piano four-hands and Chamber Orchestra
Hommage à Grieg for Violin solo and Orchestra
Polyphonischer Tango for Chamber Ensemble

Duo Genova & Dimitrov
Kathrin Rabus - violin
Radio-Philharmonie Hannover des NDR
Eiji Oue - conductor

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Schnittke, Shchedrin, Gubaidulina – Orchestral works – Vladimir Spivakov

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998):
Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra *
Rodion Shchedrin (b.1932):
Music for the City of Cöthen
Sofiya Gubaidulina (b.1931):
Seven Words for Cello, Bayan and Strings +

Vladimir Krainev - piano *
Friedrich Lips - bayan +
Mikhail Milman - cello +
Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov - conductor

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Hartmann, Stravinsky, Penderecki, Schnittke, Prokofiev – Symphonic Works – Spivakov

Karl Amadeus Hartmann (1905-1963):
Concerto funebre
Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971):
Concerto in D major
Krzysztof Penderecki (b.1933):
Capriccio
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998):
Suite in the Old Style
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953):
Overture on Hebrew Themes, op.34

Moscow Virtuosi
Vladimir Spivakov - conductor

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Schnittke – Concerto Grosso No.1, Quasi una sonata, etc. - Kremer

remembering Alfred Schnittke on his birthday

(November 24, 1934 – August 3, 1998)

Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998):
Concerto Grosso No.1 *
Quasi una Sonata +
Moz-Art à la Haydn #
A Paganini

Gidon Kremer - violin
Tatiana Grindenko - violin * #
Yuri Smirnov - harpsichord & prepared piano * +
The Chamber Orchestra of Europe * + #
Heinrich Schiff - conductor *
Gidon Kremer - conductor + #

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Glass & Schnittke - Violin Concertos - Kremer

Philip Glass (b.1937):
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998):
Concerto Grosso No.5 for Violin, an invisible Piano and Orchestra *

Gidon Kremer - violin
Rainer Keuschnig - piano *
Wiener Philharmoniker
Christoph von Dohnányi - conductor

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Virtuoso Violin Music: Milstein, Schnittke, Ernst, Rochberg - Kremer

Nathan Milstein (1904-1992): Paganiniana for solo violin
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998): A Paganini for solo violin
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1865): Etude VI "Die letze Rose" for solo violin
George Rochberg (1918-2005): Caprice Variations for solo violin

Gidon Kremer - violin

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