Schnittke: Sonatas for Cello and Piano

Review: FonoForum Review: MusicWebInternational Alfred Schnittke Cello Sonata No 1 (1978) 1. I. Largo 2. II. Presto 3. III. Largo Suite in the Old Style (1972) 4. I. Pastorale 5. II. Ballet 6. III. Minuet 7. IV. Fugue 8. V. Pantomime Cello Sonata No 2 (1994) 9. I. Senza tempo 10. II. Allegro 11. III. Largo 12. IV. Allegro 13. V. Lento 14. Musica Nostalgica (1992) Alfred Schnittke © Schnittke’s relationship with the cello ran deep, induced by human bonds with performing cellists. The first of his cello sonatas, like his first concerto for the instrument, was written for the cellist Natalia Gutman in 1978. It has proved one of the composer’s most enduringly popular works but also marked the start of a new phase in his development as a composer in which outright quotation stopped and a new, subtler approach to musical and historical evocation began. From here, Schnittke would magnify or parody known musical styles, subverting overly-familiar techniques, provoking established devices to the point of mockery – underpinning the whole with formal contrapuntal rigour. RELEASE DATE: JANUARY 2020 CATALOGUE NUMBER: DACOCD 878 EAN: 5709499878002 Download BOOKLET (PDF)   Related