Sort this list by work type, instrumentation, composer, and more. Katya apekisheva, piano boris brovtsyn, juliamaria kretz, viool amihai grosz, altviool torleif thedeen, cello alfred schnittke. The list below includes all pages in the category for piano, strings. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Irina schnittke piano mark lubotsky violin irina morozova viola dimity hall cello just for promotion. Its perhaps the most striking of the four quartets at first. A piano quartet is a chamber music composition for piano and three other instruments, or a musical ensemble comprising such instruments. Just as schnittke s first symphony picks up the threads from shostakovichs last, so his piano quintet feels like the natural successor to shostakovichs last string quartet. Even in the midst of his bewilderingly prolific output, this extremely personal work commands a massive gravity. The opening allegro non troppo begins very softly and mysteriously. The piano quartet in a minor, or more exactly the quartet movement for piano, violin, viola and cello in a minor, by gustav mahler is the first movement to an abandoned piano quartet and the composers sole surviving piece of instrumental chamber music.
Schnittke continues the baroque concerto sequence with the ensuing slow recitativo. The piano quintet no 1 was completed in march 1923 after two years of arduous effort. Dialogue for cello and ensemble 1965 cello concerto no. In fact, it was the most unique and musically interesting piece of 20th century classical i had heard up to that point. This includes works originally scored for solo piano and string orchestra. Thanks to johbrah for posting this recording on youtube. Alfred schnittke s piano quintet was completed in 1976. Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from alfred schnittke. The work received its premiere performance that same year on 21 march, with the leningrad chamber orchestra under eri klas. Jun 28, 2015 irina schnittke piano mark lubotsky violin irina morozova viola dimity hall cello just for promotion. Alfred schnittke s piano quintet is a dark and heavy planet. While the shostakovich piano quintet was interesting in its own right, it was the schnittke quintet that truly impressed me. Many have argued that the clarinet quintet is brahms most profound chamber work, despite a number of aweinspiring rival claimants the horn trio, the g major sextet and the c minor piano quartet spring to mind, among others.
Alfred schnittke was born in engels in the volgagerman republic of the russian sfsr. He began his musical education in 1946 in vienna, where his father had been posted. The second quartet dates from 1980 and is the reaction to the death of schnittke s friend, the filmmaker larissa efimovna chepitko. Schnittke wrote his piano quintet on the death of his mother and shostakovich wrote his last string quartet the summer before he himself died. To him, the genre was venerable and worthy of deep study. Piano quintet 19721976 alfred harrievich schnittke 1934. While schnittke sometimes clearly departs from the mahler original, much of the time it is quite clearly present, often with additional material accumulating round it chromatic chords.
Works for violin and piano, solo violin and solo viola. Jan 01, 2007 listen to your favorite songs from schubert. Shostakovichs quintet was written in 1940, and first performed by the composer and the beethoven quartet on november 23, 1940. A guide to the music of alfred schnittke music the. Piano quintet no 1 in a major, op 5 dvorak from cda67805. It was in vienna, schnittke s biographer alexander ivashkin writes, where he fell in love with music which is part of life, part of history and culture, part of the past which is still alive.
Piano quintets boris berman, vermeer quartet on allmusic 2002 there was a time when the vermeer quartet. For an extra rich sound, some piano quintets omit the 2nd violin and add a bass comprising the complete fourpart string section of the orchestra. In classical music, a piano quintet is a work of chamber music written for piano and four other. His composition influenced sibelius to compose piano quintet in g minor the following year, a piece that anticipates his famous orchestral works. Coming one year after the death of fellow russian composer dmitri shostakovich, schnittke s work shares much in terms of atmosphere and compositional strategy with a number of the formers late works particularly the viola sonata and 15th string quartet, which impress as apparent meditations on the composers.
Composed in cleveland in 1923, the work was markedly innovative for its time and has been described as suffused with tension, and as embodying a grim, angry, yet ultimately redemptive vision. Three poems of viktor schnittke tenor voice and piano. Jun 14, 2011 composed between 1972 and 1976, and dedicated to the memory of the composers mother, schnittkes piano quintet is the most russian in spirit of his mature works, with the exception of those employing native liturgical chant such as the second string quartet and the concerto for mixed chorus. Schnittke s early music shows the strong influence of dmitri shostakovich. This work might also have been lost to posterity since it seems dvorak tore up and burnt his own manuscript of the quintet. Oct 06, 20 alfred schnittkes piano quintet was completed in 1976. According to mozarts earliest biographer georg nissen, he entered into an agreement with the viennese publisher hoffmeister for three piano quartets. Joining together schnittke s piano quintet with shostakovichs last string quartet on a single disc was inspired. It had originally been conceived as a threemovement sonata for cello and piano, incorporating some themes that bloch had created during his childhood. Alfred schnittke composer 19341998 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical. Listen to music from alfred schnittke like piano quintet, v, piano quintet.
The piano quintet 1976 differed from both these in blending the quoted or pastiche music seamlessly into the musical structure. Take 5 is a chamber music series initiated in 2007 by five prominent singapore musicians to showcase masterpieces from the quintet chamber repertoire. In his 1980 interview, schnittke described the origins of this work. In 1988, he based his own piano quartet on mahlers chamber music sketches. Schnittke alfred suite in the old style sheet music. Outstanding classical recordings for over 40 years. Nov 22, 2010 schnittkes piano quintet dates from 1976. Piano quintet sheet music to download top quality pdfs.
Scores at the international music score library project imslp. Alfred schnittke, dmitri shostakovich, constantine orbelian, moscow string quartet shostakovich. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Alfred schnittke piano quintet w score 1976 youtube.
Some of his works are imbued with a strong sense of history, for example his third symphony 1981, which evokes the german. List of compositions by alfred schnittke wikipedia. Coming one year after the death of fellow russian composer dmitri shostakovich, schnittkes work shares much in terms of atmosphere and compositional strategy with a number of the formers late works particularly the viola sonata and 15th string quartet, which impress as apparent meditations on the composers. Piano quintet string trio stille musik by mark lubotsky on amazon music. If one wants to find the founding trauma for such a consistently agonizing body of artistic work, it can be found in the piano. One hundred twentysixth season chicago symphony orchestra riccardo muti zell music director yoyo ma judson and joyce green creative consultant sunday, march 12, 2017, at 2. Please, post your thoughts in the field below, our community members and supervisors will be happy to get back to you right away. Piano quintet string trio stille musik by alfred schnittke. Transcription was premiered on february 9, 1991 at.
The first movement of the symphony is the concerto grosso, with solos for violin, oboe and harpsichord. Written exactly 300 years after the birth of johann sebastian bach, schnittke s concerto grosso no. The final two pages pencil sketch for the scherzo are the back half of wrapper 2. Schnittke began work on the piece four years earlier, as a response to the death of his mother, and a sense of grief overshadows the first movement, marked with a plain moderato schnittke never gives anything away with his markings. Alfred schnittke piano quartet, string trio, piano.
Piano quintet 1976 for piano, 2 violins, viola and cello. Piano quintets by alfred schnittke, dmitry shostakovich. Mozart composed two piano quartets, a relatively rare genre during the viennese classical era. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Shostakovich, d piano quintet schnittke, a piano quintet moscow string quartet, orbelian by alfred schnittke, dmitry shostakovich.
Jorg demus is pianist in this joyous, sunny recording of schuberts trout quintet and the suk trios only recording of the dvorak dumky trio, much sought after by collectors, finally makes an appearance on cd. My intention of writing a simple but earnest piece of music in my mothers memory presented me with an almost insoluble problem. One hundred twentysixth season chicago symphony orchestra. The e flat quartet is the second, a work entered in the composers thematic catalog on june 3, 1786. The strings, led by the first violin, present the opening theme in their lower registers over a soft, prolonged triplet piano accompaniment which almost sounds like. Thus, in the first movement of the quintet, schnittke uses the combination of the two most common types of texture in music of the mid and late 20th century micropolyphony in the string parts and polyphony of layers between the piano and string parts. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Piano quintet by alfred schnittke 19341998 full score.
Piano quintet, alfred schnittke articulate silences. Alfred schnittke piano quintet lyrics genius lyrics. Piano and string quartet 2 violins, viola, cello berger, wilhelm reinhard piano quintet, op. Articles 10 events 3 interviews 2 links 1 obituaries 4 programme notes 4. Extra information version history composed for string quintet, 1862 lost revised for piano and string quartet, 1864, as the piano quintet, op.
Alfred schnittke s chamber music comprises a dozen works which include four string quartets released in 2011 by atma with molinari quartet, chamber music vol. Piano quintet string trio piano quartet canon, an album by alfred schnittke on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Free sheet music for shostakovich piano quintet op. Quintet for piano and strings 197276 stille nacht, arr. Piano quintets by shostakovich, schnittke, vermeer quartet, boris berman from amazons classical music store. Written quickly by a composer at the height of his creative powers, the quintet is charged by sudden mood shifts that parallel his basic personality.
It is redolent, both in the alternation of slowfast movements and extreme dynamics as well as in the melodic material, of a liturgical funeral piece. In the early 80s, schnittke became one of the most talkedabout, recorded, and influential composers of the end of the 20th century. Schnittke, mahler borodin string quartet, ludmilla. Those other instruments are usually a string trio consisting of a violin, viola and cello. Please write me a direct message if you have complains about this upload concerning.
Find alfred schnittke composition information on allmusic. Schnittke s piano quartet 1988 was composed out of mahlers sketch for the unfinished second movement of his student piano quartet written in the mid 1870s. See also for piano, orchestra, scores featuring the piano, for organ, strings. Robert schumann called the string quartet a by turns beautiful and even abstrusely woven conversation among four people. Thomas ades singlemovement piano quintet was commissioned by the melbourne. Soloists and orchestra steadfastly maintain a callandresponse, but its outlines are blurred by thick. Naxos presents boris berman and the vermeer quartet performing the shostakovich and schnittke piano quintets, two brilliant and very different works. From the same vintage was his piano quintet no 1 in a major, composed in the late summer of 1872.
Theres much to explore, and much of it is available on youtube, but to give you a sense of the range of schnittke s voices or masks, or truths listen next to his piano quintet, written. It is regarded as one of blochs greatest achievements. Alfred schnittke november 24, 1934 august 3, 1998 is a soviet and german composer. Do you have any questions or requests about piano quintet music repertoire, piano quintet in general, or just a comment about this page.