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Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano
00028948392346 (Deutsche Grammophon, CD)
NEW RELEASE (5 February 2021)
Tracks: 14
Booklet pages: 20
℗ 2021 Daniel Hope
© 2021 Deutsche Grammophon GmbH
Main country of recording: Germany
Reviewer: Geoff Pearce
Review of Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano published on 20 March 2021
Daniel Hope, violin
Alexey Botvinov, piano
Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998):
1-5 Suite in the Old Style
6 Polka after 'The Overcoat' from Gogol Suite, arranged for violin and piano
7 Tango from the music to the film Agony by Elem Klimov, arranged for violin and piano by Andriy Rakhmanin
8-11 Sonata for Violin and Piano No 1
12 Madrigal in memoriam Oleg Kagan, for solo violin
13 Congratulatory Rondo
14 Silent Night, on motives of Franz Xaver Gruber's Christmas carol
Recorded in October and November 2019 at the Beethovenhaus, Bonn, Germany