It was surely inevitable that alfred schnittke should have been strongly drawn to the cello sonata. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. The first cello concerto is an extraordinary work just on its own merits, but also happens to have been written during the summer of 1985. The second sonata and the improvisation the latter again dedicated to rostropovich a cellist who was strongly influential for schnittke reflect the more sparse and stark approach the composer adopted following the first of his series of strokes. Sonata schnittke download free sheet music and scores scorser. Alfred schnittke composer 19341998 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical. List of compositions by alfred schnittke wikipedia. Alfred schnittke composer 19341998 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical music site on the web.
Cello sonatas born in bogota in 1995, santiago canon valencia has been praised as one of the most promising young cellists of his generation. To view the first page of schnittke violin sonata n1 op. Alfred schnittke cello concerto stille musik cello. Polystylistic features of schnittkes cello sonata 1978 citeseerx. The disc ends with eight short pieces by shostakovich, arranged for cello and piano by several colleagues, based on passages from his ballet and film scores. It may be accounted for as an acknowledgement, conscious or otherwise, of antipostmodern criticism, as a natural maturation of artistic priorities, as consequence of biographical circumstances, or any combination of these. Gerhardt and osborne play the finale of the older composers sonata with a beautiful fluency, highlighting the cellos running semiquavers and the pianos pinging scales, which then reappear in the thrilling presto of the youngers homagefilled work. Jan 29, 2014 alfred schnittke sonata for cello and piano 1988 duration. 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. Such works as the sonata for cello and piano of 1978 known after 1994 as the sonata no.
Alfred schnittke was born in engels in the volgagerman republic of the russian sfsr. Some of the earliest cello sonatas were written in the 18th century by francesco geminiani and antonio vivaldi. The aphoristic second sonata is less imposing, and the wrongnote humour of the concerto grosso no 2 is not the brand of schnittke that appeals to me, but thats neither here nor there heres the definitive document of schnittkes relationship with the cello. The most famous romanticera cello sonatas are those written by johannes brahms and ludwig van beethoven. Schnittke s first symphony a piece the composer described as beginning like a circus and ending in an apocalyptic, terrifying way lost him the unions support in 1972. Pdf an analysis of alfred schnittkes polystylism in his. Cello, piano sheet music book by alfred schnittke 19341998.
Sonata for cello and piano no 1 schnittke from cda67534. He began his musical education in 1946 in vienna, where his father had been posted. There are however plenty of resonances which refer symbolically to earlier styles, and with the impassioned and authoritative playing of both ivashkin and schnittkes. Gerhardt and osborne play the finale of the older composers sonata with a beautiful fluency, highlighting the cello s running semiquavers and the pianos pinging scales, which then reappear in the thrilling presto of the youngers homagefilled work. Sergei rachmaninov cello sonata in g minor duration. The form, after all, has proved compelling for generations of russian composers, and schnittke himself extracted for his own use the expressive tone of his predecessors to a remarkable degree. A bakhtinian semiotic analysis of alfred schnittke s cello sonata no. Artarias editions of the cello sonatas are their 2nd, not their first editions, and were released two years after the simrock editions. Although there are many published analyses of his choral music, symphonies, concerti and violin sonatas, there is no known published research for schnittke s first cello sonata. The sonata for cello, and piano pays tribute to shostakovich and, in the presto movement, very wittily to prokofiev, the wittiest of the russians. Cellosonate kammermusikfuhrer villa musica rheinlandpfalz. It is one of schnittke s most classical works, which isnt to say its his most representative. The challenging stylistic turn manifest in alfred schnittke s post1992 compositions was, in many ways, a modest leap along a line that he had been tracing for some time.
Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Alfred schnittke sonata for cello and piano 1988 youtube. Alfred schnittke grew up in a culturally diverse environment influenced by many different composers and. Cellist ein dankbares publikum fur sich gewinnen wird. Alfred schnittke was a leading soviet composer from the postshostakovich generation father of germanjewish extraction from baltic area, mother a volga german of catholic background the young composers first language is german, and from 1945 to 1948 lives in vienna where he studies piano and hears much classical music from 1953 to 1961 studies at moscow conservatoire with evgeny. Schnittke is shostakovichs successor in life, art and on this cd. Schnittke cello sonata download free sheet music and scores. Schnittke s cello sonata is a virtuoso display piece. Alfred schnittke bio, albums, pictures naxos classical music. Cello concerto stille musik cello sonata cello concerto no.
Stille musik cd, may1991, marco polo at the best online prices at. Schnittke was and is famous for his polystylistic approach to music, and in this piece, as in many others, it is. Even more so than the celebrated viola concerto, completed just days before the affliction. Polystylistic features of schnittkes cello sonata 1978. A bakhtinian semiotic analysis of alfred schnittkes cello sonata no. Creative commons attributionnoncommercialnoderivs 4. Polystylism in alfred schnittke s music has been considered by scholars as a central aspect of his music. To download pdf, click the download pdf button below the appropriate sheet music image. Schnittkes chamber music includes string quartets and sonatas for violin and for cello and piano, along with a sonata in the olden style for violin and piano and a suite in the old style for the same instruments.
The sonata has also been recorded before quite nicely by maria kliegel, among others, but gerhardts account of it is more passionate, even shocking. The aphoristic second sonata is less imposing, and the wrongnote humour of the concerto grosso no 2 is not the brand of schnittke that appeals to me, but thats neither here nor there heres the definitive document of schnittke s relationship with the cello. Ivashkin also maintains that schnittkes music for glass accordion was probably the first consistently polystylistic score in postwar european music. Alfred schnittke s first violin sonata 1963 is one of the most popular postwwii violin sonatas in the repertoire.
I have several recordings of the schnittke cello sonata including the bis one. Alfred schnittke sonata for cello and piano 1988 duration. Schnittke wrote his first cello sonata 1978 and the first cello concerto 1986 for natalia gutman, and his solo cello piece klingende. Cicely parnas cello noreen cassidypolera piano publisher info. His major musical mentors have been henrik zarzycki in colombia and james tennant in new zealand. Schnittke is also an expert in the sprawling, the overblown. This page lists all sheet music of cello sonata no. Sonata in f major sonata in e minor sonata in a minor sonata in g minor sonata in c major sonata in g major composer time period comp. Three poems of viktor schnittke tenor voice and piano. Cello concerto stille musik cello sonata by alfred schnittke. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. Find alfred schnittke composition information on allmusic.
Instead, looking at a page from the second cello sonata, one of schnittke s last completed works, we may see only the matte, unreverberant underside of expression, verging on the inanimate. His piano quintet shows some of the influence of shostakovich, and his string trio, commissioned to mark the centenary of the. A strong feling of tonality dominates its three movements slow fast slow, and it is doubtless an effective vehicle in its exploration of the possibilities of the instrument. Schnittkes concentrated writing for the cello brings out the individual vocal quality of a great instrumentalist, and david geringas generously describes great arcs of melody even at the heart of as thorny a piece as the late second sonata. There are however plenty of resonances which refer symbolically to earlier styles, and with the impassioned and authoritative playing of both ivashkin and schnittke s. A cello sonata is usually a sonata written for solo cello with piano accompaniment.