Альфред Гарриевич Шнитке

Biography

Alfred Schnittke (Russian: ??????? ????????? ??????; born November 24, 1934 in Engels, USSR; died August 3, 1998 in Hamburg) was a Russian composer, pianist, theoretician of music and educator. His music is derived from various traditions: Russian (Dmitri Shostakovich, Igor Stravinsky), Germanic (Gustav Mahler, Alban Berg), and American (Charles Ives). Among other things he composed nine symphonies (the last one unfinished)

Popular Songs

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  Cello Sonata no. 2: I. Senza tempo

  Alexander Ivashkin plays Schnittke

  95 BPM
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  Sinfonietta, op. 32 no. 2: III. Presto

  Myaskovsky: Sinfonietta, op. 32 no. 2 / Schnittke: Sonata for Violin & Chamber Orchestra / Denisov: Five Paganini Caprices

  116 BPM
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  Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Strings

  Concerto Grosso I / Concerto for Oboe and Harp / Concerto for Piano and Strings

  53 BPM
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  Symphony no. 9: I. Andante

  Concerto Grosso no. 1 / Symphony no. 9

  173 BPM
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  Three Sacred Hymns: Vater unser

  Penitential Psalms

  75 BPM

Discography

Penitential Psalms

2016

Quatuors à cordes 1 - 4

2011

Sketches

2011

Concerto Grosso no. 1 / Symphony no. 9

2009

Film Music Vol. III

2007

Epilogue: Works for Cello and Piano

2007

Alexander Ivashkin plays Schnittke

2007

Quasi una sonata / Suite in the Old Style / Moz-Art à la Haydn / Concerto Grosso no. 6

2006

Sonata for Piano No. 1 / Little Piano Pieces / Concerto for Piano and Strings

2006

Tribute to Alfred Schnittke

2003

Music for the Movies

2002

Symphony no. 8 / Suite from "The Census List"

2001

Myaskovsky: Sinfonietta, op. 32 no. 2 / Schnittke: Sonata for Violin & Chamber Orchestra / Denisov: Five Paganini Caprices

2001

Concerto for Choir / Requiem

2000

Piano Quintet / String Trio

2000

Psalms of Repentance

1999

Complete Works for Cello and Piano

1998

String Quartets nos. 2 & 3 / Piano Quintet

1998

Requiem / Piano Concerto

1997

The Alfred Schnittke Edition, Volume 19: Chamber Music

1997

Historia von D. Johann Fausten

1995

Film Music

1994

Sonatas for Violin & Piano 1 & 2 / Suite in the Old Style

1994

The Alfred Schnittke Edition, Volume 18: Peer Gynt

1994

Wolfgang Rihm: Streichquartett No. 4 / Alfred Schnittke: Streichquartett No. 4

1993

Gogol Suite / Labyrinths

1992

The Alfred Schnittke Edition, Volume 13: Piano Quintet / Kanon in memoriam Igor Strawinsky / Piano Quartet / String Trio

1992

The Alfred Schnittke Edition, Volume 15: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Concerto Grosso no. 2

1992

Concerto Grosso III / Sonata for Violin and Chamber Orchestra / Trio Sonata

1991

Cello Concerto / Stille musik / Cello Sonata

1990

String Quartets nos. 1–3

1990

The Alfred Schnittke Edition, Volume 9: Cello Concerto no. 1 / Klingende Buchstaben / Hymns

1990

The Alfred Schnittke Edition, Volume 8: Symphony no. 4 / Requiem

1990

Ritual / (K)ein Sommernachtstraum / Passacaglia / Seid nüchtern und wachet (Faust Cantata)

1989

In Memoriam / Viola Concerto

1989

Concerto Grosso I / Concerto for Oboe and Harp / Concerto for Piano and Strings

1987