Works for violin and piano, solo violin and solo viola. If you were ever faced with having to own oneand only onealfred schnittke cd, this would be an excellent choice. In 1985, schnittke suffered the first of a series of serious strokes. Discover more music, concerts, videos, and pictures with the largest catalogue online at. Having been declared clinically dead his heart stopped beating three times schnittke eventually recovered into an enormously creative late phase of composition. Customers and visitors can download classical music in high quality flac or mp3 and find out more about classical music. Alfred schnittke, faust cantata twittering machines. The work was twice interrupted by his work on another opera life with an idiot 1990 and by his second stroke in 1991. The leading record label for classical music in scandinavia. Doktor faustus klagte doctor faustus lamented and wept. The music of alfred schnittke 19341998 is like being lost in a hall of. Faust cantata ritual, kein sommernachtstraum and more.
Find the latest tracks, albums, and images from alfred schnittke. Music has always relished the eternal battle between darkness and light or its human mirror image. Written in 19845, it is scored for a very large choir and for this recording holst singers were augmented by large contingents of london. The faust cantata remains one of schnittkes most beloved works and a blockbuster of a listen for me going on 30 years. Cantata is an open source graphical client for mpd.
Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for its ground breaking search for neglected musical gems. Schnittkes father, harry viktorovich schnittke 19141975, rus. Context view to show artist, album, and song information of current track. Faust cantata by mikael bellini, inger blom, ulrik cold, james depreist, louis devos, malmo symphony chorus, malmo symphony orchestra. Schnittke was the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including austrian state prize in 1991, japans imperial prize in 1992, and the slavagloriaprize in moscow in june 1998. Faust cantata by inger blom on amazon music unlimited. Listen to music from alfred schnittke like piano quintet, v, piano quintet. He developed a polystylistic technique in works such as the epic symphony no. And had schnittke, probably the most vividly theatrical composer of orchestral music of our time, actually realised the opera in the style of his 1983 faust cantata with its two mephistopheles characters a mezzo and a countertenor and its bizarre, cabaretstyle tango that depicts fausts grisly death it might well have been a post.
Close is the hour narrator, mephistopheles, chorus 07. His faust cantata 1983, famous for its tango sung through the microphone by the devil with the mocking. Mephistopheles both parts, in two voices by alfred schnittke and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. Alfred schnittke welcome to talk classical a community covering every aspect of classical music. Despite constant illness, he produced a large amount of music, including important works such as the second 1980 and third 1983 string quartets and the string trio 1985.
This amazing composer deserves a special place in history for his range of music. His faust cantata 1983, famous for its tango sung through the microphone by the devil with the mocking comments on the cruel death of faust, became the third act. Unquestionably one of the choral masterpieces of the 20th century, alfred schnittke s concerto for mixed chorus is an extended setting about 40 minutes duration of words from the book of lamentations by the armenian monk grigor narekatsi 9511003. Order from your preferred classical music cd store arkivmusic. Chorales boreyko live in hamburg chorale herr, ich habe missgehandelt, bwv 330 1. Johann fausten, opera in 3 acts and an epilogue, libretto by jorg morgener jurgen kochel and alfred schnittke 19911994 youtube gesualdo, opera in 7 tableaux, a prologue and an epilogue, libretto by richard bletschacher 1993.
Jan 18, 2008 alfred schnittke welcome to talk classical a community covering every aspect of classical music. The pieces confirm my belief that schnittke half russian christian, half german jewish, who studied in austria and later lived in germany, was more of a german than a russian composer. His faust cantata 1983, famous for its tango sung through the microphone by the devil with the mocking comments on the cruel death of faust, became the third act of the opera. Based on peopels book by johann spitz 1587, schnittke used last chapte. Russian dmitri shostakovich, igor stravinsky, germanic gustav mahler, alban berg, and american charles ives. This cantata, one of schnittkes most viscerally thrilling pieces, will furnish material for an upcoming opera on faust themes. Find alfred schnittke composition information on allmusic. He did, although it took more than a decade due to a stroke, soviet travel. Chandos records is one of the worlds premier classical music record companies, best known for.
The faust cantata remains one of schnittke s most beloved works and a blockbuster of a listen for me going on 30 years. Unquestionably one of the choral masterpieces of the 20th century, alfred schnittkes concerto for mixed chorus is an extended setting about 40 minutes duration of words from the book of lamentations by the armenian monk grigor narekatsi 9511003. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. 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. Schnittkes early music shows the strong influence of dmitri shostakovich. May 18, 2010 schnittkes faust cantata employs the same 1587 german text that was used in leverkuhns final composition, the lamentations of dr. I cannot recommend owning and living with the worldpremier recording 1989 from bis highly enoughi visit it at least once a year and each time. This is especially the case with part seven, es geschah, featuring the contra alto and choir.
Schnittke casts the climax in the form of a diabolically melodious tango, with a contralto croaking in brechtian style into a microphone and an electric guitar thundering underneath. Download gidon kremer philip glass alfred schnittke 04 schnittke concerto grosso no 5 1 allegretto mp3 from 54 mb, gidon kremer philip glass alfred schnittke 05 schnittke concerto grosso no 5 2 ohne tempobezeichnung from 39 mb free from tradownload. Full programme notes and articles for the london philharmonic orchestras alfred schnittke festival. Jul 25, 2012 if so, i can think of none more harrowing than alfred schnittke s faust cantata 198283. Donald macleod explores the strange, brilliant and occasionally nightmarish world of the soviet composer alfred schnittke. Schnittke faust cantata download free sheet music and scores. The bbc symphony orchestra joins forces with the bbc symphony chorus to present schnittkes faust cantata, a blend of tango, cabaret, rock gig, medieval incantation, grand opera and bawdy theatre. Johann fausten printed by johann spies 1587, schnittke pulls out all his stops including some tasty tango inspired stompin on classic forms until he whips everything, including us, into a nearfurious frenzy as we follow. I cannot recommend owning and living with the worldpremier recording 1989 from bis highly enoughi visit it at least once a year and each time it digs its way deeper into my soul, lighting my fire. Schnittke worked on this opera for twelve years 198394. The faust cantata is made up of ten parts without breaks in between. He moved to the ussr in 1927 and worked as a journalist and translator from the russian language into german.
If so, i can think of none more harrowing than alfred schnittkes faust cantata 198283. Alfred schnittke composer 19341998 play streams in full or download mp3 from classical archives, the largest and best organized classical. Bbc radio 3 composer of the week, alfred schnittke. There are explosive strains of ideas that can leave even prepared audience members breathless. Written in 19845, it is scored for a very large choir and for this recording holst singers were augmented by large contingents of londons. Faust cantata, an album by alfred schnittke, james depreist, leif segerstam 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. Alfred schnittke was born in engels in the volgagerman republic of the russian sfsr. Faust is the theme of my whole life, and i am already afraid of it. In the early 80s, schnittke became one of the most talkedabout, recorded, and influential composers of the end of the 20th century.
Johann fausten is an opera by the russian composer alfred schnittke. Schnittke programme lpo by london philharmonic orchestra. He began his musical education in 1946 in vienna, where his father had been posted. Hence when schnittke had his first major stroke in the summer of 1985, one imagines the particularly cruel toll it must have taken. Cantata for contralto, countertenor, tenor, bass, mixed choir and orchestra in three actions. Fuga ricercata a 6 voci from musical offering bwv 1079, arranged for chamber orchestra 9. Schnittkes methodology of parody, of polystylistics and playing with forms, also unmistakably recalls leverkuhn, whose works were a musical endpoint at which all possibilities were combined and. 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. Despite the fact that chronologically the requiem 1975 is an earlier work than the cantata 1983, on the cd they are presented in reverse order. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet.
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