Opis: Schnittke: Sketches

In 1978 Alfred Schnittke (1934-98) wrote the incidental music for a production of The Inspector's Tale, an adaptation for stage of Gogol's Dead Souls. It was to have been directed by Yuri Lyubimov, but the Soviet government banned the production. A suite was assembled from the score by Gennadi Rozhdenstvensky, and two leading colleagues of Schnittke -- Gubaidulina and Denisov contributed a jointly composed march, which opens this CD. In 1985 the music was choreographed, the ballet, called Esquisses was performed at the Bolshoi. Schnittke composed a number of new pieces for this production. The characters in the action are all from Gogol, but in addition to The Dead Souls, we meet Tchitchikov, Major Kovalyov's Nose, and Ferdinand VIII from Notes of a Madman. A passage from the book is recited in his piece, and is read by the conductor on this CD.

The music is a poly-stylistic, with a huge orchestra (2 electric guitars, flexatone, prepared piano with coins inserted between the strings), quotations from Beethoven, Haydn, Tchaikovsky -- all with a sense of devilish mischief which suites ideally the grotesque nature of many of Gogol's characters.

Other information:
- Recording made in 1996
- 'The result is one of his most entertaining pieces, playful, memorable, laconic, packed with sly grotesqueries: ideal for the theatre, in other words. The performance and recording do it full justice' Gramophone June 1998

Szczegóły: Schnittke: Sketches

Nazwa: Schnittke: Sketches
Producent: Brilliant Classics
Kod paskowy: 5029365921527
Języki: angielski
Format: 14.0x12.0cm
Oprawa: Plastikowa
Waga: 0.09 kg
Wykonawca: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, Andrey Christiakov
Czas trwania: 52:10
Typ głównego nośnika: AC
Ilość nośników: 1
Opis nośników:

1. Sketches (CD-Audio)
   1. March: The Swan, The Pike and The Crayfish (koncert - utwór 01:54)
   2. Overture (koncert - utwór 01:20)
   3. The Childhood of Chichikov (koncert - utwór 02:21)
   4. The Portrait (koncert - utwór 06:27)
   5. Major Kovalyov (koncert - utwór 00:45)
   6. Morning. The Disappearance of The Nose (koncert - utwór 01:30)
   7. In Search of The Nose (koncert - utwór 01:31)
   8. Despair (koncert - utwór 01:52)
   9. The Nose is Found (koncert - utwór 02:19)
   10. The Overcoat (koncert - utwór 02:16)
   11. Ferdinand VIII (koncert - utwór 01:12)
   12. The Civil Servants (koncert - utwór 02:34)
   13. The Barrel-Organ (koncert - utwór 02:09)
   14. The Unknown Woman (koncert - utwór 01:22)
   15. Pas de Deux (koncert - utwór 03:32)
   16. The Debauch (koncert - utwór 01:28)
   17. The Sabbath (koncert - utwór 01:57)
   18. The Barrel-Organ (koncert - utwór 01:12)
   19. Spanish Royal March (koncert - utwór 01:40)
   20. The Ball (koncert - utwór 05:59)
   21. The Testament (koncert - utwór 05:17)
   22. March: The Swan, The Pike and The Crayfish (koncert - utwór 01:34)

Recenzje: Schnittke: Sketches