Composer: Alfred Schnittke
Performer: Daniel Hope, Alexey Botvinov
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Release: 2021
Size: 1.06 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Suite in the Old Style
01. I. Pastorale
02. II. Ballet
03. III. Minuet
04. IV. Fugue
05. V. Pantomime
06. Polka
07. Tango (Arr. by Andriy Rakhmanin for Violin and Piano) (From “Agony”)
Sonata No. 1
08. I. Andante
09. II. Allegretto
10. III. Largo
11. IV. Allegretto scherzando
12. Madrigal in Memoriam Oleg Kagan
13. Gratulationsrondo
14. Stille Nacht
“In the summer of 1989, when I was 15, my ‘love affair’ with Alfred Schnittke’s music began”, recalls Daniel Hope. Three years later the violinist became acquainted with the Russian composer, studying with and performing for Schnittke many of his works over the next years. “A little more than 20 years after his death, I decided it was time to revisit his music and to pay a recorded tribute to his extraordinary talent. In my mind there is no more striking a talent in contemporary music than that of Alfred Schnittke.”