View Larger
Rate it!
Avg: 4.0 (10 ratings)
- Genre: Classical
- Style: Chamber Music
- Label: Naxos
A stirring tribute to one of modern classical music's most celebrated composers — delivered in part by his widow.
-
We Say...
"The goal of my life is to unify serious music and light music, even if I break my neck in doing so." So said Alfred Schnittke, whose music was dubbed "polystylism" because of the way that it attempted to bring together genres of music that rarely had intermingled before. You won't hear much of that, however, in his Piano Quintet, which has come to be regarded as one of his finest pieces. Instead, spiky traces of Webern color the piano work, while the massive and depressed droning of the strings recalls nothing less than the stormy undercurrents of emotion found in Shostakovich. Violinist Mark Lubotsky gets the lion's share of credit here for helping make the quivering, atonal melodies cohere, but it's pianist Irina Schnittke, Alfred's widow, who makes the most striking impression — adding alternately stark and lyrical counterpoint to the maelstrom that often threatens to overpower her completely.
“ The indie iTunes — Hardcore music fans are migrating to eMusic, the iTunes Music Store's cheaper, cooler cousin.”
Rolling Stone
This album includes one or more tracks available only with a full album download.
eMusic Tip
Paid downloads are counted towards an album discount but free downloads are not.
COMPLETE FOR FREE!
You can download the rest of the tracks from this album for free! Just click the Complete Album button.
We’re sorry this album can only be downloaded using paid subscription download credits.
We recommend you Save it for Later by clicking the Save for Later button shown just above this message. For a list of related albums you can download right now, check out these recommendations.
We'll give you 12 additional free credits to download this album and start your paid subscription.
Get 12 bonus credits on us if you download this album. Sweet!
| 01. |  |
Fuga for Solo Violin
|
4:46 |
|
| 02. | |
Klingende Buchstaben for Solo Cello |
4:22 |
|
| 03. | |
Piano Quintet: Moderato
|
4:59 |
|
| 04. | |
Piano Quintet: In Tempo di Valse
|
5:44 |
|
| 05. | |
Piano Quintet: Andante
|
5:41 |
|
| 06. | |
Piano Quintet: Lento
|
3:55 |
|
| 07. | |
Piano Quintet: Moderato pastorale
|
4:05 |
|
| 08. | |
Stille Musik for Violin and Cello
|
6:21 |
|
| 09. | |
String Trio: Moderato
|
13:33 |
|
| 10. | |
String Trio: Adagio
|
11:30 |
|
10 Total Tracks, 64:56 Total Length
Loading...
Credits
-
Composers
Alfred Schnittke -
Performers
Theodore Kuchar played Viola // Alexander Ivashkin played Cello // Dimity Hall played Violin -
Other Details
- Ensemble:
- 1999 AFCM Ensemble
Playlists If you like Mark Lubotsky, check out these member playlists
Choose from over 7 million
music downloadseMusic features legendary and emerging artists in every genre: classic rock to classical,indie to international, soundtracks to spiritual, jazz to country and many more.
MP3 downloads work on any digital media player
With eMusic, you OWN your music without any restrictions. Burn music to a CD, play it on your computer, mobile phone or any digital media player - including iPod®, Zune® and Walkman®.
Songs available for 50¢ or less
eMusic subscriptions start at just $11.99 a month for 24 downloads - that's just 50¢ per song! And it gets better from there - our plans go as low as 42¢ per song!
Music Discovery
eMusic is about discovery. We make finding new music fun again with music recommendations from our award-winning team of music experts, member playlists and new music features.
Cancel anytime
With all the great music and site features we're pretty sure you will love eMusic. If not, no problem. You can cancel at any time and keep the music you have downloaded.
© 1992 - 2009 All Media Guide, LLC