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Schnittke - Piano Concertos Nos 1, 2 & 3 | Phoenix Edition PE103

Schnittke - Piano Concertos Nos 1, 2 & 3

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Label: Phoenix Edition

Cat No: PE103

Barcode: 0811691011035

Format: Hybrid SACD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Orchestral

Release Date: 28th July 2008

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Contents

Works

Schnittke
Concerto for piano and orchestra

Schnittke
Concerto for piano and string orchestra

Schnittke
Concerto for piano and chamber orchestra

Artists

Ewa Kupiec (piano)
Maria Lettberg (piano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Conductor

Frank Strobel

Works

Schnittke
Concerto for piano and orchestra

Schnittke
Concerto for piano and string orchestra

Schnittke
Concerto for piano and chamber orchestra

Artists

Ewa Kupiec (piano)
Maria Lettberg (piano)
Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

Conductor

Frank Strobel

About

Alfred Schnittke’s early years were difficult as he lived through the Soviet Era, often finding himself the target of Soviet bureaucracy. Before his emigration to the West some of his works were banned and he battled with a lack of recognition.

This new SACD from Phoenix Edition brings together première recordings of all three piano concertos. Schnittke developed his own unique style, taking up the serial technique and developing a style known as ‘polystylism’, juxtaposing various styles both past and present - evident in both the second and third concertos featured on this disc. This didn’t help the suspicion that surrounded his music, and as his works could not be ascribed to any particular style it was never able to be taken seriously. Many of his works are either unknown or have not yet been performed.

Ewa Kupiec is recognised as one of Europe's most dedicated interpreters of contemporary music. Her performance in 2004 of Schnittke's First Piano Concerto with the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra was the first performance of this work since 1964. This successful collaboration immediately led to a further invitation to record all of Schnittke's works for piano and orchestra (including the concerto for four hands).

Her performances have been highly praised in the past, in particular for her “big, bold, powerful sound” (American Record Guide), “fabulous variety of tone and rhythmic suppleness” (Pianist Magazine), and her “well recorded performances are marked by both insight and sympathetic virtuosity” (BBC Music Magazine).

She is joined by her young Swedish colleague Maria Lettberg.

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