{"title":"Rodion Shchedrin","description":"\u003cp\u003ecomposer. in the Soviet\/Russian Modernism tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRussian composer known for bold rhythmic writing and theatrical works; Carmen Suite for strings and percussion is his most internationally recognized work. Low product count may underrepresent actual catalog presence.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSignature works:\u003c\/em\u003e Carmen Suite, The Sealed Angel, Concerto for Orchestra No. 1, Piano Concerto No. 2, Anna Karenina.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"rodion-shchedrin-music-from-the-lady-with-the-lapdog-conce","title":"Rodion Shchedrin: Music from the Lady with the Lapdog, Conce","description":"Composer Rodion Shchedrin (1932-2025) was one of the leading figures of post-war Soviet music. This album by the Turku Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Olli Mustonen brings together four of his works, including music from his ballet The Lady with the Lapdog, as well as a viola concerto, Concerto dolce, performed by Lawrence Power, one of the greatest violists of our time. Rodion Shchedrin passed away while this album - a monument to the unique friendship and artistic collaboration that Olli Mustonen and Rodion Shchedrin cultivated over the course of three decades - was in preparation.","brand":"Ondine","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46012690268394,"sku":"761195140826","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/4484331-3505473.jpg?v=1778218017"},{"product_id":"schedrin-piano-terzetto-3-funny-pieces-cello-sonata","title":"SCHEDRIN: Piano Terzetto \/ 3 Funny Pieces \/ Cello Sonata","description":"Classical Music","brand":"SWR","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46013382885610,"sku":"4010276019831","price":10.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/1122016.jpg?v=1778334831"},{"product_id":"shchedrin-concertos-for-orchestra-karabits-bournemouth-symphony-136439","title":"Shchedrin: Concertos For Orchestra \/  Karabits, Bournemouth Symphony","description":"\u003cimg src=\"\/graphics\/p10s10.gif\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  This is an exciting release of excellent music by one of Russia's greatest living composers (except that the last time I checked the Shchedrins were residents of Munich). As a composer, Rodion Shchedrin has been cursed by the popularity of his \"Carmen\" Ballet, but while you won't find the same level of tunefulness (obviously) in his original music, there's a similarly brilliant orchestral imagination at work, and no small level of arresting invention. Concerto No. 4, inspired by the folk music of Shchedrin's childhood, contains evocative writing for (among other things) recorder and harpsichord. Shostakovich's famous \"tick-tock\" percussion from the Fourth and Fifteenth symphonies also features prominently. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Shchedrin actually quotes a traditional Russian song in the Fifth concerto, but the remaining tunes are all original, and the title suggests the work's form--a simple alternation (with variations) of the basic material. Although characterized by some powerfully dissonant outbursts, the progress of the music is always clear and easy to follow, and the mood of both concertos is predominantly lyrical and often quite nostalgic. They are beautiful works. Kristallene Gusli is a brief, atmospheric exercise in mostly high sonorities, and it reveals Shchedrin's ability to write effective \"modern\" music (by which I mean essentially texture-based or athematic).\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The performances under the able leadership of Kirill Karabits sound very confident, with the orchestra playing extremely well in music that affords numerous solo opportunities. Shchedrin attended the sessions and pronounced himself fully satisfied with the results. Certainly I see no reason to take issue with his judgment. The sonics are also extremely vivid and remarkably well balanced given some of the tricky juxtapositions of texture and sonority that Shchedrin explores in all of this music. Without question this is a major release from a composer who richly deserves the attention.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e --David Hurwitz,ClassicsToday.com\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Naxos","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46026141794538,"sku":"747313240579","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/1639412.jpg?v=1778332317"},{"product_id":"piano-music-of-rodion-shchedrin-marina-lomazov-84767","title":"Piano Music Of Rodion Shchedrin \/ Marina Lomazov","description":"\u003cb\u003eA great introduction to Shchedrin's piano music.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Two of Rodion Shchedrin's works are entitled  \u003ci\u003eConcerto cantabile\u003c\/i\u003e and  \u003ci\u003eConcerto sotto voce\u003c\/i\u003e. These two epithets -  \u003ci\u003esotto voce\u003c\/i\u003e and  \u003ci\u003ecantabile\u003c\/i\u003e - can be applied to much of his output. He produced bright, brilliant pieces (like the justly famous  \u003ci\u003eCarmen-Suite\u003c\/i\u003e ballet), or works full of daring, rough folk humor (like the popular Concerto for Orchestra  \u003ci\u003eNaughty Limericks\u003c\/i\u003e). Still, the core of Shchedrin's music is dark-hued, philosophic, often religious, always thoughtful. The spiritual closeness to Bach is evident, and not only in the abundance of old-fashioned polyphony. Probably the most successful of the Soviet composers that emerged in the Fifties under the shadow of Shostakovich, Shchedrin is the one with his face turned to the past. Not technically: he knows and uses all the atonal - polytonal - dodecaphonic - aleatoric - you name it - brushes. His music rarely grips you from the first measure: it requires submergence and listening. But when you are in - you are in. And you can be sure that the experience won't leave you with disappointing emptiness: those simple, sparse, seemingly tuneless constructs are genuine, deep music. It is strange. It is Art. \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e More and more of Shchedrin's music is recorded in the West, but these are mostly concertos and choral works of the latest years. The more welcome is then the all-Shchedrin piano recital of pieces from his first creative period, presented so sympathetically by Marina Lomazov. \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e I can't say that I completely understand the logic of the  \u003ci\u003ePiano Sonata\u003c\/i\u003e of 1962. The second and third movements hold very naturally together - the second is a dim, deep abyss, the third a devilish toccata, burning like black fire. Preceding these two goes a much lighter  \u003ci\u003eAllegro da Sonata\u003c\/i\u003e, like an echo of  \u003ci\u003ePetrushka\u003c\/i\u003e's Shrovetide Fair. It is attached, but does not seem to belong. \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e The ten preludes from  \u003ci\u003eThe Polyphonic Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e (1972, the latest composition on this disc) are very interesting and rewarding. I wish all 25 were recorded, but even the present torso is a wonderful sequence, full of delicacy and balance. This is one of Shchedrin's  \u003ci\u003eBachianas\u003c\/i\u003e. The texture is sparse - listen to the lower voices! \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e The earliest composition -  \u003ci\u003ePoem\u003c\/i\u003e of 1954 - could be a page from Prokofiev's  \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e. The  \u003ci\u003eHumoresque\u003c\/i\u003e, similarly, may evoke Prokofiev in his more angular self. Yet its voice is not derivative, and the piece is funny and memorable.  \u003ci\u003eA la Albéniz\u003c\/i\u003e is a cold-smoke tango, with enough big pauses for glances,  \u003ci\u003eyes\u003c\/i\u003e and  \u003ci\u003eno\u003c\/i\u003es, and other decisions. Together, these three miniatures show how multi-faced Shchedrin's muse can be. \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e The four pieces arranged from  \u003ci\u003eThe Hump-backed Horse\u003c\/i\u003e ballet bring to the front another big love of the composer: the Russian folk culture. The music is very sincere and innocent, which suits well the fairytale subject of the ballet. \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e Finally comes my favorite:  \u003ci\u003eTwo Polyphonic Pieces\u003c\/i\u003e. The  \u003ci\u003eInvention\u003c\/i\u003e is hypnotic. As it is often with Shchedrin, you cannot pinpoint exactly where the “musical experience” is coming from. It's like plain pieces of mosaic summing up into a picture.  \u003ci\u003eBasso Ostinato\u003c\/i\u003e is another virtuosic toccata, a veritable  \u003ci\u003etour de force\u003c\/i\u003e, completely enthralling. There are torrents of energy, like armies clashing in the night, order and chaos in search of a resolution. \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e Marina Lomazov is a perfect performer for this music. She never \"overcooks\" it; everything that needs to be dry stays dry. Yet there is all the required energy, and maybe even more. Lomazov plays with ultimate precision, but the result is not mechanical: it is human, personal and soulful, even in the most abstract constructs. There is this \"transparent virtuosity\" that does not expose itself glamorously, but works for the good of the music. And she does wonders with the rhythm. I wish she considered recording Prokofiev's Sonatas. \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e The recording quality is very satisfactory. The liner-notes are not especially generous. Still there is enough information about the works, the composer and the performer. This disc gives a good overview of Shchedrin's directions in his earlier years, and the selections from the  \u003ci\u003ePolyphonic Notebook\u003c\/i\u003e are a real teaser. It is a multi-character program, recital-like, with changing moods and styles, not a unified album. It is a great introduction to Shchedrin's piano music. It is also a great introduction to a very fine pianist, Marina Lomazov. \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  -- Oleg Ledeniov, MusicWeb International\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Centaur Records","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46027520934122,"sku":"044747299129","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0614\/3423\/3066\/files\/1540542.jpg?v=1778337350"},{"product_id":"piano-sonata","title":"PIANO SONATA","description":"A brilliant pianist and organist, Shchedrin has appeared throughout the entire world as a successful performer of his own works. A second CD with recordings from 1964 and 1983 of his own piano works has appeared within the Edition Rodion Shchedrin on WERGO. This CD chiefly introduces his early works for piano, with the exception of \"Notebook for the Youth\", which was written in 1981 and which is, in contradiction to the title, not only meant for young people, but also for the advanced concert pianist. Shchedrin recorded this CD in the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, \"the place with the best acoustics in Moscow\" - at night, when the team got the desired peace and quietness which is absolutely indispensable for recording quiet and \"transparent\" music. \"Yes, we were children of our time and of our country where we were born and where we lived. You cannot run away from that. 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