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Schnittke: 3rd Symphony / Jurowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra
PENTATONE

Schnittke: 3rd Symphony / Jurowski, Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Composer
SCHNITTKE, ALFRED
Artist
Jurowski
Format
SACD
Label
PENTATONE
Released
Feb 10, 2015
Catalog #
PTC5186485
UPC
827949048562

About

111 musicians celebrating a large-scale symphony sounds like a performance of a work by Mahler, Strauss or early Schönberg. In fact, the composer of this symphony, Alfred Schnittke, had precisely these (and other) composers in mind back in 1981. Whereas he initially mirrored styles from these and otrher composers, he soon was borrowing concepts from “trivial music” folklore, jazz, tango, etc… was He himself described his compositional technique as “polystylistic; which was more than just a technique but an aesthetic program: a serious effort to break through the vicious circle of self-satisfied and self-sufficient avant-garde music. His Third Symphony testifies to all this searching, this “inbetweenness”. The four-movement work, written on commission to inaugurate the new Leipzig Gewandhaus, confronted not only a multi-layered historical past but a weakened current state of affairs while remaining highly respectful of the achievements of the past and present. Vladimir Jurowski leads the Berlin Radio-Symphony Orchestra in this recording of a great and intricate work.

Tracklist 4 tracks

  1. 1 I. Moderato 11:26
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato
    Duration
    11:26
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Vladimir Jurowski
  2. 2 II. Allegro 13:23
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    13:23
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Vladimir Jurowski
  3. 3 III. Allegro pesante 08:15
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro pesante
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Vladimir Jurowski
  4. 4 IV. Adagio 19:08
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Adagio
    Duration
    19:08
    Composer
    Alfred Schnittke
    Ensemble
    Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
    Conductor
    Vladimir Jurowski