Daniel Hope

Schnittke: Works for Violin and Piano

“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.”

TRACK LIST

1. Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style: Pastorale. Moderato 2. Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style: Ballet. Allegro – Poco meno mosso – Tempo I 3. Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style: Minuet. Tempo di minuetto – Poco più mosso – Tempo I 4. Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style: Fugue. Allegro – Poco meno mosso 5. Schnittke: Suite in the Old Style: Pantomime. Andantino 6. Schnittke: Polka after “The Overcoat” from “Gogol Suite“ 7. Schnittke: Tango from the music to the film “Agony” 8. Schnittke: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1: Andante 9. Schnittke: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1: Allegretto 10. Schnittke: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1: Largo 11. Schnittke: Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1: Allegretto scherzando – Allegro – Largo – Allegretto 12. Schnittke: Madrigal in memoriam Oleg Kagan 13. Schnittke: Congratulary Rondo 14. Schnittke: Silent Night Daniel Hope violin Alexey Botvinov piano