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