Alfred Schnittke

Since 1967

Alfred Schnittke's albums and compilations discography with cataloged releases, editions, and credits

Alfred Garyevich Schnittke (Russian: Альфред Гарриевич Шнитке)

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Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) was born on 24 November 1934 in Engels, on the Volga River, in the Soviet Union. His father was born in Frankfurt to a Jewish family of Russian origin who had moved to the USSR in 1926, and his mother was a Volga-German born in Russia. Schnittke began his musical education in 1946 in Vienna where his father, a journalist and translator, had been posted. In 1948 the family moved to Moscow, where Schnittke studied piano and received a diploma in choral conducting. From 1953 to 1958 he studied counterpoint and composition with Yevgeny Golubev and instrumentation with Nikolai Rakov at the Moscow Conservatory. Schnittke completed the postgraduate course in composition there in 1961 and joined the Union of Composers the same year. He was particularly encouraged by Phillip Herschkowitz, a Webern disciple, who resided in the Soviet capital. In 1962, Schnittke was appointed instructor in instrumentation at the Moscow Conservatory, a post which he held until 1972. Thereafter he supported himself chiefly as a composer of film scores; by 1984 he had scored more than 60 films. Noted, above all, for his hallmark "polystylistic" idiom, Schnittke has written in a wide range of genres and styles. His “Concerto Grosso No. 1” (1977) was one of the first works to bring his name to prominence. It was popularized by Gidon Kremer, a tireless proponent of his music. Many of Schnittke's works have been inspired by Kremer and other prominent performers, including Yury Bashmet, Natalia Gutman, Gennady Rozhdestvensky and Mstislav Rostropovich. Schnittke first came to America in 1988 for the "Making Music Together" Festival in Boston and the American premiere of “Symphony No. 1” by the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He came again in 1991 when Carnegie Hall commissioned “Concerto Grosso No. 5” for the Cleveland Orchestra as part of its Centennial Festival, and again in 1994 for the world premiere of his “Symphony No. 7” by the New York Philharmonic and the American premiere of his “Symphony No. 6” by the National Symphony. Schnittke composed 9 symphonies, 6 concerti grossi, 4 violin concertos, 2 cello concertos, concertos for piano and a triple concerto for violin, viola and cello, as well as 4 string quartets and much other chamber music, ballet scores, choral and vocal works. His first opera, “Life with an Idiot”, was premiered in Amsterdam (April 1992). His two new operas, “Gesualdo” and “Historia von D. Johann Fausten” were unveiled in Vienna (May 1995) and Hamburg (June 1995) respectively. From the 1980s, Schnittke's music gained increasing exposure and international acclaim. Schnittke has been the recipient of numerous awards and honors, including Austrian State Prize in 1991, Japan's Imperial Prize in 1992, and, most recently the Slava-Gloria-Prize in Moscow in June 1998; his music has been celebrated with retrospectives and major festivals worldwide. More than 50 compact discs devoted exclusively to his music have been released in the last ten years. In 1985, Schnittke suffered the first of a series of serious strokes. Despite his physical frailty, however, Schnittke suffered no loss of creative imagination, individuality or productivity. Beginning in 1990, Schnittke resided in Hamburg, maintaining dual German-Russian citizenship. He died, after suffering another stroke, on 3 August 1998 in Hamburg. He was married to pianist Irina Schnittke. Father of Андрей Шнитке.

Discography

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Концерты Для Скрипки С Оркестром

1980

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Grand Duo Concertant / Andante Con Variazioni / Sonate Es-Dur Op. 11 Nr. 1 / Quasi Una Sonata

1980

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Quintette Pour Piano Et Cordes / Prélude A La Mémoire De D. Chostakovitch Pour Violon Et Bande Magnétique / Moz-Art, Pour Deux Violons

1980

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Violinkonzert • Violin Concerto (Cadenza: Schnittke)

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Soviet Chamber Music

1982

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Russian Composers Of The 20th Century

1983

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Concerto Grosso I · Concerto For Oboe And Harp · Concerto For Piano And Strings

1987

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In Croce (Russische Kammermusik = Chamber Music From Russia)

1987

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Symphony No. 3

1988

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Симфония №4

1988

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Концерт Для Хора = Concerto For Choir

1989

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Ritual / (K)ein Sommernachtstraum / Passacaglia / Seid Nüchtern Und Wachet (Faust Cantata)

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Suite In The Old Style Pour Violin Et Piano - Sonates 1&2 Pour Violin & Piano - Canon Pour 2 Violins

1989

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In Memoriam / Viola Concerto

1989

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Концерт Для Виолончели С Оркестром

1990

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Symphony No. 1

1990

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Symphony No. 2 = Симфония № 2

1990

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Cello Concerto / Stille Musik / Cello Sonata

1990

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String Quartets Nos. 1 - 3

1990

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Concerto For Choir / Two Small Pieces For Organ

1990

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Symphony No.5

1991

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Streichquartette = String Quartets / Kanon In Memoriam I. Strawinsky

1991

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Viola Concerto - Trio Sonata

1991

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Stille Nacht / Gratulationsrondo / Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 / Suite Im Alten Stil

1991

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Concerto Grosso III / Sonata For Violin And Chamber Orchestra / Trio Sonata (Arr. Yuri Bashmet For String Orchestra)

1991

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The Sacred Trombone

1991

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String Quartet No. 3 · Piano Quintet · Mahler/Schnittke: Piano Quartet

1991

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Violin Concertos No. 3 & No. 4

1991

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Piano Quintet・String Quartet N. 3・Canon In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky

1991

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Vom Winde Beweint / Konzert Für Viola Und Orchester

1992

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Concerto For Piano Four Hands / Concerto For Piano And Strings

1992

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Gogol Suite / Labyrinths

1992

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Concerto Grosso No. 1 / Carmen-Suite

1992

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Chamber Music • Kammermusik

1992

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Violin Concerto / Concerto Grosso No. 5

1993

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Quasi Una Sonata - Piano Trio - Piano Sonata No.2

1993

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String Quartets

1993

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Violin Sonata No. 1, Canon, Gratulationsrondo, Piano Quintet

1993

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Piano Concerto No.2, Piano Concerto No.1 For Piano, Trumpet & Strings

1993

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Sonatas For Violin And Piano 1 & 2 / Suite In The Old Style

1993

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Cello Sonatas

1993

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Violin Sonata No. 1 / Violin Sonata / Violine Sonata No. 1

1994

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Chamber Music Vol. 1

1994

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Violin Concertos Nos. 2 & 3, Stille Nacht & Gratulationsrondo

1994

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Shostakovich, Piano Concerto No. 1; Schnittke, Piano Sonata No. 1, Suite In Old Style

1994

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Peer Gynt

1994

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Music For String Quartet

1995

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Symphony No.2 "St. Florian"

1995

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