Cello Concerto No. 1; Klingende Buchstaben; Hymns

by Alfred Schnittke

Cello Concerto No. 1; Klingende Buchstaben; Hymns cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1990
  • Label: BIS
  • Country: Russia
  • Length: 1:10:36
  • Community rating: 3.82/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Composed while recovering from a near-fatal stroke, the centerpiece concerto captures profound agony and existential struggle. The searingly dissonant cello lines and crushing orchestral weight stand as one of Schnittke's most terrifyingly powerful polystylistic achievements.

Genres

Descriptors: acoustic, avant-garde, minimal, atonal, dissonant, long-form, complex

Tracklist

  1. I. Pesante. Moderato (14:16)
  2. II. Largo (10:11)
  3. III. Allegro vivace (3:49)
  4. IV. Largo (12:03)
  5. Klingende Buchstaben (4:35)
  6. I. For cello, harp and timpani (11:23)
  7. II. For cello and double bass (5:52)
  8. III. For cello, bassoon, harpsichord and tubular bells (4:30)
  9. IV. For cello, double bass, bassoon, harp, harpsichord, timpani and tubular bells (3:55)

Credits

  • Alfred Schnittke - primary artist, composed by
  • Leif Segerstam - primary artist, conductor
  • Torleif Thed茅en - primary artist, violoncello
  • Christian Davidsson - bassoon
  • Anders Loguin - bells [tubular bells]
  • Anders Holdar - bells [tubular bells], timpani
  • Entcho Radoukanov - double bass
  • Ingegerd Fredlund - harp
  • Danmarks Radios Symfoniorkester - Primary Artist

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