Since you are interested in Violin Concerto Nos. 3 & 4, here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Faust Cantata / Passacaglia for large orchestra / etc Inger Blom (mezzo) Mikael Bellini (counter tenor) Louis Devos (tenor) Ulrik Cold (bass) Malma Symfonikar / Malma SymfoniOrkester / Leif Segerstam [ BIS / CD - released 1/Apr/1989 ] Alfred Schnittke was born on 24 November 1934 in Engels, on the Volga River, in the Soviet Union. |
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Symphony No.4 / Requiem Lisbeth Lindholm (soprano) Mikael Bellini (counter tenor) Nils Hagman (tenor) Stefan Parkman (tenor) / Stockholm Sinfonietta / Okko Kamu [ BIS / CD - released 1/Oct/1990 ] Alfred Schnittke was born on 24 November 1934 in Engels, on the Volga River, in the Soviet Union. |
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Violin Concertos no.1 & no.2 Mark Lubotsky (violin) / Mamlo Symphony Orchestra / Eri Klas (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Nov/1990 ] Alfred Schnittke was born on 24 November 1934 in Engels, on the Volga River, in the Soviet Union. |
HOSOKAWA / PENDERECKI / KURTAG / NOGARD / SCHNITTKE / etc
Viola Space (Japan 10th Anniversary) Nobuko Imai, Yoshiko Kawamoto, Junji Suganuma, Masao Kawasaki, Mazumi Tanamura, Sachiko Suda, Shota Yanase (violas) / Toho Gakuen Orchestra [ BIS / 2 CD - released 23/Jun/2003 ] This double CD is unmissable not only as a portrait of a fascinating festival but also as a documentation of the various ways the viola has stirred the imagination of contemporary composers. |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Symphony No.8; Symphonic Prelude; For Liverpool Norrkaping Symphony Orchestra conducted by La Jia [ BIS / CD - released 1/Mar/2005 ] This is the first Schnittke disc from the Norrköping Symphony Orchestra under its chief conductor Lü Jia, but the team will be familiar from our recent three-disc series of the orchestral music of Ingvar Lidholm, where the interpretations were highly... |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Works for Violin and Orchestra Patrik Swedrup, Tale Olsson, Christian Bergqvist (violin) / Stockholm Chamber Orchestra / Lev Markiz (conductor) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Dec/1991 ] For various reasons Bis been in the position to remake the packaging of this disc from the back catalogue. They have done so by updating the cover and modernizing the insides of the booklet. The recording itself is of course the original one. |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE / ARVO PART
Concerto for Choir; Voices of nature for ten women's voices & vibraphone / Dopo la vittoria (Piccola cantata); I Am the True Vine / etc Swedish Radio Choir conducted by Tonu Kaljuste with Jonny Rannlund, vibraphone [ BIS / CD - released 12/Aug/2004 ] "The cool, unassuming nature of the Pärt pieces balances extremely effectively the weightiness of the emotions in the Schnittke Concerto, making the disc much more enjoyable and 'digestible' than it might otherwise have been" (MusicWeb Sept 2004) |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
String Quartets Nos 1 - 3 Tale Quartet [ BIS / CD - released 17/May/2006 ] The complete Schnittke edition continues |
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Cello Works (Includes the Concerto No.1 for cello & orchestra) Torleif Thedaen (cello) / Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Leif Segerstam [ BIS / CD - released 1/Aug/2003 ] "a most interesting collection of adventures in Schnittke's customary surreal world." (American Record Guide) |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Cello Concerto No 2 / Concerto Grosso No 2 for Violin, Cello & Orch. Torleif Thedaen (cello) Oleh Krysah (violin) / Malma Symphony Orchestra/ Lev Marki [ BIS / CD - released 8/Jan/2002 ] Torleif Thedéen is one of the most highly regarded musicians in Scandinavia. |