Tag: Natalia Gutman
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Leningrad Cello Concertos
More from the unique Leningrad/ Soviet Series featuring here top Russian cello stars
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Schnittke: Concerti Grossi Nos. 1 & 2
(C.G No.1) “This is a special work. It begins with a dialogue between the soloists, cello and viola which seems very elaborated. Then starts a Handel-like concerto grosso sound which is in that context very mad. Soon join drums and electrical guitar to the orchestra. This is a great fun and could be called a…
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Schnittke: Viola & Cello (No.1) Concertos
“Both these especially lyrical works were composed specifically for (these) star players whose recordings have generally been accepted as definitive….(Viola) Improving on Yuri Bashmet’s recordings…was never going to be an easy task. Other performers may play the piece, but Bashmet lives it” (Cello):“The Schnittke concerto was written for Gutman, and she takes possession of it…
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Falik: Concerto della Passione – Symphonic Studies
Yuri Falik belongs to a generation whose creativity, self-identification, and outlook were formed in the Sixties. He is a man of the Thaw era. However, his style is a constantly varying phenomenon, and every new work is a discovery. Falik cannot be simply allied to innovators or to traditionalists: he did not invent a new…
