Simon Smith - Alfred Schnittke: Complete Piano Music (2014)
Genre: Classical | MP3 320 kbps | 02:26:25 | ~336 Mb
Label: Delphian | Tracks: 24 | Rls.date: 2016
Genre: Classical | MP3 320 kbps | 02:26:25 | ~336 Mb
Label: Delphian | Tracks: 24 | Rls.date: 2016
In 2002 Simon Smith made his recording debut on Delphian in a disc of James MacMillans complete piano music, paired with Stuart MacRaes Piano Sonata. Recordings of music by Hafliði Hallgrímsson and Thomas Wilson have followed. In this new, substantial outing Smith turns from music-making in Scotland to another of his lifelong loves, the music of Alfred Schnittke. This two-disc set comprises Schnittkes entire published output for solo piano (including one piece for piano duet and another for six hands at one keyboard). The Russian composers music often makes gargantuan demands of the player. Smiths astonishing dynamic palette and heartfelt musicality combine here to stunning effect.
TRACKLIST
CD1
Piano Sonata No. 1
01. Lento
02. Allegretto
03. Lento
04. Allegro
Piano Sonata No. 2
05. Moderato
06. Lento
07. Allegro moderato
Piano Sonata No. 3
08. Lento
09. Allegro
10. Lento
11. Allegro
12. Variations
CD2
01. Prelude and Fugue
02. Improvisation and Fugue
03. Variations on a Chord
04. Folk song
05. In the mountains
06. Cuckoo and woodpecker
07. Melody
08. Tale
09. Play
10. Children's piece
11. March
12. Homage to Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich
Five Aphorisms
13. Moderato assai
14. Allegretto
15. Lento
16. Senza tempo
17. Grave
18. Sonatina for piano (four hands)
19. Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Two Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467
20. To the first movement
21. To the third movement
22. Cadenza to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 25 in C major, K. 503
Two Cadenzas to Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 2 in B flat major, K. 39
23. To the first movement
24. To the third movement