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Schnittke/Kancheli: Light Over Darkness - LUTOSLAWSKI QUARTET & ERATO ALAKIOZIDOU CD

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Schnittke/Kancheli: Light Over Darkness - LUTOSLAWSKI QUARTET & ERATO ALAKIOZIDOU CD
Greek pianist Erato Alakiozidou and the Lutoslawski Quartet perform works by Alfred Schnittke and Giya Kancheli, which combine the contemporary expressive vocabulary of postmodernism, with the historical narrative of the last three centuries of Western Music. Moments of amazing tension are juxtaposed with passages of fragile introspection. The music of Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) and Giya Kancheli (b.1935) was shaped by the history of the Soviet Union and the politics of Moscow. Both grew up in Stalins era, yet neither composer was Russian - Kancheli is Georgian and Schnittke had a German mother and German-speaking Jewish father. Both Kancheli and Schnittke have highly distinctive styles; apart from the deep personal feelings they express in various ways, they conserve silence as a key colour in their musical canvases. Schnittkes Piano Quartet (1988) was composed out of Mahlers sketch for the unfinished second movement of his student Piano Quartet written in the mid 1870s. While Schnittke sometimes clearly departs from the Mahler original, much of the time it is quite clearly present, often with additional material accumulating round it - chromatic chords, dense canonic treatments - to give the effect of seeing an object through obscure glass or hearing music under water. If Schnittkes music is often in uneasy dialogue with that of the Austro-German tradition, the work of Giya Kancheli seems set apart from that tradition, linked rather with Prt and Grecki. Like Schnittkes Piano Quintet, Kanchelis In Listesso Tempo has a mournful tone, but while Schnittke expresses a personal grief, Kanchelis is more universal. In a preface to the score Kancheli tells the listener to expect "threads of sorrow caused by the imperfections of the world". Erato Alakiozidou has performed internationally in countries including Italy, Serbia, Turkey, Poland and the UK. She has pioneered a number of projects including international music festival Synthermia, contemporary music ensemble Ide Fixe, non-profit organisation Beartive, and the Tangos a cuatro Quartet. Named after the great 20th-century Polish composer Witold Lutoslawski, and specialising in music of the 20th and 21st centuries, the Lutoslawski Quartet is one of Polands leading quartets. Since its formation in 2007, the group has quickly established itself on the Polish and international classical music scene, appearing in numerous prestigious festivals and concert halls, as well as working with IRCAM at the Centre Pompidou in Paris.Additional Info: Personnel: Chris Spedding (vocals, guitar); Tony Carr, Brian Bennett (drums); Chas Mills, Neil Lancaster, Tony Burrows (background vocals).

Specifics

  • Album: Schnittke/Kancheli: Light Over Darkness
  • Artist: LUTOSLAWSKI QUARTET & ERATO ALAKIOZIDOU
  • Label: ODRADEK
  • Genre: Classical
  • MPN: ODRCD341
Tracklist

. Alfred Schnittke – Piano Quintet Op. 108
1. I. Moderato
2. II. In tempo di Valse
3. III. Andante
4. IV. Lento
5. V. Moderato pastorale
. Alfred Schnittke – Piano Quartet in A minor (after Mahler)
6. I. Allegro
. Giya Kancheli
7. Piano Quartet In L’istesso Tempo

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