Shnitke (german: Schnittke), Alfred Garriyevich 24.nov.1934-3.aug.1998 Russia Volga Germans (now Saratov), Engels - Germany, Hamburg
pianist, 1946 his family moved to Austria Vienna, 1953 entered and 1958 graduated in composition and orchestration from Moscow Conservatory, 1961-1972 taught orchestration at Moscow Conservatory, 1990 he moved to Germany Hamburg where he taught composition at the Hochschule fur Musik

Title Parts


Cello concerto no1. 1986
Alexander Baillie, National Youth Orchestra Scotland / Sian Edwards

Violin concerto no1. 1957 rev 1963
Gidon Kremer, NDR SO / Christoph Eschenbach

Violin concerto no4. 1984
Gidon Kremer, NDR SO / Christoph Eschenbach

Piano concerto. 1979
Margaret Kampmeier, Saarbrucken Radio SO / Michael Stern

Variations on a chord. Piano. 1965
Sonata. Violin, harpsichord and string orchestra. 1967
arr of Sonata no1 for violin and piano 1963
Dmitri Sitkovetski, Pieter-Jan Belder, Netherlands Radio CPO / Dmitri Sitkovetski

Sonata a Mark Lubotski. Violin, harpsichord and chamber orchestra. 1968
arr of Violin sonata no1
Julian Rachlin, Amsterdam Sinfonietta / Candida Thompson

Suite in the old style. Violin and piano. 1972
Leonidas Kavakos, Enrico Pace

Piano quintet. Piano and string quartet. 1972-1976
Katya Apekisheva, Julia Maria Kretz, Boris Brovtsyn, Amihai Grosz, Torleif Thedeen

Moz-Art. 2 Violins. 1976
Matthew Denton, Roman Mints

Sonata no1 for cello and piano. 1978
Jeroen den Herder, Folke Nauta

Passacaglia. Orchestra. 1980
Malmo SO and Chorus / Leif Segerstam. BIS CD437

Drei geistliche gesange. Choir a capella. 1983
Groot Omroepkoor / Sigvards Klava
1 - Bogorodiste devo (Orthodox Ave Maria)
2 - Gospodi (Prayer)
3 - Otche nash (Our Father)
Tri duchovnych gimna (Three holy hymns). Choir
Cappella Amsterdam / Sigvards Klava

Ritual. Choir and orchestra. 1985
Malmo SO and Chorus / Leif Segerstam. BIS CD437

(K)ein Sommernachtstraum. Orchestra with violin and flute solo. 1985
Malmo SO and Chorus / Leif Segerstam. BIS CD437

Concerto for choir. 1986
from The Book of Lamentations
Prague Philharmonic Choir / Jaroslav Brych
1 - O Master of all living
2 - I an expert in human passions
3 - God grant deliverance from sin
4 - Complete this work
Eroffnungsvers zum ersten Festspielsonntag
Chamber Choir Versija / Juris Vaivods. Jade Records 36127

Penitential psalms (Psalms of repentance). Choir. 1988
Groot Omroepkoor. Anitra Jellema s, Elma van den Dool s, Anjolet Rotteveel a, Ans van Dam a, Norbert Ernst t, Alan Belk t / Kaspars Putnins

Requiem. 3 Sopranos, alto, tenor, choir and instr. 1976
from the stage music to the drama Don Carlos
Martina Kritznerova, Jana Sovakova, Darina Glatzova, Marie Smaterova, Petr Klima, Ales Barta organ, Lenka Navratilova piano, Ludmila Cermakova celesta, Marek Svolanek trumpet, Jiri Novotny trombone, Stanislav Mistr guitar, Petr Korinek guitar, Petr Houb percussion, Prague Philharmonic Choir / Jaroslav Brych

Faust cantata "Seid nuchtern und wachet"

best perf.: Sarah Walker, John Cheek, Daniel Taylor, Andreas Jaggi, Groot Omroepkoor, Radio Filharmonisch Orkest / Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Inger Blom, Malmo SO and Chorus / James DePreist. BIS CD437
1 - Folget nun. Choir
2 - Die vierundzwanzig jahre. Tenor, counter-tenor, choir
3 - Gehen also miteinander. Tenor, choir
4 - Meine liebe. Bass, choir
5 - Ach, mein herr Fauste. Tenor, bass, counter-tenor, choir
6 - Doktor Faustus klagte. Tenor, counter-tenor, contralto
** 7 - Es geschah. Contralto, choir
8 - Diese gemeldete Magistri. Tenor
9 - Also endet sich. Choir
10 - Seid nuchtern und wachet. Tutti
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