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Cover: Alfred Schnittke – Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2 · Suite in the Old Style

Alfred Schnittke

Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2

Suite in the Old Style

Mark Lubotsky, violin
Ralf Gothóni, piano

ODE 800-2 · CD · February 1993

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Track listing

10 tracks · 53:08

Alfred Schnittke

  1. Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano 16:20
  2. 1 I. Andante 2:27
  3. 2 II. Allegretto 4:30
  4. 3 III. Largo 4:33
  5. 4 IV. Allegro scherzando - Allegro - Largo - Allegretto 4:50
  6. 5 Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano (Quasi una Sonata) 20:38
  7. Suite in the Old Style 16:10
  8. 6 I. Pastorale 3:38
  9. 7 II. Ballet 2:17
  10. 8 III. Minuet 3:58
  11. 9 IV. Fugue 2:35
  12. 10 V. Pantomime 3:42

The artists

Mark Lubotsky

The violinist Mark Lubotsky was born in Leningrad (today: St. Petersburg) and studied at the Tchaikovsky Conservatory in Moscow with Abraham Yampolsky and David Oistrakh. Lubotsky won prizes in several international competitions, including the Moscow Tchaikovsky Competition, and appeared from an early age as a soloist with leading orchestras in the Soviet Union and Western Europe. He has performed at many notable international music festivals in Europe, the United States and Japan. Commanding an extensive classical-romantic repertoire, Lubotsky has also focused intensely on contemporary music, working closely with his personal friends Benjamin Britten, Alfred Schnittke and Arvo Pärt. Schnittke dedicated his three violin sonatas and the second violin concerto to Lubotsky, who is also an eloquent advocate of the recently rediscovered Russian avantgarde composer Nikolai Roslavets.

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Ralf Gothóni

Ralf Gothóni (born in Finland, living in Spain) has a many-sided career as solo pianist, chamber musician and conductor all over the world. He became well-known for his unconventional way of music -making, not only as a pianist, but as a musician with unusual thinking about music and the wholeness of musicianship.

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