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   Concerto grosso No. 1 (1977) is one of the most significant works of Alfred Schnittke.  The basis of it is integration of different musical periods ranging from the epoch of Gregorian chorale and Renaissance to modern time.  They create a peculiar type of integrity which the composer himself called "polystylistics".  Today it determines not only A. Schnittke's style but also one of the most significant tendencies of modern music.  The structure of the Concerto grosso corresponds to the norms olden genres.  Still, the concept of the work and its musical expressive devices belongs utterly to our time.
   Almost all the instrumental concertos were written on the initiative of out-standing musicians who were attracted by the high artistic merits of the composer's music and his marvelous "hearing" of any instrument.  Concerto for Cello and Orchestra (completed in 1986) is dedicated to the distinguished musician, the RSFSR Poeple's Artist Natalia Gutman.

A. SCHNITTKE

1.Concerto Grosso No. 1 for Two Violins, Harpsichord, Prepared Piano and Strings (1977) 42:14

   Prelude
   Toccata
   Recitative
   Cadence
   Rondo
   Postlude

Tatiana Grindenko, Gidon Kremer - Violins
Moscow Philharmonic Society Soloists Ensemble
Yuri Bashmet - Conductor

Recorded live at the Grand Hall of the Philharmonic Society of Leningrad   May 30, 1988

2. Concerto No. 1 for Cello and Orchestra (1986) 42:14

   Pesante. Moderato
   Largo
   Allegro vivace
   Largo

Natalia Gutman - Cello
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
Gennadi Rozhdestvensky - Conductor

Recorded in 1986

Total Time 70:13