Piano Sonatas 1-3

Album by Alfred Garyevich Schnittke & Ragna Schirmer

Piano Sonatas 1-3 is a set of three piano sonatas by Soviet-born composer Alfred Schnittke, composed between 1964 and 1978. The works blend late-20th-century modernist techniques with polystylism, juxtaposing atonal passages, tonal fragments and abrupt shifts in texture and dynamics, and they document stages in Schnittke's development from early serial influences towards his distinctive polystylistic language within the late 20th-century piano repertoire.
First released: 2000

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Piano Sonata no. 1: I. Lento
    7:08
  2. 2.
    Piano Sonata no. 1: II. Allegretto
    6:40
  3. 3.
    Piano Sonata no. 1: III. Lento
    8:11
  4. 4.
    Piano Sonata no. 1: IV. Allegro
    10:09
  5. 5.
    Piano Sonata no. 2: I. Moderato
    6:52
  6. 6.
    Piano Sonata no. 2: II. Lento
    4:57
  7. 7.
    Piano Sonata no. 2: III. Allegro moderato
    7:12
  8. 8.
    Piano Sonata no. 3: I. Lento
    4:45
  9. 9.
    Piano Sonata no. 3: II. Allegro
    2:39
  10. 10.
    Piano Sonata no. 3: III. Lento
    4:11
  11. 11.
    Piano Sonata no. 3: IV. Allegro
    3:31

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