Symphony No. 8 / Suite from 'the Census List'
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ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Symphony No. 8 / Suite from 'the Census List'
Lev Butenin (reciter) / Russian State Symphony Orchestra / Valeri Polyansky
[ Chandos Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Sunday 6 May 2001
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Critic's Choice-the Best CDs of 2001 (BBC Music Magazine)
Critic's Choice - the Best CDs of 2001 (BBC Music Magazine)
'RECORDS of the YEAR' - Sunday Times
Schnittke's uncompromising music is featured on this disc and is played by the experienced Russian State Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Valeri Polyansky. On this disc is the only currently available recording of the Suite from The Census List and Symphony No. 8 has rarely been recorded.
The Russian State Symphony Orchestra, or Soviet Philharmonic Orchestra as it was originally called, was formed some ten years ago by the conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Since then it has made numerous concert tours throughout Russia, Europe, the USA and Japan and has performed alongside many world-famous musicians and conductors including Yehudi Menuhin, Nikolai Petrov, Yuri Bashmet, Vladimir Spivakov and Zubin Mehta.
Since 1992 the orchestra has been conducted by Valeri Polyansky and has given innumerable concerts together with the Russian State Symphonic Cappella. In that same year the Orchestra toured the USA, Canada, Germany, Spain, Italy, Austria, Japan and Taiwan.
Tracks:
Symphony No. 8 37:43
1 I Moderato 9:38
2 II Allegro moderato 4:29
3 III Lento 16:37
4 IV Allegro moderato - Allegro vivace - 5:16
5 V Lento 1:41
Suite from 'The Census List'* 28:53
6 1 Overture 1:18
7 2 Chichikov's Childhood 2:18
8 3 The Portrait 7:20
9 4 The Greatcoat 2:20
10 5 Ferdinand VIII 0:53
11 6 The Clerks 2:43
12 7 The Ball 6:33
13 8 The Testimony 5:31
