Friedrich Kleinhapl writes: “Musical programmes never come about by chance, but sometimes despite the best planning one may still be surprised by the effect created by a particular combination of pieces. This happened to us when we played Schnittke’s Cello Sonata No.1 and Schubert’s “Arpeggione” Sonata in this order in a concert. We were struck by the influence the two works had on one another – Schnittke on Schubert, but also working backwards, Schubert on Schnittke.” You can explore this for yourself on this CD from Ars Produktion, originally released in February 2007.