JS Bach & Schnittke: Concertos
Maria Alikhanova (flute) & Dmitri Bulgakov (oboe)
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Misha Rachlevsky
the composer has ensured a fresh slant on his most familiar work such that it loses only a little of its provocative force. It helps that Maira Alikhanova and Dmitri Bulgakov are so evidently...
JS Bach & Schnittke: Concertos
Maria Alikhanova (flute) & Dmitri Bulgakov (oboe)
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, Misha Rachlevsky
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the composer has ensured a fresh slant on his most familiar work such that it loses only a little of its provocative force. It helps that Maira Alikhanova and Dmitri Bulgakov are so evidently...
About
Bach and Schnittke may not immediately strike the listener as obvious companions. Yet there are numerous important parallels between the works featured on this disc. Schnittke was fascinated with musical heritage. Bach himself was prolific in re-working music for different musical combinations, and this disc sheds new light on both his music and that of Schnittke by offering their works in fresh transcriptions.
Contents and tracklist
Bach, J S:
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043 (Arr. D. Bulgakov & M. Alikhanova for Flute, Oboe & Strings)
Work length13:03
- Maria Alikhanova (flute), Dmitri Bulgakov (oboe)
- Kremlin Chamber Orchestra
- Misha Rachlevsky
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043 (Arr. D. Bulgakov & M. Alikhanova for Flute, Oboe & Strings): I. Vivace
Track length3:24
Concerto for 2 Violins in D Minor, BWV 1043 (Arr. D. Bulgakov & M. Alikhanova for Flute, Oboe & Strings): II. Largo ma non tanto
Track length5:14
Schnittke:
Moz-Art a la Haydn (arr. A. Safronov for flute, oboe and strings)
Work length10:55
This work is only available as an album download.
- Maria Alikhanova (flute), Dmitri Bulgakov (oboe)
- Kremlin Chamber Orchestra
- Misha Rachlevsky
Moz-Art à la Haydn (Arr. A. Safronov for Flute, oboe & Strings)
Track length10:55
This track is only available as an album download.
Schnittke:
Concerto grosso No. 1 (Version for Flute, Oboe, Harpsichord, Prepared Piano & Strings)
Work length28:39
- Maria Alikhanova (flute), Dmitri Bulgakov (oboe), Fedor Stroganov (harpsichord)
- Kremlin Chamber Orchestra
- Misha Rachlevsky
Concerto grosso No. 1 (Version for Flute, Oboe, Harpsichord, Prepared Piano & Strings): I. Preludio
Track length5:12
Concerto grosso No. 1 (Version for Flute, Oboe, Harpsichord, Prepared Piano & Strings): II. Toccata
Track length4:37
Concerto grosso No. 1 (Version for Flute, Oboe, Harpsichord, Prepared Piano & Strings): III. Recitativo
Track length6:51
Concerto grosso No. 1 (Version for Flute, Oboe, Harpsichord, Prepared Piano & Strings): IV. Cadenza
Track length2:15
Concerto grosso No. 1 (Version for Flute, Oboe, Harpsichord, Prepared Piano & Strings): V. Rondo
Track length7:20
Awards and reviews
November 2011
the composer has ensured a fresh slant on his most familiar work such that it loses only a little of its provocative force. It helps that Maira Alikhanova and Dmitri Bulgakov are so evidently attuned to this music, alternately soulful and scabrous in the initial three movements...Mischa Rachlevsky draws incisive playing from his Kremlin forces.
July 2011
Replacing the two violins [in the Schnittke] with wind instruments changes the character of the work, of course. The sense of 'Baroque pastiche' is not as strong, and the music seems less obsessive - more 'normal', if you will...this is an interesting alternative viewpoint.
