Valentin Silvestrov: Dedication (Symphony for Violin & Orchestra) / Post Scriptum (Sonata for Violin & Piano) - Gidon Kremer / Munich Philharmonic
On this CD:
1. Dedication, symphony for violin and orchestra
Composed by Valentin Vasil'yevich Silvestrov
Performed by Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
with Gidon Kremer
Conducted by Roman Kofman
2. Post Scriptum, sonata for violin and piano
Composed by Valentin Vasil'yevich Silvestrov
Performed by Gidon Kremer, Vadim Sakharov
Editorial Reviews
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Valentin Silvestrov (b. 1937) has only come into his own only since the late 1970s. Before then, his music tended to follow in the wake of Shostakovich and Schnittke. His true voice emerged with Symphony No. 5 (1980-81). And it's here, in full measure, in Dedication: Symphony for Violin and Orchestra, a 1990-91 work for Gidon Kremer, the soloist here. Silvestrov, like Schnittke, is a polystylist; but unlike Schnittke, he keeps a constant tonal undercurrent beneath the more overt language of the orchestra which can be, at any time, tonal, atonal, serial, or anarchic. It's quite hypnotizing. Check this guy out. --Paul Cook
Valentin Silvestrov: Dedication (Symphony for Violin & Orchestra) / Post Scriptum (Sonata for Violin & Piano) - Gidon Kremer / Munich Philharmonic, Music, Valentin Vasil'yevich Silvestrov, Roman Kofman, Gidon Kremer, Vadim Sakharov, Munich Philharmonic, Chamber, Classical, Classical Composers, Popular Music, Symphonic, Symphony, Violin with Keyboard
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