Rodion Konstantinowitsch Schtschedrin

This short study explores the entire dynamic range of the instrument. It is based on a Russian fairy-tale which can be recited (ad lib.) towards the end of the piece.

Strongly influenced by Russian Impressionism this concerto can also be performed with a small string ensemble. A recent recording by the young Russian virtuoso Maxim Vengerow with conductor Mstislav R...

Zum 300. Geburtstag von Johann Sebastian Bach. Für Violine solo

Both movements explore the specific sonorities of the bass recorder. The first movement is predominantly lyrical, whereas the second is very rhythmic and dominated by percussive effects.

Ursprünglich für den International Cello Congress 2005, 1000 Cellists Concert, komponiert, kann das einsätzige Stück auch von Amateuren gespielt werden. Diesem Anspruch der leichteren Spielbarkeit und...

Für Flöte, Oboe und Klarinette

Deep Slavic emotions and gripping virtuosity - that's what characterizes many compositions by Rodion Shchedrin. Even if he has been a cosmopolitan for a long time, the Moscow-born composer nevertheles...

A neo-impressionistic, virtuosic-cantabile atmospheric picture.

Sir Yehudi Menuhin, who died in March 1999, was both the founder and for 40 years the guiding spirit of the summer music festival that is named after him in the Swiss town of Gstaad. The Gstaad festiv...

You can even play a duet on a solo instrument! In his piece! In notes spread across two systems the violin displays its characteristic contrasting qualities. The instrument contradicts itself: staccat...

Deep Slavic emotion and riveting virtuosity - this is what characterises many compositions by Rodion Shchedrin. Even though he has been a cosmopolitan for a long time, the Moscow-born Shchedrin has re...

Thema der hintersinnig-virtuosen Variationen ist das Andante aus Leopold Mozarts Sinfonie D-Dur (Eisen D 26).

This monodrama sums up the essential moments of the second scene from Act V of Shakespeare's tragedy Antony and Cleopatra in the Russian translation of Boris Pasternak. The conflict between life and d...

With his opera 'The Dead Souls' (based on Gogol) and the ballets 'Anna Karenina' (based on Tolstoy), 'The Seagull' and 'Woman with a Little Dog' (both based on Chekov), Shchedrin has brought classic w...

Profound Slavonic emotion and thrilling virtuosity distinguish many of Rodion Shchedrin's compositions. Even though he has long since become a citizen of the world, the composer born in Moscow has hel...