4 catalog entries, grouped by year.
Schnittke's First Symphony brings conflicting musical styles into the same large orchestral space. Quotations, popular idioms, modernist textures and theatrical actions interrupt one another across its extended...
Read background and sourcesSchnittke framed his Second Symphony in six sections corresponding to the Ordinary of the Mass. Voices present liturgical material while the orchestra supplies a much larger surrounding musical argument. The subtitle...
Read background and sourcesSchnittke wrote his Third Symphony for the new Gewandhaus in Leipzig. The score engages with German musical history, using motifs derived from composers' names within a large orchestral design. Historical allusions...
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Classical 300Schnittke gave this four-movement work a double title to join two orchestral traditions. Violin, oboe and harpsichord form a concertino in the opening movement, set against a large orchestra. The second movement...
Read background and sources1960-2025. Each year contains 150 selections.