Beethoven Violin Concerto - Schnittke Cadenza Mov 1 - Kremer

Cadenza By Alfred Schnittke
Beethoven Vln Concerto Mvt. 1
Gidon Kremer, Vln
Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Feilds

Rare Cadenza, enjoy polystylism - Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Mozart, Ysaye, Schoenberg, Berg, and Schnittke in 1 cadenza!

Phillips out of print, transfer from LP.

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• Beethoven
• Violin
• Concerto
• Gidon
• Kremer
• Alfred
• Schnittke
• Cadenza
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• One
• Allegro
• Sir
• Neville
• Marriner
• Academy
• Martin

[MaestrinoClassics]

I forgot to mention - the timpani use at the end is poking fun at people's love of the soft five timpani notes at the commencing of the concerto! Make sure to see movement 3 cadenza as well - also quite interesting. It is a shame that this isn't played anymore, and it is a fabulous recording to begin with, making it quite unfortunate that it went off the record becasue of the cadenza.

[gnatural]

HAHAHAHAHAHA this is great... lol everybody is here, Shostakovich, Brahms, lol!! love it. they are all in debt to Beethoven for being the pioneer so i think the cadenza is fitting.

[violinRL]

oh wow. that was great.

[MaestroTJS]

The appeal of this is akin to graffiti "artists" spray painting the Parthenon (or whatever), adding some Chinese and Egyptian motives, and saying they've created something new and spectacular. I understand why this appeals to some people who like new and edgy things, and it's a slap in the face of traditional cadenzas (and so on and so forth, blah blah blah), but let's be honest: like graffiti, it's just mucking up what's underneath.

[gibstudio]

@jbordenbass No need to put classical music in a box. The cadenza shows Beethoven's influence on the next century of musicians. There are quotes from Bartok, Brahms, Berg. I've always found it to be very powerful. I enjoy the Kreisler cadenza too. It's just different.

[jbordenbass]

This is dumb. Everyone just likes this because they think 'hey I know that piece." Cadenzas are supposed to be beautiful and stunning, not out-of-style and completely out of context.

[gibstudio]

@MaestrinoClassics So excited that you posted this. I'll be playing this cadenza in Michigan at the end of September.  There's a portion of the cadenza that is cut in this recording by the way.

[unsoldat99]

wow Beethoven meet Ysayë meets Mahler meets Schönberg

[epessina]

GENIAL !

[lovesGenet]

The quotes Brahms& Shostakovich r obvious but this is more than collage.I'd like to know why Schnittke did it this way.

[anaklasis]

Beethoven's concerto linking part 60-63, Berg's concert row 64-65, Bartók's 2nd concerto I movement 66-69, Shostakovich 1st concerto II movement 70-71, Berg 72-73, Beethoven 74-77, Shostakovich 1st concerto cadenza 78-81, Bartók 2nd Concerto I movement coda 82-84, Bach/Berg 87, Bartók 2nd Concerto I movement 88, Berg 89-96, reprise Beethoven 97 ostinato, Berg)

End of quote.

Numbers are for bars in the score (Sikorski) Note between brackets is by Shulguin, who Schnittke was talking with.