GIDON KREMER: Kremer plays 20th-century Composers (3CD)

CD1
SERGEY PROKOFIEV:
VIOLIN SONATA No. 1 in F minor Op. 80
1. Andante assai         9’42
2. Allegro brusco        3’49
3. Andante      8’36
4. Allegrissimo-andante assai come prima     7’53
 
5. SCHERZO, vivacissimo, from Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major Op. 19,
transcription for violin & piano         4’05
 
SONATA for 2 Violins in C major Op. 56
6. Andante cantabile  2’55
7. Allegro        3’07
8. Commodo   4’17
9. Allegro con brio     5’55
 
10. LADISLAV KUPKOVIC: Souvenir      4’23
 
Total time:      53’07
 
Gidon Kremer, violin
Oleg Maisenberg, violin (1-4, 10)
Yuri Smirnov, piano (5); Tatiana Grindenko, violin II (6-9)
 
 
CD2
KARA KARAYEV: Concerto for Violin & Orchestra
1. Allegro moderato   7’47
2. Andante      5’26
3. Allegro ben marcato           6’08
VADIM SALMANOV: Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 2
4. Allegro molto         4’30
5. Andante      5’00
6. Presto          4’48
7. ARNOLD SCHOENBERG: Fantasy for Violin & Piano           7’45
ANTON WEBERN: 4 Pieces Op. 7
8. Sehr langsam          0’53
9. Rasch          1’23
10. Sehr langsam        0’49
11. Bewegt     1’21
KARL-HEINZ STOCKHAUSEN: Excerpts from “Tierkreis”
12. Aquarius, Gemini, Pisces, Libra, Sagittarius, Leo, Aquarius                 9’03
 
Total time:      54’54
 
Gidon Kremer, violin
USSR State TV & Radio Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Kozhukhar (1-3)
Maria Bondarenko, piano (4-6); Oleg Maisenberg, piano (7-11)
Tatiana Grindenko, violin II (12)
 
 
CD3
VLADIMIR MARTYNOV: Come in! For violin & ensemble
1. Movement 1           3’33
2. Movement 2           4’43
3. Movement 3           5’44
4. Movement 4           5’30
5. Movement 5           7’16
6. Movement 6           3’48
 
ARTHUR LOURIÉ: Concerto da Camera for Violin & String Orchestra
7. Entrata: allegro capriccioso, ma non rubato          3’07
8. Aria, lento ma non troppo 6’59
9. Intermezzo, languido quasi adagio            4’44
10. Fantasia, allegro molto appassionato, ma sempre dolcissimo     4’24
11. Serenata, moderato          4’41
12. Epilogo     6’09
 
Total time:      60’37
 
Gidon Kremer, violin
Tatiana Grindenko, violin II (1-6)
Mikhael Muntyan, celesta (1-6)
Moscow Philharmonic Society Soloists, Yuri Bashmet (1-6)
German Chamber Philharmonic Society, Gidon Kremer (7-12)