Chamber Music of Viktor Suslin

On this CD:

1. Midnight Music for violin, harpsichord (with live electronics) & double bass
Composed by Viktor Suslin
Performed by Tatyana Grindenko, Aleksei Lubimov

2. Crossing Beyond for viola, cello & double bass
Composed by Viktor Suslin
Performed by Igor Boguslavsky, Vladimir Tinkha

3. Trio Sonata for flute, guitar & cello
Composed by Viktor Suslin
Performed by Vladimir Tinkha, Oleg Khudiakov

4. Dawn Music for double bass solo
Composed by Viktor Suslin

5. Sonata capricciosa for viola & harpsichord
Composed by Viktor Suslin
Performed by Igor Boguslavsky

6. The White Devil for bass flute, guitar, cello & percussion: In Memoriam Anatoly Vedernikov (1920 - 1993)
Composed by Viktor Suslin
Performed by Mark Pekarsky, Vladimir Tinkha, Oleg Khudiakov

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Viktor Suslin: Midnight Music (1977) for violin, harpsichord and double bass; Trio Sonata (1971) for flute, guitar and cello; Crossing Beyond (1990); Dawn Music for double bass solo
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Viktor Suslin: Midnight Music (1977) for violin, harpsichord and double bass; Trio Sonata (1971) for flute, guitar and cello; Crossing Beyond (1990); Dawn Music for double bass solo

Manufacturer: Olympia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004KD2B
Release Date: 2000-03-14

Tracks:

Midnight Music - Tatiana Grindenko/Alexei Lubimov/Alexander Suslin
Crossing Beyond - Igor Boguslavski/Vladimir Tonkha/Alexander Suslin
Trio Son - Oleg Khudiakov/Alexander Martynov/Vladimir Tonkha
Dawn Music - Alexander Suslin
Son Capricciosa - Igor Boguslavski/Alexei Lubimov
Le Deuil Blanc - Oleg Khudiakov/Alexander Martynov/Vladimir Tonkha/Mark Pekarsky

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Generally minor material, with some strong moments, and best left to collectors

Lockenhaus Festival 1995

Manufacturer: Bis
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ASIN: B0000016OG
Release Date: 1996-07-09

Tracks:

Capriccio Uber Die Abriese - Gidon Kremer/Hanna Weinmiester
Meditation Of The Bach Chorale 'Vor Deinen Thron Tret Ich Hiermit' - Elisabeth Chojnacka/Hanna Wienmeister/Elvira Bekova/Marius Stravinsky/Alfia Bekova/Alois Posch
Silenzio, Five Pieces: 1/4nt=96 - Friedrich Lips/Gidon Kremer/Vladimir Tonkha
Silenzio, Five Pieces: 1 Bar=42 - Friedrich Lips/Gidon Kremer/Vladimir Tonkha
Silenzio, Five Pieces: 1/4nt=56 - Friedrich Lips/Gidon Kremer/Vladimir Tonkha
Silenzio, Five Pieces: 1/8nt=152 - Friedrich Lips/Gidon Kremer/Vladimir Tonkha
Silenzio, Five Pieces: 1/4nt=72 - Friedrich Lips/Gidon Kremer/Vladimir Tonkha
Free Improvisation 'Astrea' - Sofia Gubidailina/Alexander Sluskin/Viktor Suslin
Ein Engel... - Maria Kowollik/Alexander Suslin
Dancer On A Tightrope (Der Seiltanzer) - Gidon Kremer/Vadim Sakhavo
Three Chors On Poems: The Tiger On The Street - Woman's Voices Of The Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory Chm Chor/Boris Tevlin
Three Chors On Poems: Pussy Cats - Woman's Voices Of The Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory Chm Chor/Boris Tevlin
Three Chors On Poems: Tounge Twister - Woman's Voices Of The Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory Chm Chor/Boris Tevlin

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Generally minor material, with some strong moments, and best left to collectors.......2007-01-24

This BIS disc contains several performances recorded at the 1995 Lockenhaus Festival where the spotlight was on Sofia Gubaidulina (there are also two Viktor Suslin pieces, but I shall pass over those). Lockenhaus was the creation of violinist Gidon Kremer, who brought Gubaidulina to worldwide attention when he toured with her concerto "Offertorium", and besides performing on violin himself here, he has also gathered a number of world-class musicians. Of note are Friedrich Lips on bayan, the first performer on that instrument to inspire the composer, and the outstanding harpsichordist Elisabeth Chojnacka.

"Silenzio" (1991) is a set of five pieces for bayan, violin, and cello. As one can imagine from the title, this is a piece of very restrained writing. For Gubaidulina, silence is evocative of God and the religious experience, and is found often in her work (see its greatest exposition in the "conductor's solo" of her symphony "Stimmen ...Verstummen", the second string quartet is an example as well). The most active piece is the fourth, where pizzicato playing on the strings manages to overwhelm the accordion, which plays short tremolo bursts under the surface. Some of the sonorities here are very exotic and exciting, though this is one of Gubaidulina's least popularly accessible works.

"Meditation on the Bach Chorale 'Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit'" for harpsichord and string quartet (1993) is a tribute to the composer who, along with Webern, Gubaidulina venerates above all. The music consists of four sections which each work toward presenting a piece of Bach's chorale, with the full chorale finally heard in its entirety at the end. The piece, like much of later Gubaidulina, makes use of special rhythmic forms based on the Fibonacci sequence and its variants, and even if the listener can't consciously do the math, the profundity and elegance of the structure is immediately likeable. This piece hasn't been performed very much, and besides this recording I only know of one from by the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie on Berlin Classics, but I like it very much.

"Dancer on a Tightrope (Der Seiltaenzer)" for violin and piano was written in 1993. Kremer performs on violin, while Vadim Sakharov accompanies him well on piano. Here the violin represents a tightrope walker attempting to keep his balance, while the piano, first played on the strings with a glass tumbler, is a symbol of risk. It's an interesting experiment, though not as successful as most of Gubaidulina's work. Ditto for "Ein Engel..." for alto and double-bass (1994), a brief setting of a poem by Else Lasker-Schüler. Neither the poem nor the scoring are particularly engaging.

There's also an eleven-minute free improvisation by Astraea, the ensemble Gubaidulina founded with Suslin in the 1970s for experiments with traditional Central Asia instruments. This improvisation ranges from extrovert rhythms to sparse textures reminiscent of Takemitsu's pieces for Japanese instruments, to the sort of bubbling pizzicato often found in Gubaidulina's compositions. A different side of the composer that I wish were more visible.

The liner notes are quite fine, giving information on the piece--even details of the obscure numerical mysticism in "Meditation", the text of the vocal works, and biographies of the performers.

While Gubaidulina collectors will want to pick this disc up, especially for the Astraea improvisation (the easiest Astrea material to find), this is somewhat minor Gubaidulina. Neophytes are encouraged to check out her symphony "Stimmen... Verstumen..." (Chandos) or "Offertorium" (in DG's "20/21" series).

White Music: Contemporary Organ Music from Russia & Estonia / Various

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White Music: Contemporary Organ Music from Russia & Estonia / Various
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Manufacturer: Olympia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004Y6ZH
Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

Passacaglia Fur Orgel
Prelude And Fugue
Pari Intervallo
Vox Humana
Lamento
Weisse Musik
Passacaglia

In Croce: Chamber Music from Russia - Works for Cello by Alfred Schnittke (Sonata for Cello & Piano) / Sofia Gubaidulina (In Croce, for Cello & Organ) / Viktor Suslin (Sonata for Cello & Percussion) / Arvo Pärt (Spiegel im Spiegel, for Cello & Piano) - David Geringas, Cello

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In Croce: Chamber Music from Russia - Works for Cello by Alfred Schnittke (Sonata for Cello & Piano) / Sofia Gubaidulina (In Croce, for Cello & Organ) / Viktor Suslin (Sonata for Cello & Percussion) / Arvo Pärt (Spiegel im Spiegel, for Cello & Piano) - David Geringas, Cello

Manufacturer: Koch Schwann (Germ.)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001SP2
Release Date: 1994-04-29

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