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A. Schnittke finished Symphony 1
in 1974. It was premiered in Gorky on
February 9 of the same year. He wrote: "While composing the symphony for
four years, I simultaneously worked on the music to M. Romm's film 'I
Believe...'. Together with the shooting crew I looked through thousands of
meters of documentary film. Gradually they formed in my mind a seemingly
chaotic but inwardly orderly chronicle of the 20th century. The Symphony
has no program. However, if the tragic and wonderful chronicle of our time
had not been imprinted on my consciousness, I would not have written this
music..." Thus, from the point of view of its civic-mindedness and
patriotism, Schnittke in his composition upholds the best traditions of
Shostakovich - the great chronicler of our epoch.
Alfred Schnittke's works are truly innovative because
he knows well and deeply loves great classical heritage - this becomes perfectly
clear when reading any of his scores. Symphony 1 is considered to be a
work of superior quality.
A. Schnittke
Symphony No. 1
Senza
Tempo. Moderato
Allegretto
Lento
Lento. Allegro
Total Time - 64:51
Jazz
Improvisations:
violin - Paul Magi
trumpet - Victor Guseinov
Solos:
flute - Irina Lozben
trumpet - Vladimir Pushkarev
trombone - Rashit Galeyev
timpani - Sergei Soloviev
organ - Tatiana Fridlyand
The USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra
conductor - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
Cover Painting, Hieronymus Bosch - Last Judgment
Triptych (central panel)
Cover Design by Evgeni Kostitsyn