Kuss Quartet - Thème russe - Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Schnittke, Glazunov, Scriabin, Rimsky Korsakov etc (2012)

Tracklist

01. Variations on a Russian Folk Song-for String Quartet: Theme. Adagio:
02. Variations on a Russian Folk Song-for String Quartet: Variation 1. Allegretto: Artsbyuschev
03. Variations on a Russian Folk Song-for String Quartet: Variation 2. Allegretto:Scriabin
04. Variations on a Russian Folk Song-for String Quartet: Variation 3. Andantino: Glazunov
05. Variations on a Russian Folk Song-for String Quartet: Variation 4. Allegro: Rimsky-Korsakov
06. Variations on a Russian Folk Song-for String Quartet: Variation 5. Canon. Adagio:Lyadov
07. Variations on a Russian Folk Song-for String Quartet: Variation 6. Allegretto: Vitols
08. Variations on a Russian Folk Song-for String Quartet: Variation 7. Allegro: Blumenfeld
09. Variations on a Russian Folk Song-for String Quartet: Variation 8. Andante cantible
10. Variations on a Russian Folk Song-for String Quartet: Variation 9. Fugato: Allegro: Winkler
11. Variations on a Russian Folk Song-for String Quartet: Variation 10. Finale, Allegro: Sokolov
12. Album for the Young, Op. 39: Russian Song: Tchaikovsky
13. Concertino: Concertino: Stravinsky
14. Canon in memoriam Igor Stravinsky: Canon in memoriam Igor Stravinsky: Schnittke
15. Album for the Young, Op. 39: Old French Song
16. Album for the Young, Op. 39: Mama
17. Album for the Young, Op. 39: The Hobby Horse
18. Album for the Young, Op. 39: March of the Wooden Soldiers
19. Album for the Young, Op. 39: The Sick Doll
20. Album for the Young, Op. 39: The Doll's Funeral
21. Album for the Young, Op. 39: The Witch
22. Album for the Young, Op. 39: Sweet Dreams
23. Album for the Young, Op. 39: Kamarinskaya (Folk Song)
24. String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11: I. Moderato e semplice: Tchaikovsky
25. String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11: II. Andante cantible: Tchaikovsky
26. String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11: III. Scherzo. Allegro non tanto e con fuoco: Tchaikovsky- Tro
27. String Quartet No. 1 in D, Op. 11: IV. Finale: Allegro giusto-Andate-Allegro vivace: Tchaikovsky



An enchanting programme of Russian music for string quartet from the acclaimed Kuss Quartet. The multiple-composer 'Variations on a Russian folk song' has composers such as Scriabin, Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov and Lyadov rub shoulders with lesser-known names such as Vitols, Blumenfeld, Ewald, Winkler, Sokolov and Artsybuschev – each composer contributing a variation.

Selections from Tchaikovsky’s 'Album for the Young' frame two 20th-century works: Stravinsky’s effervescent 'Concertino', and Schnittke’s spare and sombre 'Canon in memoriam Igor Stravinsky'. Tchaikovsky’s ever-popular First String Quartet concludes an ingeniously constructed programme.

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