Symphonies Nos 0 - 9

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Symphonies Nos 0 - 9
Soloists & Choirs / Cape Philharmonic Orchestra / BBC National Orchestra of Wales / Stockholm Sinfonietta / Gothenburg Symphony / etc

[ BIS / 6 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Sunday 1 November 2009

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BIS is proud to present the only available collection of the complete symphonies by Alfred Schnittke. The recordings, part of the Schnittke Edition begun in 1987, have been brought together in a 6-CD boxed set, which includes an initiated essay by Schnittke's close associate Alexander Ivashkin: a fascinating chapter in the history of the late 20th-century symphony, at the price of only two discs.

Tracks:

Symphony No. 0 (1956-57)
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2 'St. Florian'
Symphony No. 3
Symphony No. 4 (version for counter-tenor, tenor, mixed choir and orchestra)
Concerto Grosso No. 4 - Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 6
Symphony No. 7
Symphony No. 8
Symphony No. 9 (reconstruction by Alexander Raskatov, 2006)