{"product_id":"0074644824124-schnittke-cello-concerto-no-2-in-memoriam","title":"Ct Vcl 2\/in Memoriam","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEDITORIAL REVIEWS \u003cbr\u003e  (donnaleftthree) \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e AMAZON \u003cbr\u003e Schnittke (b. 1934) has been called a \"magician\" for his nearly magical evocation of this century's most advanced musical styles. As a polystylist, he employs any mode that suits the music. He can have stretches of atonality and harsh serialism, then launch into passages of utter tonal beauty. This is a good disc that contains those features. The Concerto for Violoncello and Orchestra 2 (1990) is a tense, difficult work, very demanding for the soloist (it was written for Mstislav Rostropovich). In Memoriam (1979) was originally a piano quintet, but Gennady Rozhdestvensky wanted it orchestrated. It is one of Schnittke's greatest compositions. --Paul Cook\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57229223526774,"sku":"0074644824124","price":18.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_9707052_3391071_20260206021726.jpg?v=1779846751","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/0074644824124-schnittke-cello-concerto-no-2-in-memoriam","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}