Concentration Camp Mixtape #1

 

00:00:50
Galina Ustvolskaya (USSR, 1919-2006) : Grand Duet for Cello and Piano (1959), 1st movement
Performers: Mistislav Rostropovich (cello) and Alexei Lubimov (piano)
      from Rostropovich: EMI Recordings (box set)

00:03:51
Introduction
Erik Satie (France, 1866-1925) : 42 Vexations (1893)
Performer: Stephane Ginsburgh
      from Erik Satie: 42 Vexations (Sub Rosa, 2009)

00:10:00
Dobrinka Tabakova (Bulgaria/U.K., 1980 – ) : Insight (2002)
Performers: Roman Mints (violin), Maxim Rysanov (viola) and Kristina Blaumane (cello)
      from Dobrinka Tabakova: String Paths (ECM New Series, 2013)

00:19:46
Maurice Ravel (France, 1875-1937) : Piano Trio in A minor (1914), III. Passacaille.
Performers: Borodin Trio
      from Ravel: Trio/Debussy: Sonatas (Chandos, 1986)

00:27:50
Bela Bartok (Hungary, 1881-1945) : Piano Concerto No. 1 (1926), 2nd movement
Performers: Zoltan Kocsis (piano) with the Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer conducting
      from Bartok: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta (Philips, 1985)

00:35:20
Dmitri Shostakovich (USSR, 1906-1975): Piano Trio No. 2 in E, Opus 8 (1944)
Performers: Florestan Trio
from Shostakovich: Piano Trios 1& 2, Seven Romances (Hyperion, 2011)

00:40:53
Alfred Schnittke (USSR, 1934-1998) : String Quartet No. 3 (1983), 1st movement
Performers: Kronos Quartet
      from Schnittke: The Complete String Quartets (Nonesuch, 1998)

00:47:29
Gyorgi Ligeti (Hungary, 1923– 2006): Chamber Concerto for 13 Instruments (1969), 3rd movement
Performers: Schonberg Ensemble conducted by Reinbert de Leeuw
      from: The Ligeti Project I (Alliance, 2001)

00:51:15
Jon Leifs (Iceland, 1899-1968) : String Quartet No. 2, Vita et Mors (1948-51)
Performers: Yggdrasil Quartet
      from: Jon Leifs: The Three String Quartets (BIS, 1994)

01:23:16
Rebecca Clarke (UK, 1886-1979) : “The Donkey” (words by G.K. Chesterton)
Performers: Patricia Wright (soprano) and Kathron Sturrock (piano)
from Cloths of Heaven: Songs & Chamber Works (Guild, 2005)

01:26:32
Pavel Haas (Moravia, 1899-1944) : String Quartet No. 2, “From the Monkey Mountains” (1925)
Performers: Pavel Haas String Quartet, with Colin Currie, percussion
      from Janáček: Intimate Letters/Haas: String Quartet #2 (Supraphon, 2007)

 

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