SCHNITTKE : In Memoriam

Alfred Garrievich Schnittke (*November 24, 1934 ~ August 3, 1998)
In Memoriam... For Orchestra (1978)
Dedication to Valéry Polyansky †
I Moderato
II Tempo di valse
III Andante
IV. Lento
V Moderato
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
*Gennady Rozhdestvensky: Conductor
(*A Schnittke's orchestral "re-creation" of Piano Quintet by Gennady Rozhdestvensky)
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[@pablograndelopez]

Impressive. Mysterious. magical

[@adigozelov-enjoyer]

Great orchestration

[@4MusiciDance]

Yeah! But...A Dead conductor!

[@anaklasis]

What do you mean "Valéry Polyansky †"? He is alive. And I think that it's not Rozhdestvensky conducting (maybe Polyanski in the studio version?). Rozhdestvensky's recording of the World Premiere is on RUclips ruclips.net/video/vqJjUP_H6SI/видео.html

[@4MusiciDance]

† ...RIP!