M. Weinberg: Nocturne
Gidon Kremer Essentials
Apple Music Classical
A principal danger of warhorse mania in classical performance is that the great works will come to feel too safe. That's why we need steely soloists like Kremer. His edgy violin attack isn't what comes to mind for most people when conceiving of an ideal Beethoven interpretation—but Kremer's take on the “Kreutzer” sonata (alongside Martha Argerich) has the kind of innovative fire that helps keep the work alive. His engagement with modern and contemporary trends is likewise idiosyncratic and entertaining: Who else plays Nono and Messiaen as well as John Adams and Philip Glass? This guy.
I. Allegro non molto - Allegro
I. Quarter note = 104 — quarter note = 120
Preghiera (Arr. by Fritz Kreisler from Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18, 2nd Movement)
Kiesewetter
Piazzolla
Stück d-moll für Violine und Klavier (early work) (Piece in D minor for violin and piano)
C. M. von Weber: Quartet For Piano, Violin, Viola, and Violoncello in B Flat major, Op.8 (J76)
H. W. Ernst: Grand Caprice Sur Le Roi Des Aulnes De F. Schubert, Op.26
II. Lento, con molto sentimento
Marija Nemanyte, Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, Khatia Buniatishvili, Gidon Kremer, Maxim Rysanov
I. Ludus (Live from Bonn, 1977)
Alfred Schnittke, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Gidon Kremer, Tatjana Grindenko, Saulius Sondeckis
Takemitsu
Nostalghia, in Memory of Andrei Tarkovsky
Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer
8 Hymns in memoriam Andrei Tarkovsky
Kremerata Baltica, Khatia Buniatishvili, Roman Kofman, Andrei Pushkarev, Gidon Kremer
IV. Andante ma non troppo e molto cantabile (Arr. for String Orchestra, Arr. for String Orchestra)