Canon
Where to start with Schnittke
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralConcerto Grosso no. 1, for 2 violins, harpsichord, prepared piano and 21 strings
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ChamberViolin Sonata no. 1
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Keyboard2 Short Pieces, for organ
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Vocal3 Sacred Hymns
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StageA Fairy Tale of Travel
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OrchestralConcerto Grosso no. 2, for violin, cello, and orchestra
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OrchestralSymphony no. 1
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OrchestralViola Concerto
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Chamber4 Hymns, for chamber ensemble
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Keyboard5 Aphorisms, for piano
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Keyboard8 Pieces, for piano
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ChamberA Paganini, for violin
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ChamberCanon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky, for string quartet
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OrchestralCello Concerto no. 1
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OrchestralCello Concerto no. 2
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Schnittke's catalogueMost Popular
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Concerto Grosso No. 1
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Symphony No. 1
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Violin Sonata No. 1 ”Quasi una sonata”
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Tango in memoriam Stravinsky
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Requiem
Most Acclaimed
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Concerto Grosso No. 1polystylism — Baroque forms containing hidden tonal music and atonal music simultaneously
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Symphony No. 4
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Viola Concerto
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Piano Quintet
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Requiem
Most Weird
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Symphony No. 1musicians walk around the stage; a jazz band appears; classics are quoted mockingly; the conductor plays violin; a catastrophe destroys everything and then the music reconstructs itself
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Violin Sonata ”Quasi una sonata”smashes tonal and atonal material against each other — the same notes mean different things in different contexts
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Concerto Grosso No. 1the harpsichord plays a wrong-note tonal piece throughout; it doesn’t fit with the other music; this is deliberate
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Tango in memoriam Stravinskybrief, sardonic — a tango that doesn’t quite want to be a tango
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Life with an Idiot (opera)after Victor Yerofeyev — a couple adopt an idiot who destroys their life; surrealist Soviet grotesque
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 97
- Orchestral
- ● Concerto Grosso no. 1, for 2 violins, harpsichord, prepared piano and 21 strings
- ● Concerto Grosso no. 2, for violin, cello, and orchestra
- Symphony no. 1
- Viola Concerto
- Cello Concerto no. 1
- Cello Concerto no. 2
- Concerto Grosso no. 3, for 2 violins, harpsichord, celesta, piano and 14 strings
- Concerto Grosso no. 5, for violin, piano and orchestra
- Concerto Grosso no. 6, for piano, violin, and string orchestra
- Concerto for Oboe, Harp and Strings
- Concerto for Piano and Strings
- Concerto for Piano-4 hands and Chamber Orchestra
- Concerto for choir
- Dead Souls
- For Liverpool
- Hommage to Grieg, for solo violin and orchestra
- Monologue, for viola and chamber orchestra
- Moz-Art à la Haydn, for 2 violins and 11 strings
- Passacaglia
- Pianissimo
- Piano Concerto
- Quasi una sonata, for violin and chamber orchestra
- Ritual
- Sonata for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
- Symphonic Prelude
- Symphony no. 0
- Symphony no. 2, for soloists, chorus and orchestra, "St. Florian"
- Symphony no. 3
- Symphony no. 4, for 2 soloists, piano, chamber chorus and chamber orchestra
- Symphony no. 5
- Symphony no. 6
- Symphony no. 7
- Symphony no. 8
- Symphony no. 9
- Triple Concerto for Violin, Viola, Cello and Strings
- Violin Concerto no. 1
- Violin Concerto no. 2
- Violin Concerto no. 3
- Violin Concerto no. 4
- Chamber
- Violin Sonata no. 1
- 4 Hymns, for chamber ensemble
- A Paganini, for violin
- Canon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky, for string quartet
- Cello Sonata no. 1
- Cello Sonata no. 2
- Dialogue for Violoncello and 7 Instruments
- Epilogue from 'Peer Gynt', for cello, piano and tape
- Fugue, for solo violin
- Gratulationsrondo in C major, for violin and piano
- Improvisation, for cello solo
- Madrigal in memoriam Oleg Kagan, for violin
- Musica nostalgica, for cello and piano
- Peaceful Music, for violin and cello
- Piano Quartet
- Piano Quintet
- PolyphonicTango, for chamber ensemble
- Prelude in Memoriam Dmitry Shostakovich, for 2 violins
- Preludium in Memoriam D. Shostakovich, for 2 violins or violin and tape
- Silent Night, for violin and piano
- Sound and Echo, for trombone and organ
- Sounding Letters, for cello solo
- String Quartet no. 1
- String Quartet no. 2
- String Quartet no. 3
- String Quartet no. 4
- String Trio
- Suite in the Old Style, for violin and piano
- Trio Sonata, for chamber orchestra
- Trio for Violin, Viola and Cello
- Violin Sonata
- Violin Sonata no. 2, "Quasi una sonata"
- Violin Sonata no. 3
- Keyboard
- 2 Short Pieces, for organ
- 5 Aphorisms, for piano
- 8 Pieces, for piano
- Improvisation and Fugue, for piano
- Piano Sonata no. 1
- Piano Sonata no. 2
- Piano Sonata no. 3
- Prelude and Fugue, for piano
- Variations of One Chord, for piano
- Vocal
- 3 Sacred Hymns
- Communio 2
- Concerto for Chorus
- Nagasaki, oratorio for mezzo-soprano, chorus and orchestra
- Penitential Psalms, for chorus
- Requiem, music to Schiller's drama 'Don Carlos', for soloists, mixed chorus and instrumental ensemble
- Seid Nuchtern und Wachet, for soloists, chorus and orchestra
- Vocalise, for mixed chorus a cappella
- Voices of Nature, for 10 female voices and vibraphone
- Stage
- A Fairy Tale of Travel
- Labyrinths
- Peer Gynt
- Ricky-Ticky-Tari
- Sport, Sport, Sport
- The Adventures of a Dentist
- The Commissar