Schubert, Stravinsky, Bériot, A. Tchaikovsky (Live)

Featuring

Yuri Bashmet
Mikhail Muntian
Valery Gergiev
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Franz Schubert
Igor Stravinsky

Alexander Tchaikovsky
Charles-Auguste de Bériot

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Performer Biography

Yuri Bashmet has been playing on an instrument made by Paolo Testore in 1758 since 1972.

Recording & Production

This album features recordings from Yuri Bashmet's 'golden period' of early maturity, spanning from 1980 through the early 1990s.

Instruments

The arpeggione, despite its initial appeal, was not loud enough for ensembles and lacked amplification resources, leading to its decline.

Performer Biography

Yuri Bashmet's unique mastery on the viola is described as overcoming the instrument's limits and having a gift for building a musical universe.

Instruments

The arpeggione, for which Schubert's sonata was written, was a 'guitar viol' designed by Johann Georg Stauffer in Vienna, featuring frets to aid in playing.

Composition History

Alexander Tchaikovsky's Viola Concerto, written in 1979, was followed by at least seven other major works composed specifically for Yuri Bashmet.

Performer Biography

Yuri Bashmet's duet with Mikhail Muntyan, the pianist on tracks 1-4, formed during Bashmet's conservatory years while preparing for the 1976 ARD Competition in Munich.