Alexander Ivashkin

Cello

Alexander Ivashkin started his music education at Gnessins Special School of Music for gifted students at the age of five, playing both piano and cello. It was the legendary Mstislav Rostropovich who suggested him to choose a career of a solo cellist. Ivashkin established an international reputation both as an interpreter of the standard repertoire and as a proponent of contemporary music.His highly acclaimed recitals, radio and TV recordings, and appearances with the orchestras have included performances in more than 30 countries .

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Gubaidulina - Works for Cello

Gubaidulina:

In croce

Malcolm Hicks (organ)

Ten Preludes for solo cello

Quaternion for cello quartet

Natalia Pavlutskaya, Rachel Johnston, Miranda Wilson (cellos)

Alexander Ivashkin (cello)

Chandos - CHAN9958

(CD)

$17.49

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The Unknown Shostakovich

Schumann:

Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

(orch. Shostakovich)

Shostakovich:

Overture (Entr'Acte), Op. 23

to Ervin Dressel's opera 'Der arme Columbus'

Two Preludes

Tishchenko:

Cello Concerto No. 1

(orch. Shostakovich)

Alexander Ivashkin (cello)

Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky

Chandos - CHAN9792

(CD)

$17.49

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Prokofiev - Cello Concertos & Sonatas

Prokofiev:

Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 58

Cello Concertino in G minor, Op. 132

Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119

Ballade for Cello and Piano in C minor, Op. 15

Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for cello & orchestra, Op. 125

Alexander Ivashkin (cello) & Tatyana Lazareva (piano)

Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky

Having received glowing comments from the critical establishment on original release, Chandos brings together Alexander Ivashkin’s performances of Prokofiev’s Cello Concertos and Sonatas for the first time as a 2-CD set. Prokofiev’s love of the cello began early – he composed his Ballade aged scarcely 20 – and lasted throughout his life, fired by his friendship with Rostropovich. His very last composition was the Sonata, Op. 133 for solo cello, which he began on the latter half of 1952 but left unfinished at his death in March 1953. Towards the end of his life Prokofiev also engaged in the composition of three major works featuring the cellos as solo instrument. All three were inspired by Rostropovich. The Sonata, Op. 119 for cello and piano (1949) was followed by the Sinfonia Concertante, Op. 125 for cello and orchestra (1950-51, revised 1952) and the Concertino in G minor, Op. 132, also for cello and orchestra. Ivashkin gave the premiere recording of the Concertino. The Strad wrote, “This is wonderful playing, best of all is Ivashkin’s understatement whose artistry reveals many fascinating layerings. Alexander Ivashkin is recognised internationally for his interpretations of Russian music, especially the music of Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Schnittke, Gubaidulina and Kancheli. The Telegraph on his Prokofiev performances, “It would be hard to imagine a better advocate for these works than Ivashkin… His rich tone could have been made for Prokofiev’s lush melodic writing…” Ivashkin is joined here by the Russian State Symphony Orchestra under Valeri Polyansky.

Chandos 241 - CHAN241-41

(CD - 2 discs)

$17.49

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Alexander Ivashkin plays Alfred Schnittke

Cello Concertos and Sonatas

Schnittke:

Cello Concerto No. 1

Cello Concerto No. 2

Concerto Grosso No. 2 for Violin, Cello and Orchestra

Cello Sonata No. 1

Cello Sonata No. 2

Alexander Ivashkin (cello), Irina Schnittke (piano) & Tatiana Grindenko (violin)

Russian State Symphony Orchestra, Valeri Polyansky

This newly compiled two-CD set is taken from four back catalogue CDs and features the distinguished cellist Alexander Ivashkin, a friend of Alfred Schnittke from 1969 until the latter’s death in 1998.

'A disc that critic Philip Clark calls in his review “the definitive document of Schnittke’s relationship with the cello” can make for uncomfortable listening. Properly so, as the First Concerto was composed around Schnittke’s dreadful stroke in 1985. Welcome to his uncompromising world.' - James Inverne - Gramophone Magazine

“The definitive document of Alfred Schnittke's relationship with the cello…” Gramophone Magazine, February 2008

“Alfred Schnittke's biographer and passionate advocate Ivashkin is a completely reliable exponent of this intense music, joined by the composer's widow in the sonatas and by violinist Tatiana Grindenko in the nostalgic Concerto Grosso.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 ****

Gramophone Magazine