Rodion Konstantinowitsch Schtschedrin

Rodion Shchedrin's Piano Sonata No. 2 is part of the great Russian pianistic tradition. Powerfully virtuosic, in part percussive yet classic form, this demanding work is ideal for concert performance...

Rodion Shchedrin's Piano Sonata No. 2 is part of the great Russian pianistic tradition. Powerfully virtuosic, in part percussive yet classic form, this demanding work is ideal for concert performance...

Shchedrin, son of a composer and music teacher, underwent a thorough musical training in Moscow. His versatility and dazzling competence across a wide variety of musical genres are surely a result of...

With his five piano concertos, his sonatas and 24 preludes and fugues, Rodion Shchedrin is one of the most eminent composers of piano music of our time. A gifted pianist, he has given the firstperform...

With his five piano concertos, his sonatas and 24 preludes and fugues, Rodion Shchedrin is one of the most eminent composers of piano music of our time. A gifted pianist, he has given the firstperform...

Russian master composer Rodion Shchedrin (born 1932) wrote Chastushki (which translates to Ditties in English) as a piano solo version of his Orchestral Concerto No. 1 Naughty Limericks of 1963.

Shchedrin's (oEuvre spans nearly every musical genre, and it is hardly surprising that an output of such versatility contains some rather remarkable instrumental combinations, for example 'Music from...

'My oboe concerto was created in 2009 and consists of the three parts Elegy, Duets and Finale con Epilogue which are played without a break. In the solo part, I wanted to express all tonal and technic...

'My oboe concerto was created in 2009 and consists of the three parts Elegy, Duets and Finale con Epilogue which are played without a break. In the solo part, I wanted to express all tonal and technic...

This short study explores the entire dynamic range of the instrument. It is based on a Russian fairy-tale which can be recited (ad lib.) towards the end of the piece.

Strongly influenced by Russian Impressionism this concerto can also be performed with a small string ensemble. A recent recording by the young Russian virtuoso Maxim Vengerow with conductor Mstislav R...