*16.12.1932 Moscow
„The piano concerto was always my experimental field."
"I have been writing music for piano throughout my entire creative life."
For Rodion Shchedrin (Родион Щедрин) as a pianist, the piano has always been a particularly important instrument for his own music. He composed countless keyboard works and so far a total of 6 piano concertos. Shchedrin embodies an extraordinarily free, personal style - a synthesis between Russian tradition and many facets of modernity. With charm and irony, but also in the playful and experimental treatment of traditions, Shchedrin's music escapes all categorization.
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Piano Concerto No. 1 (1954; newly orchestrated 1974)
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State Academic Symphony Orchestra; Rodion Shchedrin, piano; Evgeny Svetlanov, dir; live in Moscow 1975
Родион Щедрин - Концерт №1 для фортепиано с оркестром - Евгений Светланов - Государственный академический симфонический оркестр России
Shchedrin plays his keyboard piece "Basso ostinato" From the "Two polyphonic pieces" (1961) live in a Soviet television broadcast 1964.
A remarkable historical document!
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Родион Щедрин - Бассо Остинато
Hommage à Chopin (1983) for 4 pianos
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Rodion Shchedrin, Nicolas Economou, Paul Gulda and Chick Corea (UA München 1983)
Piano Concerto No. 3 "Variazioni e Tema" (1973)
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Rodion Shchedrin, piano; USSR Symphony Orchestra, dir. Evgeni Svetlanov (live 1975)
Piano Concerto No. 4 "Sharp Keys" (1989)
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Olli Mustonen, piano, Mariinsky Theatre Symphony Orchestra, dir. Valery Gergiev, live in Moscow 2013.
Олли Мустонен - Родион Щедрин - Концерт №4 для фортепиано с оркестром - Валерий Гергиев - Симфонический оркестр Мариинского театра
Stalin Cocktail for Harpsichord and String Orchestra (1992)
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Catherine Perrin, harpsichord; I Musici de Montréal; dir.: Yuli Turovsky
Shchedrin as a pianist in a memorial concert for his famous piano teacher Yakov Flier (1912-1977)
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Rodion Shchedrin plays Chopin (Mazurka op 68, 4 & Prelude No. 7)
A beautiful portrait of Rodion Shchedrin (about his Concerto cantabile) - 1999 (mostly in Russian)
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A film by Georges Gachot.
24 Preludes and Fugues (1963/1970) Volume 1
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Murray McLachlan, piano
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Rodion Shchedrin: Composer of the Week No. 22 / August 2018