Schnittke: Gogol Suite (Rozhdestvensky)

Alfred Schnittke: Gogol Suite, based on incidental music to Yuri Lubimov’s play “The Census List“ after stories by Nikolai Gogol* (1975, suite compiled by Gennady Rozhdestvensky, 1980) 0:00 - 1. Overture 1:15 - 2. Chichikov’s Childhood 3:36 - 3. The Portrait 10:35 - 4. The Overcoat 12:50 - 5. Ferdinand VIII 14:09 - 6. The Bureaucrats 16:38 - 7. The Ball 23:11 - 8. The Testimony USSR Ministry of Culture Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Gennady Rozhdestvensky Recording Producer [and Engineer?]: Igor Veprinitsev Recorded live from the Moscow Conservatory Hall, 15 April 1982 Melodiya * “The Census List“ was an amalgam of Gogol’s stories created by Yuri Lubimov. Although most sources name the play in with this title, others also name it as “The Dead Souls Register“, or “The Inspector’s Tale“, which is a specific story by Gogol. Additionally, and more confusingly, Schnittke later wrote a soundtrack for a television series after Gogol’s story “Dead Souls“, out of which Rozhdestvensky fashioned yet another suite.