With this portrait the Moscow musicologist traces the career of Rodion Shchedrin from his days as a chorister to international fame as a composer. While the main emphasis is on analysis of his works of the 1980s and 1990s, Cholopova also considers Shchedrin’s achievements as a pianist, as president of the Russian Federation of Composers, as a politician and as a human being. A picture emerges of a versatile composer who enjoys experimentation and yet who always remembers the needs of the listener in the second half of the 20th Century.
Contents
Vorwort
Vorbemerkung
Durch das Prisma der Gegenwart. Die Ästhetik Rodion Shchedrins
Charakter ist Schicksal. Die ersten fünfzig Jahre
Partitur, Klaviatur und die Versuchungen der Politik. Horizonte des Werks der achtziger Jahre
Der russische Ausländer. Meridiane der neunziger Jahre
Die Verkörperung des Erfolgs. Anstelle eines Schlussworts
Annotationen Rodion Shchedrins zu seinen Werken für CDs und Konzertprogramme
Die wichtigsten musikalischen Werke Rodion Shchedrins