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Alexander Ivashkin, cellist

PUBLICATIONS

[Note: publications total more than 300 – articles, CD booklets, concert reviews, Radio talks – in Russian, English, German, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish. The following is selective list, the complete list available on request]
  • Books

    1. [in collaboration with other writers]
      The Stars of the Bolshoi Theatre.
      Moscow, Music, 1976.
    2. [in collaboration with other writers]
      Bolshoi Opera Soloists
      Moscow, Music, 1978

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      Sviatoslav Knushevitsky
      [portrait of the cellist]      .

      Moscow, Music, 1977.


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      Canon in music as an aesthetic principle.
      Moscow, Arts History Institute, 1978.


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      Daniel Shafran [portrait of the cellist].

      Moscow, Music, 1980.

    6. Shostakovich's Chamber Music. Moscow, Philharmonia, 1981.

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      Krzysztof Penderecki. Monograph.

      Moscow, Soviet Composer, 1983. 126 pp.


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      Alfred Schnittke: annotated complete catalogue of works.
      Moscow, Soviet Composer, 1987. English version, Milan, Ricordi, 1988.


    9. click to enlargeCharles Ives i muzyka XX vieka [Charles Ives and the twentieth-century music]. Monograph.

      Moscow, Soviet Composer, 1991. 464 pp.
      ISBN 5-85285-133


    10. click to enlarge Schnittke.
      Turin, EDT, 1993. 249 p.


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      Charles Ives i muzyka XX vieka.
      Moscow, Institute of Arts History, 1993. 50 pp.


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      Besedy s Alfredom Schnittke
      [Alfred Schnittke: conversations, essays, materials].

      Moscow, The Culture Publishers, 1994. 304 pp. ISBN 5-8334-0008-2
      Second Edition: 1998.
      Japanese Edition: Tokyo, 2002.


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      Alfred Schnittke. A biography.

      London, Phaidon Press, 1996, 240 pp.
      ISBN 0-7148-3169-7


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      'Rostrospective'
      (On the Life and Achievement of Mstislav Rostropovich).

      Frankfurt-Schweinfurth, Reimund Maier Verlag, 1997. 142 pp.
      ISBN 3-926300-30-2


    15. click to enlarge Alfred Schnittke über das Leben und die Musik.
      Düsseldorf-München, Econ Verlag, 1998, 350 pp.


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      A Schnittke Reader.

      Indiana UP, Bloomington /Indianapolis, 2002, 352 pp.
      ISBN 0-253-33818-2


    17. click to enlargeBesedy s Alfredom Schnittke
      [Alfred Schnittke: conversations, essays, materials].
      Third, Revised Edition. Moscow, 'Classica-XXI', 2003, 316 pp.: Fourth, revised Edition: Moscow, Klassika XXI, 2006, ISBN 5-89817-051-2


    18. click to enlarge Schnittke o muzyke.
      Moscow, Kompozitor, 2004, 407 pp. ISBN 5-85285-491-3


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      Rostropovich.

      Tokyo: Shunjusha Publishing Company, 2007. 280 pp.
      ISBN 978-4-393-93518-7

      English summary…

    20. After Shostakovich.
      Bloomington-Indianapolis, Indiana UP, in progress.


  • Articles / papers in journals

    1. Chamber Lyrics by Tigran Mansuryan. Literary Armenia, Yerevan. 1971, No.4
    2. Igor Stravinsky In Memoriam. Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1973, No.4
    3. Different decisions. Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1973, No.6
    4. After fifteen years... Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1973, No.6
    5. Competitors? No, artists! Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1973, No.12
    6. One-act operas by Stravonsky and Rakhmaninov. Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1974, No.7
    7. Interesting chamber music programmes. Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1974, No.5
    8. Ateliers by A.Nikolaev and V.Barkauskas. Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1974, No.8
    9. Zikl Gnessinzev. Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1974, No.9
    10. Carmen-Galina Borissova, Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1975, No.3
    11. Vozvrashchenie k zhanru, Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1975, No.10
    12. Sources of the modern principles of the thematic unity, Trudy Instituta Gnessinykh, Moscow,1975, vol.22
    13. Maturity of the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1977, No.12
    14. Yarkaya, nezauryadnaya lichnost', Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1978. No.5
    15. Variaions on the theme: Natalia Gutman-Oleg Kagan, Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1978, No.9
    16. Only one hour… Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1979, No.3
    17. Remeslo ne yest' vdokhnovenie, Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1979,No.6
    18. Music Weeks in Budapest, Muzykalnaya Zhizn', Moscow, 1980, No.24
    19. At Zagreb Biennale, Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1981, No.11
    20. Charles Ives, Muzykalnaya Zhizn'. Moscow, 1981, No.14
    21. Two Decades of the Biennale, Muzykalnaya Zhizn', Moscow, 1981, No.18
    22. Stravinsky's Chamber Music, Melodiya, Moscow, 1982, No.3
    23. Moscow portrait of Olivier Messiaen, Muzykalnaya Zhizn', Moscow, 1982, No.19
    24. Snova na Biennale, Muzykalnaya Zhizn', Moscow, 1983, No.17
    25. Krzysztof Penderecki, Muzykalnaya Zhizn', Moscow,1983, No.18
    26. The First Symphony of Shostakovich, Muzykalnaya Zhizn', Moscow, 1984, No.
    27. Charles Ives: la scoperta dell'America. Musica/Realta, no.13, Milano, 1984
    28. The Third Symphony by Alfred Schnittke, Melodiya, Moscow, 1984, No.4
    29. Natalia Gutman (portrait of virtuoso cellist), Music in the USSR, Moscow,1985, No.2
    30. Zhivyye kartiny istorii (on Glazunov's Symphonies), Melodiya, Moscow, 1986, No.2
    31. Stereotypen des Lebens, in Symbole verwandelt. Neue Zeitschrift für Musik, no.10, 1985
    32. Penderecki today, Melodiya, Moscow, 1986, No.3
    33. Nakanune tridzatiletiya (on 'Warshaw Autumn' Festival, a survey), Muzykalnaya Zhizn', Moscow,1986,No.10
    34. Das Paradoxon des Traditionellen in der Musik von Charles Ives. Kunst und Literatur., vol.6, Nov-Dec 1987.
    35. Faradg Karayev (portrait of the composer), Music in the USSR, Moscow, 1987, October-December.
    36. Dall'immagine e la forma al simbolo e alla metafora. Musica/Realta, no.26, Milano, 1988.
    37. Vechnoye, siyuminutnoe (about musical life in USA and John Cage, including interview with him), Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1988, No.1
    38. Muzyka kak bolshaya scena (on Mauricio Kagel's music, including an interview with him), Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1988, No.8
    39. Ne ostanavlivayas' v poiske (on Penderecki's music and his Festival in Poland), Sovetskaya Muzyka, Moscow, 1989, No.4
    40. Alfred Schnittke, Muzykalnaya Zhizn', Moscow,1988, No.5
    41. 'I am soldier of Perestroika on a Western Front' (on Mstislav Rostropovich), Krugozor, Moscow, 1989, No.7
    42. Post-October Soviet art: canon and symbol. The Musical Quarterly, vol.74, no.2, 1990.
    43. Kult originalnosti ili sklonnost' k samoanalizu ?'/Cult of originality or tendency to the self-analysis? Moskovski Muzykoved / Moscow Musicologist, vol.2, Moscow, 'Muzyka' State Publishers, 1991
    44. 'Pust' pesnia vsegda budet pesnei [Let song to be always a song]. John Cage's essays on Charles Ives and Charles Ives's Postface to '114 Songs'. Translated into Russian (with the comments). Sovetskaia Muzyka /Soviet Music, no.7, Moscow, July 1991
    45. Chetyre kruga odnogo puti [Alfred Schnittke and his ballet 'Peer Gynt']. Sovetskaja Muzyka, no.1, 1991: 29-35
    46. The paradox of Russian Non-Liberty. The Musical Quarterly, vol.76, no.4, 1992: 543-556 (PDF, 532 Kb)
    47. Shostakovich and Schnittke, Music Academy, no. 1, 1995, Moscow
    48. '…und wenn es mir den Hals bricht'. Zum Gedenken an Alfred Schnittke. MusikTexte. Heft 78, March 1999, Köln, Germany, S.27-28.
    49. Glubina barkhata: Alfredu Schnittke posviashchayetsya. Moscow, State Schnittke Institute, 1999, p.12-19.
    50. Langemann, Irene, director. Russia's Wonder Children. (Film Review), In 'Slavic Review' (USA), 2000/October.
    51. Remembering Alfred Schnittke. Rossica, 2000, No.1. London, 2000
    52. Logic of Absurdity or Taste of Freedom? Alexander Knaifel and his opera 'Alice in Wonderland' in Amsterdam. Tempo, 219 , December 2001.
    53. Story of a Friendship. Shostakovich's letters to Isaac Glikman. Tempo, 220, March 2002, p. 29-30.
    54. Ivashkin, A. My vsyo vremya dolzhny stremit'sya k novomu ['We have to make discoveries'], Myzykal'naya Akademia, 2004, No.3
    55. 'Budushchee ravnodushno k strastiam ushedshikh vremyon', Muzykal'naya Academia, Moscow, Kompozitor, 2004/4 , p.15-17.
    56. Alexander Ivashkin's talk presented at the Australian National Academy of Music on 10 November 2006 and broadcasted by ABC: 'Russian Rules' ,  ABC Limelight (January 2007), Sydney: Australian Broadcasting Corporation, p.32-35.
    57. Ivashkin, Alexander. Radius Solis. Three Oranges, London, October, 2007, p. 25-27.
    58. Ivashkin, Alexander. Podsolnukh [Sunflower]. Rostropovich in memoriam. Muzykal'naya Academia. Moscow, 2007/3, p. 1 - 8.
    59. Ivashkin, Alexander. On Mstislav Rostropovich. The Strad (Rostropovich: a celebration . Special Edition). London, December, 2007.
    60. Ivashkin, Alexander. Fairclough, Pauline. A Soviet Credo: Shostakovich's Fourth Symphony. Ashgate, 2006, p. 539-541 (book review). SEER, 86 ( July 2008).  London: SSEES, Maney Publishing .
  • Chapters in books and books edited

    1. Chapters in books

      1. Modal scales in modern music, Sovremennye Problemy Muzykalnogo Analiza, Moscow, Gnessins Music Institute, 1976: 24-48
      2. Dmitry Shostakovich, Mastera Muzyki i baleta, Moscow, 1978: 260-281
      3. 'Katerina Ismailova' by Shostakovich (history of the opera, a preface), 'Katerina Ismailova', Moscow, Bolshoi Opera Edition, 1980: 1-12
      4. Charles Ives: the world of his music. In Muzykalny Sovremennik. Moscow, Soviet Composer, 1984: 246-273
      5. Komponist und Interpret in schoepferischer Zusammenarbeit. In Arbeitshefte, 37, Berlin, Akademie der Kuenste der DDR, 1984: 83-90
      6. Music by Avet Terterian, Rodion Shchedrin, Alfred Schnittke, George Crumb, Sergei Slonimsky. In 28th Warsaw Autumn, Warsaw, 1985: 78-85
      7. Alfred Schnittke and his Third Symphony. In 29th Warsaw Autumn, Warsaw, 1986: 242-244
      8. An unconstrained and independent path. In Almeida Festival Booklet. London, 1989
      9. Den Fjaerde Dimensionen [on Alfred Schnittke's music]. In Konsertnytt. Stockholm, October, 1989: 6-16
      10. Symbol in new Russian culture. In Music Forum. London, Gordon and Breach, 1990
      11. Sowietische Musik. Von der Struktur zum Symbol. In Sowietische Musik im Licht der Perestroika. Laaber, 1990: 109-117
      12. Die Musik als grosse Buhne. In Kagel . . .1991. Köln, DuMont Buchverlag, 1991: 110-119
      13. Charles Ives: discovery of the America. Western Art. XX Century. Moscow, 'Science', 1991: 222-247.
      14. Kult originalnosti ili sklonnost' k samoanalizu? In Moskovsky Muzykoved, vol.2, Moscow, 1991: 177-184.
      15. Op zoek naar een universele taal. In De Dag van Schnittke, Utrecht, 1994: 22-26
      16. Die Faustische Mehrdeutigkeit in Alfred Schnittkes Musik. In Internationale Musikverlag Hans Sikorski (ed.) Alfred Schnittke zum 60, Geburstag, Hamburg, Hans Sikorski No. 1526, 1994: 60-63.
      17. Preface. In Alfred Schnittke Festival Booklet. Moscow,1994: 1-8
      18. Shostakovich and Schnittke: the erosion of symphonic syntax. In D.Fanning (ed.) Shostakovich Studies. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995: 252-268.
      19. Über das Faust-Problem und über Peer Gynt. In Alfred Schnittke. Historia von D.Johann Fausten. Hamburg, Staatsoper, 1995: 29-32.
      20. 'Schnittke celebrated' – Booklet of the Christchurch Arts Festival, Christchurch, New Zealand, 1999.
      21. Alfred Schnittke in Memoriam. Booklet, Australian Festival of Chamber Music, Townsville, 1999.
      22. Few notes on Schnittke's "Gesualdo". Booklet of the first performance of the opera in Moscow, November 2000. (in Russian)
      23. The artistry of Daniel Shafran. In Daniel Shafran in Memoriam, Moscow, 2000
      24. Alfred Schnittke: A Man in Between. Introduction in Seeking the Soul (BBC Schnittke Weeklend booklet). London, 2001.
      25. The Magic World of Sofia Gubaidulina. Booklet of the Festival/Conference. South Bank Centre/Goldsmiths College, London, February 2001.
      26. Introduction. In G.Odam (Ed.) 'Seeking the Soul. The Music of Alfred Schnittke'. London: GSMD, 2002, p. 5 – 9.
      27. Masterpieces of Russian Underground. Festival Booklet. New York, Lincoln Centre, 2003.
      28. Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998). In Alfred Schnittke Festival Booklet. Moscow, 2004, p.1-14.
      29. Master, Schnittke Yearbook, volume 4. Moscow, 2005., p.3-7.
      30. 50 Years After Stalin. Festival Booklet. South Bank Centre, London, 2003
      31. Dvoinaya pererabotka otkhodov v sovetskoi muzyke [Double recycling in Soviet music].In: Iskusstvo XX veka : elita i massy, p.12-18. Nizhny Novgorod (Russia), 2005
      32. Shostakovich-100. Festival Booklet, South Bank Centre, London, 2006
    2. Dictionary articles

      1. Charles Ives. In Muzycalny Slovar' /Music Encyclopaedic Dictionary. Moscow, 'Soviet Encyclopaedia' State Publishers, 1991
      2. Alfred Schnittke. In New Grove Dictionary, Macmillan, L., 2001
    3. Scores edited

      1. Charles Ives. Works for Orchestra. Critical Edition. Compiled, prefaced and commented by A.Ivashkin. Kiev, 'Muzychna Ukraina', 1990. 230 p.
      2. Twentieth-century American piano music. (Editor, and author of Preface) Moscow, 'Muzika' State Publishers, 1991. 120 p.
      3. Frangiz Ali-Zade. Habil-Sayahy for cello and piano. Preface. Hamburg, Hans Sikorski Internationale Musikverlage, 1991
      4. Grechaninov. Cello Concerto. Performance edition from the manuscript. Moscow, State Symphony Capella, 1998

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        Alfred Schnittke: Collected Works.
        Critical Edition (based on the composer’s archive materials). 2009-2012

        A joint project of the Compozitor Publishing House, St Petersburg, the Schnittke family Archive, and The Alfred Schnittke Archive at the Centre for Russian Music, Goldsmiths, University of London.

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With Daniel Shafran and Natalia Pavlutskaya, Moscow

With Daniel Shafran and Natalia Pavlutskaya, Moscow




Old friends with Krzysztof Penderecki, 1979

Old friends with Krzysztof Penderecki, 1979




Working on second edition of 'Conversations' with Alfred Schnittke

Working on second edition of 'Conversations' with Alfred Schnittke




Presentation of 'Rostrospektive'. Kronberg Cello Festival 1997. With Mstislav Rostropovich, Natalia Shakhovskaya, Martha Casals, David Geringas

Presentation of 'Rostrospektive'. Kronberg Cello Festival 1997.
With Mstislav Rostropovich, Natalia Shakhovskaya, Martha Casals, David Geringas