Album: Semyon Snitkovsky - Tribute Vol. 1

Label: Triston Master Recordings

Format: Reel-To-Reel, 15 ips, ¼", 2-Track Stereo, 10.5" NAB Reel, Limited Edition, CCIR or NAB Equalization

Country: Switzerland

Genre: Classical

Analog Reel Tape Features:

• 1st Generation Reel to Reel Tape made from the Original Master Tape

• Pure Analogue Recording

• Analogue Tape Copies from original analogue masters

• Each tape copied with CCIR equalization with reference level 320 nWb/m on halftrack 1/4” SM911 Recording The Masters Tape

• Duration Each Tape: Approx. 30 minutes

• Special made aluminium reel spool

• High-class cardboard box features production cover picture labelled to the box

• EQ: 320 nWb

• Half-track format

• Tape Recording Speed: a 15 ips, 1/4 -inch 2-track analog tape

The playback machine is the same Tape recorder as we used for doing the recording: Telefunken M10A international with V86 and V87 tube amplifiers. Recording Machine: Telefunken M15.

Snitkovsky played the music of 20th-century classics also with huge enthusiasm: Stravinsky, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Bartok, Hindemith, Britten, Villa-Lobos – their innovative opuses, at this time not widely understood, he presented brightly and convincingly. The music of the Soviet composers such as A. Khachaturian, D. Kabalevsky, M. Vainberg and V. Salmanov, also the newest and specially written for Snitkovsky pieces were included in his repertoire as well. Snitkovsky performed with many great orchestras and famous conductors, such as Nathan Rakhlin, André Cluytens, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, and Karel Ančerl. André Cluytens said once after performing with Snitkovsky, "It is a great pleasure to play with such an outstanding artist as Semyon Snitkovsky. I will always be happy to make music with this brilliant musician". Snitkovsky regarded his teaching career with the same inspiration and devotion as his performing one. Snitkovsky brought new input to violin teaching, there were many serious musicians among his students. While a professor at the Moscow Conservatory, from 1976 he was also a professor of violin class at the Liszt Music Academy in Budapest. Snitkovsky taught many masterclasses and instructional courses in different countries with great success. Quoting one of the articles about his participation in the concerts and masterclasses in Tour (France): "Snitkovsky is not only an outstanding virtuoso but is a great teacher".

Soviet and foreign press excitingly praised him. There are short quotations from the hundreds of publications: "Soviet music" magazine notes his honourable style, excellent technique, beautiful sound and uniqueness of the phrasing. In 1977 after Snitkovsky triumphantly performed in Zurich, German newspaper "Tages Anzeiger" stated that Snitkovsky is one of the greatest violin players of his generation, calling his performance of excerpts from Stravinsky’s "Petrushka" "the fireworks of violin virtuosity that impresses with almost inhuman perfection". "Le Figaro" called Snitkovsky’s Parisian concerts an "eye-opener".