施尼特凯素描——选自克罗诺斯弦乐四重奏团演奏的《阿尔弗莱德·施尼特凯弦乐四重奏全集》

The ABCs of Schnittke——From the liner note of Kronos Quartet performs Schnittke

在莫斯科的朋友圈里，阿尔弗莱德·施尼特凯被亲切地称作阿尔弗。在俄罗斯，这个昵称听起来还很含混陌生，似乎在苏维埃莫斯科的沉闷生活中强调施尼特凯的存在有多么的怪异。在那里，他会被轻易地当成火星人。

Among his friends in Moscow, Alfred Schnittke was affectionately known as Alf. In Russia this nickname sounded vaguely foreign, as if to highlight how exotic Schnittke＇s presence was in the dreary life of Soviet Moscow. There he could have easily passed for a Martian.