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Ah, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, not Moishey Vainberg. One can understand the mistake. Mieczyslaw Weinberg was the Polish composer who emigrated to the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics at the start of World War II. Moishey Vainberg was the Russian composer who was the close friend and artistic confidant of Dmitry Shostakovich. But Weinberg or Vainberg, the man who wrote the works recorded on this disc by Gabriel Chmura and the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a strong-willed and hard-edged mensch, a mensch who is surely one of the great composers of the second half of the twentieth century. Although one can hear echoes of Shostakovich in the sparseness of the scoring, the robust themes, and muscular rhythms are pure Weinberg/Vainberg. As Chmura and the NPRSO's powerful, passionate, and precise performances prove, the thing that Weinberg/Vainberg had most closely in common with Shostakovich was his ironic sense of tragedy. More than the leanness of the textures, Weinberg/Vainberg's music shares with Shostakovich the thinness and sharpness of life on the edge of the abyss. Chandos' sound is simple, honest, and true.
© TiVo
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Symphony No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 61 (Mieczysław Weinberg)
Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio Nationale Polonaise, Katowice - Gabriel Chmura, direction
(C) 2004 Chandos (P) 2004 Chandos
Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio Nationale Polonaise, Katowice - Gabriel Chmura, direction
(C) 2004 Chandos (P) 2004 Chandos
Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio Nationale Polonaise, Katowice - Gabriel Chmura, direction
(C) 2004 Chandos (P) 2004 Chandos
Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio Nationale Polonaise, Katowice - Gabriel Chmura, direction
(C) 2004 Chandos (P) 2004 Chandos
Rapsodiya na Moldavskikh temakh (Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes), Op. 47, No. 1 (Mieczysław Weinberg)
Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio Nationale Polonaise, Katowice - Gabriel Chmura, direction
(C) 2004 Chandos (P) 2004 Chandos
Sinfonietta No. 2, Op. 74 (Mieczysław Weinberg)
Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio Nationale Polonaise, Katowice - Gabriel Chmura, direction
(C) 2004 Chandos (P) 2004 Chandos
Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio Nationale Polonaise, Katowice - Gabriel Chmura, direction
(C) 2004 Chandos (P) 2004 Chandos
Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio Nationale Polonaise, Katowice - Gabriel Chmura, direction
(C) 2004 Chandos (P) 2004 Chandos
Orchestre Symphonique de la Radio Nationale Polonaise, Katowice - Gabriel Chmura, direction
(C) 2004 Chandos (P) 2004 Chandos
Album review
Ah, Mieczyslaw Weinberg, not Moishey Vainberg. One can understand the mistake. Mieczyslaw Weinberg was the Polish composer who emigrated to the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics at the start of World War II. Moishey Vainberg was the Russian composer who was the close friend and artistic confidant of Dmitry Shostakovich. But Weinberg or Vainberg, the man who wrote the works recorded on this disc by Gabriel Chmura and the National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra is a strong-willed and hard-edged mensch, a mensch who is surely one of the great composers of the second half of the twentieth century. Although one can hear echoes of Shostakovich in the sparseness of the scoring, the robust themes, and muscular rhythms are pure Weinberg/Vainberg. As Chmura and the NPRSO's powerful, passionate, and precise performances prove, the thing that Weinberg/Vainberg had most closely in common with Shostakovich was his ironic sense of tragedy. More than the leanness of the textures, Weinberg/Vainberg's music shares with Shostakovich the thinness and sharpness of life on the edge of the abyss. Chandos' sound is simple, honest, and true.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 9 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:49
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Gabriel Chmura
- Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg
- Label: Chandos
- Area: Pologne
- Genre: Classical Symphonic Music
- Period: Contemporary music
(C) 2004 Chandos (P) 2004 Chandos
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