COTW w/c 02/06/14 - Weinberg

[richardfinegold]

I have several discs by him, with all the various spellings of his name. Fwiw, his Cello Music both solo and concertante is what appeals to me the most.
There is a fascinating recording of Shostakovich and Weinberg performing DSCH 10th Symphony on 2 Pianos. They were friends and apparently the Compositional influences went in both directions. Shostakovich apparently was able to use his influence to free Weinberg from Lubyanka Prison, where he had landed during one of Stalin's anti Semitic purges.

[Don Petter]

The only substantial work I have by him is his Clarinet Quintet, Op.40, which appears on a double CPO CD set called Esquisses Hébraïques - Clarinet Quintets on Jewish Themes (CPO 999630-2).

It must be a few years since I've listened to the set. Must search it out (might be easier said than done!) and give it a spin.

That is what R3 should be all about, sending you off to explore new musical paths.

[Bryn]

There is a fascinating recording of Shostakovich and Weinberg performing DSCH 10th Symphony on 2 Pianos.

I have that on vinyl, and also from YouTube. I don't think it have yet made it to CD. A wonderful document.

[richardfinegold]

I have that on vinyl, and also from YouTube. I don't think it have yet made it to CD. A wonderful document.

I think it was available on CD, at least over here, although I never owned it. I've heard excerpts from it, and thanks for the information about YouTube .

[EdgeleyRob]

I have that on vinyl, and also from YouTube. I don't think it have yet made it to CD. A wonderful document.

It is,hairs on the back of the neck stuff.

[BBMmk2]

Been listening to these programme. What a composer Weinberg was!

[jean]

Donald Macleod was talking about him on Today on Radio 4 this morning (Yes, you didn't misread that!)

It's here, at about 2' 20" in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0457rmj

(It would have helped if the presenter hadn't laughed after playing a bit of his music.)

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[jean]

The first performance of his Requiem was given in Liverpool in 2009.

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2009/nov/23/lady-magnesia-requiem-review

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/classicalconcertreviews/6637739/Weinberg-Requiem-at-Philharmonic-Hall-Liverpool-review.html

I wish I'd liked it better.


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[Serial_Apologist]

Wonderful solid, beautifully conceived stuff today from a composer totally new to me, so thanks to all for the pre-alerts. I don't hear much that was "Russian" about Weinberg - which I suppose shouldn't surprise - more a Late Romantic Germanic composer in a kind of Mahler/Zemlinsky tradition, if there be one (and it seems the more we get to discover the more there could well be), who seems to have imbibed some early Hindemith, as Shostakovitch also did.

[teamsaint]

good and interesting start to the week. The Piano Quintet sounded well worth further investigation.....shot to the top of my "To do " list.

The songs for children probably wouldn't accord with some peoples idea of what modern parenting should involve, but sounded excellent !
The childrens notebook pieces also fascinating, and well worth hearing> I thought there was a distinct DSCH feel, but at least one critic doesn't think so.

Great to have some R3 programmes to be really looking forward to.

(as an afterthought, can DM REALLY have been unaware of Weinbergs work until recently?!)

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Great to have some R3 programmes to be really looking forward to.

(as an afterthought, can DM REALLY have been unaware of Weinbergs work until recently?!)

On the R4 interview, he said that he'd been aware of Weinberg's name, but hadn't heard any until recently. Matches my own experience - mainly down to EdgeleyRob's advocacy.

[EdgeleyRob]

On the R4 interview, he said that he'd been aware of Weinberg's name, but hadn't heard any until recently. Matches my own experience - mainly down to EdgeleyRob's advocacy.

Suffolkcoastal and his symphonic journey deserve the credit for the forum Weinberg revival Ferney.
Same here,I was vaguely aware of the name but had never knowingly heard a note of the music until he appeared on those threads,that's when my obsession began.
Thank you sc and Radio 3.

[EdgeleyRob]

Wonderful solid, beautifully conceived stuff today from a composer totally new to me, so thanks to all for the pre-alerts. I don't hear much that was "Russian" about Weinberg - which I suppose shouldn't surprise - more a Late Romantic Germanic composer in a kind of Mahler/Zemlinsky tradition, if there be one (and it seems the more we get to discover the more there could well be), who seems to have imbibed some early Hindemith, as Shostakovitch also did.

Some of the string quartets remind me of Bartok at times too.

[David-G]

Mieczyslav Weinberg is the same person as Moisei (Moishei) Vainberg: presumably the different spellings reflect the difficulties of turning Polish into English. As Vainberg, I have one work by him, his trumpet concerto in B flat major op. 94. It will be interesting to hear some of his other works.

Moishei Vainberg sounds to me like Yiddish - which would probably have been his native language.

[EdgeleyRob]

Wonderful,evocative,to me,Clarinet Sonata.

Orchestras should really take up the Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes,it's a bit of a showpiece.

They are on youtube.