Mieczysław Weinberg: Complete Violin Sonatas, Volume Three
If Mieczysław Weinberg had lived for another decade or so after his death in 1996, he would have seen his status change from poorly known outlier to general acceptance as one of the major twentieth-century composers. His violin works have likewise been recognised as major additions to the repertoire. Since Yuri Kalnits and Michael Csányi-Wills began what will be a four-volume survey of Mieczysław Weinberg’s music for violin and piano, other musicians have discovered and recorded many of these masterworks, but on its completion this cycle will still be the first to record all of Weinberg’s violin works.
Yuri Kalnits, violin
Michael Csányi-Wills, piano
Listen To This Recording:
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Sonata No. 3 for Violin and Piano, Op. 37 (1947)
- I Allegro moderato
- II Andantino
- III Allegretto cantabile – Lento (quasi adagio)
- ♪ = 208 (bars 1–71) –
- ♩ = 84; molto espressivo (bars 72–136) –
- ♩ = 63 (bars 137–81) –
- ♩ = 126 (bars 182–287) –
- ♩. = 92; con fuoco (bars 288–581) –
- ♩ = 116 (bars 582–96) –
- ♩ = 69 (bars 597–619) –
- ♪ = 152 (bars 620–741)
- I Moderato –
- II Adagio –
- III Moderato – Adagio
Sonata No. 3 for Violin Solo, Op. 126 (1979)
Sonata No. 6 for Violin and Piano, Op. 136bis (1982)
FIRST COMPLETE RECORDING
MusicWeb International :
‘three pieces here are quite substantial enough to make the issue a good stand-alone representative sample of Weinberg’s violin music. […]
For the duo sonatas I have heard only this Kalnits (violin) and Michael Csanyi-Wills partnership and found them very satisfying indeed.’
—Roy Westbrook, MusicWeb International