Mieczysław Weinberg: Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Volume Four

Discovery Club Members Save 30%!
Login or Join Today
Price range: £8.00 through £14.00

Catalogue No: TOCC0188
EAN/UPC: 5060113441881
Release Date: 2023-01-06
Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg
Artists: Igor Yuzefovich, Michael Csányi-Wills, Yuri Kalnits

In the past twenty years the Polish-born, Moscow-based Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–96) has been recognised as one of the major voices in twentieth-century music, equivalent in stature to his close friend Dmitry Shostakovich. This fourth and final volume of his music for solo violin, violin and piano and two violins completes the only survey to take all of these works into account. It presents music ranging from a startingly assured early score by the teenage Weinberg to works in which his personality is fully established and instantly recognisable.

Yuri Kalnits, violin
Igor Yuzefovich, violin (10–12)
Michael Csányi-Wills, piano (1–9)

Listen To This Recording:

    Concertino in A minor for Violin and Piano, Op. 42 (1948)

  1. I Allegretto cantabile
  2. II Cadenza. Lento – Adagio
  3. III Allegro moderato poco rubato
  4. Two Songs without Words (1947)

  5. No. 1 Andantino
  6. No. 2 Larghetto
  7. Three Pieces for Violin and Piano (1934–35)

  8. No. 1 Nocturne. Moderato
  9. No. 2 Scherzo. Allegro
  10. No. 3 Dream about a Doll. Moderato
  11. Sonata Movement (1944)

  12. Largo in F
  13. Sonata for Two Violins, Op. 69 (1959)

  14. I Allegro molto
  15. II Adagio
  16. III Allegro
 

FIRST COMPLETE RECORDING

4 reviews for Mieczysław Weinberg: Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Volume Four

  1. :

    ‘Mieczysław Weinberg Complete Works for Violin and Piano, Volume Four completes the series of music by the Polish-born Soviet composer and close friend of Shostakovich that began in September 2010. Yuri Kalnits is the excellent violinist and Michael Csányi-Wills the equally fine pianist.

    […] excellent disc and series.’

    —Terry Robbins, The Whole Note

  2. :

    ‘This release concludes the noteworthy complete overview of the works for solo violin, and violin and piano, by Polish composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996), performed by violinist Yuri Kalnits and pianist Michael Csányi-Wills. A highly credible and authentic grasp of his music has been apparent right from the start, as the previous reviews of Volume 1 and Volume 3 will affirm. […]

    In the end though, [his music] always a highly rewarding and penetrating musical experience. A composer well worth investigating.

    —Jean-Yves Duperron, Classical Music Sentinel

  3. :

    ‘Sympathetic performances of a composer overshadowed by Shostakovich.’

    —Matthew Rye, Strad

  4. :

    ‘These solo and chamber works burnish Weinberg’s reputation as a composer of of ten extraordinarily heartfelt music. The Concertino for Violin and Piano is lyrical; the Three Pieces for Violin and Piano, written in adolescence, already show great command of form and mood.’

    BBC Music Magazine, March 2023

Add a review

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *