As Mieczyslaw Weinberg's massive orchestral output becomes better known, performances with profound insights and first-rate playing are steadily increasing. With this 2018 Naxos release of world premiere recordings of the Symphony No. 13, Op. 115 (1976) and the Serenade, Op. 47, No. 4 (1952), Vladimir Lande and the Siberian State Symphony Orchestra mark their sixth Weinberg release for the label, and continue an impressive series that has yielded six of his 22 symphonies with as many short works as filler, thus presenting ...
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As Mieczyslaw Weinberg's massive orchestral output becomes better known, performances with profound insights and first-rate playing are steadily increasing. With this 2018 Naxos release of world premiere recordings of the Symphony No. 13, Op. 115 (1976) and the Serenade, Op. 47, No. 4 (1952), Vladimir Lande and the Siberian State Symphony Orchestra mark their sixth Weinberg release for the label, and continue an impressive series that has yielded six of his 22 symphonies with as many short works as filler, thus presenting both his serious symphonic essays and less formal pieces that represent a variety of styles and expressions. Dedicated to the memory of Weinberg's mother, the dominant mood of the Symphony No. 13 is elegiac, and though the middle section displays aggression and sustained tension, the framing outer sections depend on long, brooding melodies and subdued dissonant counterpoint to communicate a haunted mood in the vein of Shostakovich's late music. In contrast, the Serenade is almost...
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