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Mieczysław Weinberg: Cello Sonatas Nos. 1 & 2, Solo Cello Sonata No. 1 & String Trio

2/1/2009, 11 Tracks, 1:07:24

Featuring

  • Michal Kaňka
  • Miguel Borges Coelho
  • Pavel Hůla
  • Josef Klusoň
  • Beethoven String Trio
  • Mieczysław Weinberg

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Cultural Impact

Weinberg's music for Mikhail Kalatozov's film The Cranes are Flying received international recognition, winning the Palme d'Or at the 1958 Cannes festival.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Weinberg, though oppressed for forty years, always refused to portray himself as a victim.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Mieczysław Weinberg, a Polish-Jewish musician, escaped to the Russian border when Germany occupied Poland, but his parents and sister died in the Warsaw ghetto.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Shostakovich risked writing directly to Beria when Weinberg was imprisoned for 'Zionist activities' in 1953, citing his wife's relation to a key figure in the 'doctors' Plot'.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Weinberg's forename, Moishei Vainberg, was automatically attributed to him by a Russian customs agent, based on the Russian transliteration of his German-origin Polish patronymic.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Dmitri Shostakovich helped Weinberg move to Moscow and they developed a mutual esteem and unwavering friendship, with Shostakovich even studying Weinberg's manuscripts.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

Weinberg's music was slow to be discovered in the West due to a lack of printed scores, with many pieces remaining in manuscript form.

Source: Booklet

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