Mieczysław Weinberg experienced dramatic escapes from the Nazis in Warsaw in 1939 and Minsk in 1941, before settling in Moscow in 1943.
Performer Biography
Allison Brewster Franzetti, the pianist on this recording, was a 2008 GRAMMY® Nominee for Best Instrumental Soloist without Orchestra for her album '20th Century Piano Sonatas'.
Composition History
The Two Fugues for Ludmila Berlinskaya were composed by Weinberg in one evening for Ludmila Berlinskaya, daughter of his friend Valentin Berlinsky, to help her with a composition exam.
Performer Biography
Allison Brewster Franzetti has performed with numerous orchestras, including the Brooklyn Philharmonic, English Sinfonia, and Buenos Aires Philharmonic.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded at The Gene and Shelley Enlow Recital Hall at Kean University, New Jersey, USA, across two sessions in November 2009 and June 2010.
Instruments
The piano used for this recording is a Fazioli 308 Concert Grand.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The impact of Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, can be felt throughout Weinberg's last two numbered sonatas, including Piano Sonatas No. 5 and No. 6 on this album.
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