IDAGIO | Weinberg: Piano Trio - Violin Sonatina - Double Bass Sonata 761203780426

Featuring

Kolja Blacher
Johannes Moser
Elisaveta Blumina
Erez Ofer
Nabil Shehata
Mieczysław Weinberg

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Composer Biography

Mieczyslaw Weinberg, a Polish Jew, fled to the east during the Nazi occupation of Poland and felt like a foreigner in the Soviet Union throughout his life.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Weinberg believed that every moment in the life of a genuine artist is work, involving the observation and assimilation of sounds, colors, movements, and rhythms from the real world.

Cultural Impact

Mieczyslaw Weinberg even wrote music for the popular Soviet cartoon series 'Winnie the Pooh', though many viewers were unaware of his identity as the composer.

Compositional Technique

Weinberg's compositions are characterized by a very personal idiom, and while they differ from Shostakovich's works in overall mood, they are often stylistically diverse individually.

Composer Biography

Weinberg's father was a violinist and composer for a Jewish theater, and young Mieczyslaw played piano with him in the theater at age eleven.

Historical Context

Weinberg was imprisoned in the Soviet Union in 1953 for three months on the charge of advocating for a Jewish republic in Crimea, but was saved by Shostakovich's intervention.