Weinberg: Symphony No. 17, Op. 137 "Memory" & Suite for Orchestra

Featuring

Vladimir Lande
Siberian State Symphony Orchestra
Mieczysław Weinberg

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Performer Biography

The Siberian State Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1977, was awarded the title of State Orchestra in 1993 and recognized as an important element of Cultural Heritage in 2009.

Composer Biography

Mieczysław Weinberg faced personal setbacks, including the murder of his father-in-law and his own imprisonment for alleged 'Jewish subversion,' from which he was released after Stalin's death.

Composer Biography

Mieczysław Weinberg, born in Warsaw, fled to Minsk and then Tashkent due to Nazi invasions, eventually settling in Moscow in 1943 after his First Symphony impressed Shostakovich.

Composition History

Weinberg's Symphony No. 17 'Memory' is part of a symphonic trilogy titled 'On the Threshold of War,' reflecting the traumas of the Great Patriotic War.

Recording & Production

Since Vladimir Lande became Artistic Director in 2015, the Siberian State Symphony Orchestra has embarked on a recording program with international labels like Naxos, Delos, and Parma Records.

Composition History

The Suite for Orchestra, written by Weinberg in 1950, had no known performance until this recording, which is its first.

Performer Biography

Vladimir Lande, the conductor, is recording a seventeen-volume cycle of orchestral works by the neglected Russian composer Mieczysław Weinberg for Naxos.