IDAGIO | Weinberg: Symphony No. 3 - Suite No. 4 from 'The Golden Key' 5059864508936

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Thord Svedlund
Göteborgs Symfoniker
Mieczysław Weinberg

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Composition History

Weinberg's Symphony No. 3 was initially scheduled for a premiere in Moscow but was postponed, with the composer reportedly finding 'errors' during rehearsals, leading to its withdrawal.

Composition History

The Symphony No. 3 was revised ten years after its initial composition, with Weinberg cutting redundant material and recomposing episodes, especially in the outer movements.

Notable Performances

The revised version of Weinberg's Symphony No. 3 was premiered on March 23, 1960, in the Great Hall of the Conservatory by the All-Union Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Gauk.

Composition History

The ballet 'The Golden Key' was not immediately accepted and had to wait seven years before its premiere in a substantially re-worked form and with a new title.

Composer Biography

Mieczysław Weinberg, the composer, was affected by the 1948 'anti-formalism' campaign in the Soviet Union, which demanded music in a broadly comprehensible language, often drawing on folk material.

Composition History

Weinberg's ballet 'The Golden Key' was based on a popular fairytale story by Aleksey Tolstoy, a Russian author who repatriated to the Soviet Union after the Revolution.

Performer Biography

The Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, the National Orchestra of Sweden, has been described by The Guardian as 'one of the world's most formidable orchestras'.