Mirzoyan, Shostakovich & Weinberg: Censored Anthems

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Label
Delos
Release Date
February 28, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Edvard Mirzoyan, Dmitri Shostakovich, Mieczyslaw Weinberg
    • PERFORMER
      Parlando, Ian Niederhoffer, Aubree Oliverson
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      February 28, 2025
    • UPC
      013491361024
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DE 3610
    • LABEL
      Delos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Adagio (arr. of Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Act III: Aria) (arr. I. Niederhoffer)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Parlando

      Conductor: Ian Niederhoffer

    2. I. Allegretto cantabile -

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Parlando

      Performer: Aubree Oliverson

      Conductor: Ian Niederhoffer

    3. II. Cadenza: Lento - Adagio -

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Parlando

      Performer: Aubree Oliverson

      Conductor: Ian Niederhoffer

    4. III. Allegro moderato poco rubato

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Parlando

      Performer: Aubree Oliverson

      Conductor: Ian Niederhoffer

    5. I. Andante patetico - Allegro moderato

      Composer: Edvard Mik'aeli Mirzoian

      Ensemble: Parlando

      Performer: Andrew Beall, Joel Lambdin

      Conductor: Ian Niederhoffer

    6. II. Allegretto ma non troppo

      Composer: Edvard Mik'aeli Mirzoian

      Ensemble: Parlando

      Performer: Andrew Beall, Joel Lambdin

      Conductor: Ian Niederhoffer

    7. III. Adagio - Andante doloroso - Allegro risoluto

      Composer: Edvard Mik'aeli Mirzoian

      Ensemble: Parlando

      Performer: Andrew Beall

      Conductor: Ian Niederhoffer

    8. IV. Allegro vivo - Andante - Allegro

      Composer: Edvard Mik'aeli Mirzoian

      Ensemble: Parlando

      Performer: Andrew Beall

      Conductor: Ian Niederhoffer

    9. Ian Niederhoffer on Shostakovich's Adagio

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Parlando

      Performer: Ian Niederhoffer

    10. Ian Niederhoffer on Weinberg's Concertino

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Parlando

      Performer: Ian Niederhoffer

    11. Ian Niederhoffer on Mirzoyan's Symphony

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Ensemble: Parlando

      Performer: Ian Niederhoffer, Arya Balian


A Musical America New Artist and BBC Rising Star, Ian Niederhoffer is a fast-rising, young conductor. Here, together with his orchestra Parlando, he explores music as a tool of cultural resilience in the face of censorship, particularly within the Soviet Union. This eclectic program includes Shostakovich's Adagio from Lady MacBeth of Mtsensk, a work infamously censored after Stalin's disapproval, the Concertino for Violin and String Orchestra by Mieczyslaw Weinberg, a composer whose career was shaped by persecution during Stalin's anti-cosmopolitan campaign, and Edvard Mirzoyan's Symphony for String Orchestra and Timpani, which is a powerful testament to Armenian cultural survival despite Soviet Russification. Inspired by Parlando's mission that "every concert tells a story", the album ends with three narrated tracks detailing Soviet censorship.