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Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies No 3 & 4 / Svedlund, Helsinborg
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Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies No 3 & 4 / Svedlund, Helsinborg

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Details

Composer
WEINBERG, MIECZYSLAW
Artist
Svedlund
Format
SACD
Label
Chandos
Released
Jan 27, 2015
Catalog #
CHSA 5146
UPC
095115514627

About

The ongoing, critically acclaimed Chandos series of orchestral works by Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919–96) now explores some of the composer’s lesser-known late works. This disc features the last two Chamber Symphonies, which indeed reflect a largely hidden yet still prolific period of his life. The highly experienced and versatile Thord Svedlund conducts the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, here recording with Chandos for the first time. Not only is Chamber Symphony No. 4 the penultimate work that Weinberg completed, but it can also be read as a summation of his entire life and oeuvre. The elegiac mood shaping the piece echoes his last decade – of infirmity, loss and gradual decline in public and professional interest in his work. Apart from the sad, wistful last movement (Andantino) heralding No. 4, Chamber Symphony No. 3 is closely linked to his Fifth String Quartet, op. 27 through its recitative-like melody. At the same time, it perfectly justifies both the term ‘Chamber Symphony’ and the orchestra here playing it: the Helsingborg Symphony, one of Sweden’s oldest, was founded in 1912 originally as a chamber orchestra.

Tracklist 8 tracks

  1. 1 I. Lento 10:34
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Lento
    Duration
    10:34
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Thord Svedlund
  2. 2 II. Allegro molto 05:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegro molto
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Thord Svedlund
  3. 3 III. Adagio 07:04
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    07:04
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Thord Svedlund
  4. 4 IV. Andantino 10:04
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Andantino
    Duration
    10:04
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Thord Svedlund
  5. 5 Lento - 07:43
    Track
    5
    Title
    Lento -
    Duration
    07:43
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Thord Svedlund
  6. 6 Allegro molto - Moderato - 07:19
    Track
    6
    Title
    Allegro molto - Moderato -
    Duration
    07:19
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Thord Svedlund
  7. 7 Adagio - Meno mosso - 09:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    Adagio - Meno mosso -
    Duration
    09:44
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Thord Svedlund
  8. 8 Andantino - Adagissimo 07:48
    Track
    8
    Title
    Andantino - Adagissimo
    Duration
    07:48
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Ensemble
    Helsingborgs Symfoniorkester
    Conductor
    Thord Svedlund