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Weinberg: Piano Sonatas Opp. 8, 49bis & 56 / Blumina
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Weinberg: Piano Sonatas Opp. 8, 49bis & 56 / Blumina

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Details

Composer
WEINBERG, MIECZYSLAW
Artist
Elisaveta Blumina
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Jun 08, 2018
Catalog #
555104-2
UPC
761203510429

About

The Echo Klassik prizewinner Elisaveta Blumina numbers among the outstanding female musicians of the younger generation who pursue their own paths, unaffected by any sort of “star cult.” Along with the classical piano repertoire, Elisaveta Blumina occupies herself very intensively with the music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Her internationally highly regarded recordings of the Soviet Jewish composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, to whose rediscovery she is tirelessly committed, are among the projects documenting this involvement. For cpo she has now recorded three sonatas by Weinberg. The clear proportions and modest length of the Sonatina op. 49 led Weinberg to rework it in 1978 in order to expand its structure, lengthen it into the Sonata op. 49, and to readjust its balance. In this sonata of classical design Weinberg further developed the spectrum of musical expression and increased the technical demands when compared to his Sonata No. 2 and the Sonatina. The Sonata op. 49 numbers among the few productions for the concert hall from this creative phase, which was reserved for intensive occupation with film music – and in particular for animated films. Emil Gilels recorded the Sonata No. 4 in 1960. Unlike the version by this dedicatee, which maintains a swift tempo, Elisaveta Blumina’s slower, more intensive playing lends greater expression to the work’s drama and grief.

Tracklist 11 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro 04:59
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    04:59
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Elisaveta Blumina
  2. 2 II. Allegretto 03:55
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:55
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Elisaveta Blumina
  3. 3 III. Adagio 07:01
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    07:01
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Elisaveta Blumina
  4. 4 IV. Vivace 03:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Vivace
    Duration
    03:34
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Elisaveta Blumina
  5. 5 I. Allegro leggiero 07:32
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro leggiero
    Duration
    07:32
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Elisaveta Blumina
  6. 6 II. Andantino 03:44
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Elisaveta Blumina
  7. 7 III. Allegretto 05:07
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Allegretto
    Duration
    05:07
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Elisaveta Blumina
  8. 8 I. Allegro 09:03
    Track
    8
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:03
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Elisaveta Blumina
  9. 9 II. Allegro 04:13
    Track
    9
    Title
    II. Allegro
    Duration
    04:13
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Elisaveta Blumina
  10. 10 III. Adagio 06:10
    Track
    10
    Title
    III. Adagio
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Elisaveta Blumina
  11. 11 IV. Allegro 09:54
    Track
    11
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    09:54
    Composer
    Mieczysław Weinberg
    Performer
    Elisaveta Blumina