Weinberg: String Quartets, Vol. 5

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Label
Chandos
Release Date
April 25, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Mieczyslaw Weinberg
    • PERFORMER
      Arcadia Quartet
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 25, 2025
    • UPC
      0095115232828
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CHAN 20328
    • LABEL
      Chandos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Presto -

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet

    2. II. Andante sostenuto -

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet

    3. III. Allegretto

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet

    4. Improvisation

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet

    5. Romance

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet

    6. I. Allegro molto -

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet

    7. II. Allegretto -

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet

    8. III. Andante -

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet

    9. IV. Allegro moderato

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet

    10. I. dotted quarter note = 96 -

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet

    11. II. quarter note = 63 -

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet

    12. III. quarter note = 108 -

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet

    13. IV. dotted quarter note = 54 -

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet

    14. V. quarter note = 152 - Doppio più lento

      Composer: Mieczysław Weinberg

      Ensemble: Arcadia Quartet


The Arcadia Quartet reaches the penultimate release in it's acclaimed complete Weinberg string quartets series with this volume, featuring Quartets Nos 3, 9, and 14. As in previous volumes, the works are taken from contrasting periods of Weinberg's compositional development, and so present a varied programme that works in it's own right. Quartet No. 3, composed in 1944, could be considered as the first 'mature' quartet, and is set in three movements. The Ninth Quartet, composed in 1963, dates from his self-described 'starry decade', when his work was championed by a significant group of enthusiastic performers, including Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan, Kirill Kondrashin, Rudolf Barshai, and the Borodin Quartet. Quartet No. 14 dates from 1978, three years after the death of Weinberg's great friend and mentor Shostakovich: a time when Weinberg was questioning and renewing his artistic identity. The album also includes the short Improvisation and Romance, from 1950.