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Weinberg: String Quartets, Vol. 5
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Details
- Composer
- Mieczyslaw Weinberg
- Artist
- Arcadia Quartet
- Format
- CD
- Discs
- 1
- Label
- Chandos
- Released
- Apr 25, 2025
- Catalog #
- CHAN 20328
- UPC
- 0095115232828
About
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.
Critic reviews
“One of the great virtues of the Arcadia Quartet’s outstandingly performed Weinberg quartet cycle lies in its imaginative programming… covers a wide range of moods and emotions and is delivered with compelling intensity and imagination.”
BBC Music Magazine, 5 stars, June 2025
Tracklist 14 tracks
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1 I. Presto - 07:36
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. Presto -
- Duration
- 07:36
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet
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2 II. Andante sostenuto - 07:49
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. Andante sostenuto -
- Duration
- 07:49
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet
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3 III. Allegretto 04:53
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. Allegretto
- Duration
- 04:53
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet
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4 Improvisation 03:24
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Improvisation
- Duration
- 03:24
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet
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5 Romance 03:59
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Romance
- Duration
- 03:59
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet
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6 I. Allegro molto - 06:23
- Track
- 6
- Title
- I. Allegro molto -
- Duration
- 06:23
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet
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7 II. Allegretto - 06:01
- Track
- 7
- Title
- II. Allegretto -
- Duration
- 06:01
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet
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8 III. Andante - 10:21
- Track
- 8
- Title
- III. Andante -
- Duration
- 10:21
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet
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9 IV. Allegro moderato 06:39
- Track
- 9
- Title
- IV. Allegro moderato
- Duration
- 06:39
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet
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10 I. dotted quarter note = 96 - 03:03
- Track
- 10
- Title
- I. dotted quarter note = 96 -
- Duration
- 03:03
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet
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11 II. quarter note = 63 - 03:51
- Track
- 11
- Title
- II. quarter note = 63 -
- Duration
- 03:51
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet
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12 III. quarter note = 108 - 05:11
- Track
- 12
- Title
- III. quarter note = 108 -
- Duration
- 05:11
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet
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13 IV. dotted quarter note = 54 - 03:45
- Track
- 13
- Title
- IV. dotted quarter note = 54 -
- Duration
- 03:45
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet
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14 V. quarter note = 152 - Doppio più lento 08:32
- Track
- 14
- Title
- V. quarter note = 152 - Doppio più lento
- Duration
- 08:32
- Composer
- Mieczysław Weinberg
- Ensemble
- Arcadia Quartet