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Mieczysław Weinberg — Piano & Chamber Works

Released · 2017

Mieczysław Weinberg — Piano & Chamber Works

Double album of music by Mieczysław Weinberg: Piano Sonatas Nos. 2 and 4, Children’s Notebooks Op. 16, and Piano Quintet Op. 18.

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The recording was part of my doctoral dissertation. On the first disc I placed Weinberg’s Second and Fourth Piano Sonatas together with the Children’s Notebooks Op. 16; the second disc is devoted entirely to the celebrated Piano Quintet Op. 18, which I had the pleasure of recording with Dorota Warcaba, Katarzyna Szydłowska, Tomasz Citak and Łukasz Dziedziak.

Weinberg’s music was not fully appreciated in his lifetime. Today it is being rediscovered, although the work of this composer has yet to receive the full recognition it deserves. I myself return to his pieces with great pleasure. The Children’s Notebooks Op. 16 and the Piano Quintet Op. 18 in particular are, for me, magical works, but the two sonatas on the album are equally exceptional.

Track list

  1. Mieczysław Weinberg

    Piano Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 8 (CD 1)

    1. 01 Allegro
    2. 02 Allegretto
    3. 03 Adagio
    4. 04 Vivace

  2. Mieczysław Weinberg

    Children’s Notebooks, Op. 16 (CD 1)

    1. 01 Larghetto
    2. 02 Allegro
    3. 03 Moderato maestoso
    4. 04 Tempo di valse
    5. 05 Allegretto
    6. 06 Presto
    7. 07 Andante tranquillo
    8. 08 Larghetto

  3. Mieczysław Weinberg

    Piano Sonata No. 4 in B minor, Op. 56 (CD 1)

    1. 01 Allegro
    2. 02 Allegro
    3. 03 Adagio
    4. 04 Allegro

  4. Mieczysław Weinberg

    Piano Quintet, Op. 18 (CD 2)

    1. 01 Moderato con moto
    2. 02 Allegretto
    3. 03 Presto
    4. 04 Largo
    5. 05 Allegro agitato