Mieczyslaw (Moisei) Samuilovich Weinberg
Born: 8th December 1919, Warsaw, Poland
Died: 26th February 1996, Moscow, Russia
Nationality: Polish
Mieczysław Weinberg was a Polish, Soviet, and Russian composer and pianist. Born in Warsaw to parents who worked in the Yiddish theatre in Poland, his early years were surrounded by music. At the age of 12, he began formal music lessons. Later, he studied piano at the Warsaw Conservatory. In 1939, Weinberg fled Warsaw when Germany invaded Poland and started World War II. His family was later murdered at the Trawniki concentration camp.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mieczysław_Weinberg
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Further Reading: Weinberg
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Weinberg solo violin sonatas from Gidon Kremer
18th Feb 2022
The Latvian violinist celebrates his 75th birthday with impassioned recordings of Weinberg's three sonatas for solo violin.
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Chamber music by Mieczysław Weinberg
18th Oct 2019
Gidon Kremer and friends perform three pieces of chamber music by the Polish-born Soviet composer, including an outstanding account of the Piano Trio.
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Popular Works: Weinberg
- 12 Miniatures for Flute and Piano, Op. 29 (6)
- Cello Concerto in D Minor, Op. 43 (10)
- Chamber Symphony No. 1 for string orchestra, Op. 145 (11)
- Chamber Symphony No. 3, Op. 151 (5)
- Chamber Symphony No. 4 for string orchestra & clarinet, Op. 153 (10)
- Children's Notebooks, Book 1, Op. 16 (5)
- Children's Notebooks, Book 2, Op. 19 (5)
- Children's Notebooks, Book 3, Op. 23 (6)
- Concertino For Violin And String Orchestra, Op. 42 (13)
- Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 52 (8)
- Flute Concerto (No. 1), Op. 75 (9)
- Flute Concerto No. 2, Op. 148 (9)
- Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 18 (19)
- Piano Sonata No. 1, Op. 5 (5)
- Piano Sonata No. 4 in B minor, Op. 56 (8)
- Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op. 47 No. 1 (9)
- Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, Op. 47, No. 3 (7)
- Sonata for Cello & Piano No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 (9)
- Sonata for Clarinet & Piano, Op. 28 (14)
- Sonata for Solo Cello No. 1, Op. 72 (5)
- Sonata for Solo Violin No. 3, Op. 126 (6)
- Sonata for two violins, Op. 69 (7)
- Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 3, Op. 37 (6)
- Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 4, Op. 39 (8)
- Sonata for Violin & Piano No. 5, Op. 53 (9)
- Sonatina for Violin & Piano, Op. 46 (9)
- String Quartet No. 6, Op. 35 (6)
- String Quartet No. 11, Op. 89 (5)
- String Quartet No. 13, Op. 118 (6)
- String Quartet No. 3, Op. 14 (5)
- String Quartet No. 5, Op. 27 (5)
- String Trio, Op. 48 (7)
- Symphony No. 6, Op. 79 (7)
- Symphony No. 7 in C major, Op. 81 (8)
- The Passenger, Op. 97 (6)
- Trio for flute, viola & harp (piano), Op. 127 (7)
- Trio for piano, violin and cello, Op. 24 (1945) (14)
- Trumpet Concerto in B flat major, Op. 94 (12)
- Twenty-Four Preludes, Op. 100 (7)
- Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 67 (9)
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