CD, Weinberg (composer)
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Weinberg - Chamber Music
RecommendedGidon Kremer (violin), Yulianna Avdeeva (piano), Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė (cello)
Highly immediate sound and decent notes round out a valuable addition to Weinberg’s discography in his centenary year. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th October 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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Diapason d’Or, December 2019, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Weinberg: Orchestral & Chamber Works
RecommendedGidon Kremer (violin & director), Daniil Grishin (viola), Giedre Dirvanauskaite (cello), Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Kremerata Baltica
Kremer and his associates deliver incisive, committed performances...a fascinating piece, performed here with great brilliance. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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I hear both power and pain in the Arcadia Quartet’s excellent playing... Overall, the playing on this album is excellent. I am truly happy that... there is another fill cycle available on record.... —
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What a ride!..we alternately wrestle with the composer’s experimental-beautiful soundworld and marvel at his epic vision. The Sixth is a 35-minute rollercoaster, played with attack and aplomb... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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The Arcadia Quartet make a very auspicious impression for their first Weinberg entrée that brings together three of the composer’s most accessible contributions to the genre, all recorded in... —
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Record Review, 9th January 2021, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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New. Weinberg: Chamber Symphony Nos. 1 & 2; Violin Concertino
Gabriel Adorján (violin), Bayerische Kammerphilharmonie
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the Seventh Symphony is emotionally elusive...Daniel Grossmann and the Jewish Chamber Orchestra have the measure of its complexities and deliver a committed performance. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Their music-making is uniquely bonded from the start, an easeful gliding into the simple language of the Shostakovich Cello Sonata (Weinberg's melodic uniqueness, too, in his Second Sonata)...All... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th June 2025
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, Recording of the Week
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Weinberg: Cello Concerto & Symphony No. 20
Claes Gunnarsson (cello)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Thord Svedlund
Chandos's burgeoning Weinberg series goes from strength to strength with this latest stunningly engineered release featuring two works of strikingly different character...it would be difficult... —
