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DVD Video, Weinberg (composer)
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Mieczysław Weinberg: The Idiot
RecommendedBogdan Volkov (Myshkin), Aušrinė Stundytė (Nastasya), Vladislav Sulimsky (Rogózhin), Iurii Samoilov (Lukyan), Xenia Puskarz Thomas (Aglaya)
Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, Krzysztof Warlikowski
The opera's main protagonists...deliver virtuoso performances. But the real stars are the Wiener Philharmoniker and Mirga Gražinyté-Tyla, who extract a formidable array of colours and textures... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2025, Opera & Stage Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2025, DVD/Blu-ray
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2025, DVD/Bluray of the Month
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This sequence of almost mini-documentaries, beautifully paced, shows different sides of his character, musicianship and history…The cameras follow him to Moscow where he studied with David Oistrakh,... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2020, Winner - Video Documentary
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2020, Documentary Choice
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Mieczysław Weinberg: Die Passagierin 'The Passenger'
Nadja Stefanoff, Dshmailja Kaiser, Will Hartmann, Markus Butter, Chor der Oper Graz, Grazer Philharmoniker, Nadja Loschky, Roland Kluttig
Bouquets to sopranos Nadja Stefanoff and Tetiana Miyus, respectively. The Graz Philharmonic acquit themselves superbly under the baton of Roland Kluttig. — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Video: Opera
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Weinberg: The Passenger, Op. 97
Michelle Breedt (Lisa), Roberto Sacca (Walter), Elena Kelessidi (Martha), Artur Rucinski (Tadeusz), Svetlana Doneva (Katja), Liuba Sokolova (Bronka), Angelica Voje (Krzystina)
Wiener Symphoniker, Prague Philharmonic Choir, Teodor Currentzis
[This] production had the knife-edge atmosphere of a major rediscovery, and it features strong performances from most of the principals and from the Vienna Symphony Orchestra under Teodor Currentzis... — More…
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Weinberg: Trumpet Concerto & Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 4
Håkan Hardenberger (trumpet), Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, Andris Nelsons
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The performances are a wonderful showcase for the refined sound of the Gewandhaus Orchestra. Strings are unfailingly rich and burnished, brass have a full-bodied tone and woodwinds often distinguish... — More…
