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Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd May 2019
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Record Review, 11th May 2019, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Orchestral
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Recording of the Year
The Second Symphony in general conveys a message of vigour and youthful optimism…and it is presented here in a performance of consummate technical brilliance and sustained emotional conviction…Gražinytė-Tyla...
Weinberg: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 21
Gidon Kremer (violin)
Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 3rd May 2019
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Record Review, 11th May 2019, Record of the Week
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2019, Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’Or, Summer Issue 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2019
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Orchestral Performance
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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The Times Records of the Year, 2019
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Critics' Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2020, Finalist - Orchestral
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Winner - Conductor of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Recording of the Year
The Second Symphony in general conveys a message of vigour and youthful optimism…and it is presented here in a performance of consummate technical brilliance and sustained emotional conviction…Gražinytė-Tyla...
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- Kremerata Baltica
- Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
- Recorded: 2018-12-09
- Recording Venue: Vilniaus Plokštelių Studija, Vilnius
- Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla (soprano), Gidon Kremer (violin)
- Kremerata Baltica, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
- Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla
- Recorded: 2018-11-26
- Recording Venue: Symphony Hall, Birmingham
Spotlight on this release
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Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla conducts symphonies by Mieczysław Weinberg
3rd May 2019
For her first recording with Deutsche Grammophon, the Lithuanian conductor offers haunting accounts of two symphonies by the Polish-born Soviet composer, Mieczysław Weinberg.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week3rd May 2019
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Record Review11th May 2019Record of the Week
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Gramophone MagazineJune 2019Recording of the Month
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Diapason d’OrSummer Issue 2019
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2019
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Presto Recordings of the YearWinner 2019
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International Classical Music Awards2019Nominee - Symphonic Music
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The Times Records of the Year2019
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Gramophone MagazineDecember 2019Critics' Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards2020Winner - Conductor of the Year
August 2019
The Second Symphony in general conveys a message of vigour and youthful optimism…and it is presented here in a performance of consummate technical brilliance and sustained emotional conviction…Gražinytė-Tyla really has the measure of [No. 21's]expansive structure.
June 2019
The appearance of this performance on a major prestige label will surely prove one of the highlights of this, his centenary year...It takes a performance of fierce concentration and absolute dedication to ensure this music’s hold on an audience...the CBSO, with its newly appointed fireball Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla, is teamed up with Kremerata Baltica, lending extraordinary depth and power to the string sound...All in all, this has to be one of the most important symphonic releases of the year.
3rd May 2019
If I had to sum up Weinberg's style, I would say that there is a heavy dose of Shostakovich in the often bleak string writing, with an occasional whiff of Mahler...In relation to her exploration of Weinberg's music, the booklet notes quote Mirga as saying that “The journey has just begun!”. On the evidence of this recording, it is a journey that I am most eager to continue.
19th May 2019
It’s an impressive debut...This is music of despair and grief, interrupted by raw violence.
17th May 2019
His music certainly reflects several Shostakovich habits: innocent-seeming melodies, for instance, suddenly twisted into menace. But the Kaddish symphony of 1991, spiritedly played by the joint forces of the CBSO and Gidon Kremer’s Kremerata Baltica, still shows remarkable individuality…Prepare to be mightily moved.
