Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Dawn; Symphony No. 12

Listen on Presto Music. Free thirty day trial. Find out more.

…a significant recording of one of Weinberg’s most ambitious symphonies, and anyone interested in settling the issue of the composer’s achievement will be rewarded by taking a listen. — Fanfare, Mar/Apr 2024 More…

Release Date: 20th Oct 2023
Catalogue No: CHAN20165
Label: Chandos
Length: 73 minutes

Gramophone Magazine

December 2023

Editor's Choice

In stock

Usually despatched within 1 working day

This release includes a digital booklet

Chandos - Downloads at MP3 Prices

Special offer ends: 22/05/2024

Weinberg: Dawn, Op. 60

Work length17:18

Album only

BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds

Weinberg: Symphony No. 12 ‘In memoriam D. Shostakovich’

Work length56:12

Album only

BBC Philharmonic
John Storgårds

I. Allegro moderato

Track length20:20

Album only

II. Allegretto

Track length7:47

$1.60

$1.95

$2.40

III. Adagio

Track length10:04

$1.60

$1.95

$2.40

IV. Allegro

Track length18:01

Album only

About
Reviews
Explore

About

Every five years the Soviet Union celebrated the anniversary of the October 1917 Revolution with large-scale public events, to which the country's leading artists were expected to contribute. Mieczyslaw Weinberg, like his friend Shostakovich, enjoyed mixed fortunes with his efforts. The symphonic poem Dawn (Zarya), Op. 60, dedicated to the fortieth anniversary of the Revolution, seems to have remained unperformed during his lifetime, despite its ideologically irreproachable content. Its premiere was finally given in the BBC studios in Manchester, on 15 May 2019, by the BBC Philharmonic under John Storgards. When Shostakovich died, on 9 August 1975, it had been five years since Weinberg composed his last symphony. To commemorate his friend and mentor (whom he regarded as the greatest symphonist of his age) Weinberg decided on a full-scale, four movement, non-programmatic work as his personal tribute. Symphony No. 12, written between December 1975 and February 1976 is the longest of Weinberg's purely instrumental symphonies. Kirill Kondrashin was due to conduct the premiere, but his last-minute insistence on large-scale cuts and changes to the score was taken by Weinberg as a great insult, and ended their relationship. The first performance was finally given as a radio broadcast on 13 October 1979, (probably) by the USSR TV and Radio Symphony Orchestra under Maxim Shostakovich.

Reviews

Mar/Apr 2024

…a significant recording of one of Weinberg’s most ambitious symphonies, and anyone interested in settling the issue of the composer’s achievement will be rewarded by taking a listen.

December 2023

The disc is a welcome offshoot from the ongoing work on Shostakovich’s symphonies by John Storgårds and the BBC Philharmonic, and displays the same high level of stylistic discernment and emotional commitment.

Offer,Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Dawn; Symphony No. 12

CD

Downloads

Contents

Download queue