The Slipped Disc daily comfort zone (78): So low, Mr Cello

Alvaro Gallegos says:

June 2, 2020 at 3:41 am

Great music for solo cello!

Also, his string quartets are extraordinary.

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fflambeau says:

June 2, 2020 at 5:48 am

He was a prolific composer rather than a day to day performer. He composed 26 symphonies, 17 string quartets, 7 operas and much more. He was a Polish Jew who emigrated to Russia. He was a close friend of Dimitri Shostakovitch and knew well Gilels, Rostropovich and others.

The recorded piece above is lovely.

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Bart says:

June 2, 2020 at 11:39 am

I’d like to get started on Weinberg. Anyone care to name a couple of specific CDs as starters?

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Martinu says:

June 2, 2020 at 2:07 pm

Go for the piano quintet and the new Disc of symphony no. 21. Also violin concerto.

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ivan says:

June 2, 2020 at 4:58 pm

Linus Roth is a champion of his music. He recorded a couple of years ago I think (way before the centennial), the complete violin music, chamber music and concerto. He is my choice. Also, Naxos released his Clarinet concerto (along with the clarinet sonata) lasth month, I loved it.

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Nat says:

June 2, 2020 at 4:59 pm

This is my favorite so far:
http://www.classicalmusicsentinel.com/KEEP/keep-weinberg-symphony3.html
I still find it somewhat derivative of Shostakovich, but much better than most of their contemporaries.

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