New Album Releases: WEINBERG - DAWN; SYMPHONY No. 12 (John Storgårds, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra)

Artist:
John Storgårds
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Genre:
Classical

Total Time:
73:30

Record Label:
Chandos Records

Purchasing Links:
CD, Apple Music

Release Date
October 20, 2023

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Product Description: 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 première 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 première, 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.

TRACK LIST:

1 . awn, Op. 60 . Mieczyslaw Weinberg BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds (17:18)

2 . I. Allegro moderato - Doppio movimento - Poco più mosso - Poco più mosso - Doppio più lento - Largo Mieczyslaw Weinberg BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds (20:20)

3 . II. Allegretto Mieczyslaw Weinberg BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds (07:47)

4 . III. Adagio - Mieczyslaw Weinberg BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds (10:04)

5 . IV. Allegro - Adagio Mieczyslaw Weinberg BBC Philharmonic Orchestra / John Storgårds (18:01)

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