MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG Symphony No.2 & Chamber Symphony No.2

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“The lyrical Second Symphony is haunted by a restless melancholy …yet the result is in no way depressing. Chamber Symphony No.2 is a relatively late work and although it is freely rhapsodic, the mood is more positive and often songful…the nostalgic feeling returns in the central movement, but the atmosphere darkens in the long drawn finale which reaches a passionately plangent climax before its quietly resigned coda with a single tympani stroke resolution….both played with great eloquence and warmly and naturally recorded .” (Penguin Guide 3 stars)

Symphony No.2, Op. 30 (1945-6)

for String orchestra (32:31)

[1] I. Allegro moderato 13:22

[2] II. Adagio 9:34

[3] III. Allegretto 9:35

Chamber Symphony No.2, Op. 147 (1987) for String

orchestra & timpani (24:09)

[4] I. Allegro molto 8:53

[5] II. Pesante 5:02

[6] III. Andante sostenuto 10:14

MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG (1919-96) Chamber Symphonies 1 & 4

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Original World Premiere Recordings
“The Chamber symphonies come from the last decade of his life, the First for string orchestra, from the same year as the 18th symphony….it is pastoral in character, closer in feeling to a divertimento or sinfonietta…The Fourth….unremitting as late Shostakovich, and strongly valedictory in feeling. A haunting piece, music of real substance.” (Penguin Guide 3 stars)

Chamber Symphony No.1, Op. 145 (1986)

for String orchestra (27:35)

[1] I. Allegro 9:11

[2] II. Andante 9:30

[3] III. Allegretto 4:29

[4] IV. Presto 4:25

Chamber Symphony No.4, Op. 153 (1992)

in one movement for string orchestra & clarinet (34:30)

[5] Lento – 8:36

[6] Allegro molto – Moderato – 7:16

[7] Adagio – Meno mosso 10:33

[8] Andantino – Adagissimo 7.56

TOTAL PLAYING TIME 62:10

Executive Producer & Licensed from: Tommy Persson

Recorded at Strömbäck Folk High School, Sweden May 1998

Producer: Urban Hägglund; Engineer: Michael Bergek

Original Editing: Peter Nicholls

Thord Svedlund – Alto CD

MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG Symphony No.2 & Chamber Symphony No.2

MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG (1919-96) Chamber Symphonies 1 & 4