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Stefan Irmer - Weinberg Piano Works 1951-195 [CD]

Stefan Irmer - Weinberg Piano Works 1951-195 [CD]

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Stefan Irmer goes in search of traces and presents Weinberg's demanding piano music as an intense, immediately touching experience. Mieczyslaw Weinberg's fate is exemplary for Jewish artists of his generation: the only one of his family to escape the Holocaust, he also faced anti-Semitic hostility in the Stalinist Soviet Union. No wonder that such existential experiences are reflected in his music, which to this day has been denied the recognition it deserves. \r
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In the Partita op. 54: the most delicate sounds are suddenly juxtaposed with brute eruptions - a reflex to the imprisonment just survived during the last wave of Stalinist purges? The ten-part work challenges player, instrument and listener alike.\r
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Weinberg's relationship to the Soviet Union was ambivalent: on the one hand, he owed his survival during the National Socialist era to the state, but on the other, this state also held its artists on a very short leash. More than almost any other composer, Weinberg succeeded in outwardly fulfilling the socialist guidelines while developing a very individual, personal style out of tonality and avant-garde, Jewish tradition and light muse.\r
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A fine melancholy often pervades Weinberg's music, for example in the Sonata No. 4, which was premiered in its symphonic dimensions by Emil Gilels, or in the compelling Passacaglia of the 5th Sonata. \r
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Under Stefan Irmer's hands on MDG's magnificent Steinway concert grand 'Manfred B\xfcrki', Weinberg's music emerges grandiose and new - a long overdue rehabilitation of a great composer!

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'Stefan Irmer captures the Partita's kaleidoscopic changes of mood and character most effectively. He is equally persuasive in the Fourth sonata, achieving a delicate almost Schubertian dream-like colour in its Finale.' \x96 BBC Music Magazine; Recording 5 STARS, Performance 4 STARS

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Sonatine, Op. 49: I. Allegro leggiero

II. Adagietto lugubre

III. Allegretto

Partita, Op. 54: I. Praeludium

II. Choral

III. Serenade

IV. Sarabande

V. Intermezzo

VI. Marsch

VII. Aria

VIII. Ostinato

IX. Etude

X. Kanon

Sonate No. 4, Op. 56: I. Allegro

II. Allegro

III. Adagio

IV. Allegro

Sonate No. 5, Op. 58: I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Allegretto

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Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.All items shipped within 3 working days of payment.Stefan Irmer goes in search of traces and presents Weinberg's demanding piano music as an intense, immediately touching experience. Mieczyslaw Weinberg's fate is exemplary for Jewish artists of his generation: the only one of his family to escape the Holocaust, he also faced anti-Semitic hostility in the Stalinist Soviet Union. No wonder that such existential experiences are reflected in his music, which to this day has been denied the recognition it deserves. rr

In the Partita op. 54: the most delicate sounds are suddenly juxtaposed with brute eruptions - a reflex to the imprisonment just survived during the last wave of Stalinist purges? The ten-part work challenges player, instrument and listener alike.rr

Weinberg's relationship to the Soviet Union was ambivalent: on the one hand, he owed his survival during the National Socialist era to the state, but on the other, this state also held its artists on a very short leash. More than almost any other composer, Weinberg succeeded in outwardly fulfilling the socialist guidelines while developing a very individual, personal style out of tonality and avant-garde, Jewish tradition and light muse.rr

A fine melancholy often pervades Weinberg's music, for example in the Sonata No. 4, which was premiered in its symphonic dimensions by Emil Gilels, or in the compelling Passacaglia of the 5th Sonata. rr

Under Stefan Irmer's hands on MDG's magnificent Steinway concert grand 'Manfred Bxfcrki', Weinberg's music emerges grandiose and new - a long overdue rehabilitation of a great composer!

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'Stefan Irmer captures the Partita's kaleidoscopic changes of mood and character most effectively. He is equally persuasive in the Fourth sonata, achieving a delicate almost Schubertian dream-like colour in its Finale.' x96 BBC Music Magazine; Recording 5 STARS, Performance 4 STARS

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Sonatine, Op. 49: I. Allegro leggiero

II. Adagietto lugubre

III. Allegretto

Partita, Op. 54: I. Praeludium

II. Choral

III. Serenade

IV. Sarabande

V. Intermezzo

VI. Marsch

VII. Aria

VIII. Ostinato

IX. Etude

X. Kanon

Sonate No. 4, Op. 56: I. Allegro

II. Allegro

III. Adagio

IV. Allegro

Sonate No. 5, Op. 58: I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Allegretto

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Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Sonatine, Op. 49: I. Allegro leggiero

II. Adagietto lugubre

III. Allegretto

Partita, Op. 54: I. Praeludium

II. Choral

III. Serenade

IV. Sarabande

V. Intermezzo

VI. Marsch

VII. Aria

VIII. Ostinato

IX. Etude

X. Kanon

Sonate No. 4, Op. 56: I. Allegro

II. Allegro

III. Adagio

IV. Allegro

Sonate No. 5, Op. 58: I. Allegro

II. Andante

III. Allegretto

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  • Genre: Classical
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