CD, Weinberg (composer)
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Weinberg - Chamber Music
RecommendedGidon Kremer (violin), Yulianna Avdeeva (piano), Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė (cello)
Highly immediate sound and decent notes round out a valuable addition to Weinberg’s discography in his centenary year. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th October 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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Diapason d’Or, December 2019, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Chamber
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Weinberg: Orchestral & Chamber Works
RecommendedGidon Kremer (violin & director), Daniil Grishin (viola), Giedre Dirvanauskaite (cello), Daniil Trifonov (piano)
Kremerata Baltica
Kremer and his associates deliver incisive, committed performances...a fascinating piece, performed here with great brilliance. —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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What a ride!..we alternately wrestle with the composer’s experimental-beautiful soundworld and marvel at his epic vision. The Sixth is a 35-minute rollercoaster, played with attack and aplomb... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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I hear both power and pain in the Arcadia Quartet’s excellent playing... Overall, the playing on this album is excellent. I am truly happy that... there is another fill cycle available on record.... —
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The Arcadia Quartet make a very auspicious impression for their first Weinberg entrée that brings together three of the composer’s most accessible contributions to the genre, all recorded in... —
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Record Review, 9th January 2021, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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the Seventh Symphony is emotionally elusive...Daniel Grossmann and the Jewish Chamber Orchestra have the measure of its complexities and deliver a committed performance. —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Their music-making is uniquely bonded from the start, an easeful gliding into the simple language of the Shostakovich Cello Sonata (Weinberg's melodic uniqueness, too, in his Second Sonata)...All... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 20th June 2025
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2025, Recording of the Week
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These are two of Weinberg’s most immediately approachable and engaging works, and they make an excellent introduction for newcomers to his output. Nor should anyone taking the economy option... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2020, Nominee - Conductor of the Year
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Special offer. Hidden Legacies
Kristina Reiko Cooper, Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra, Constantine Orbelian
a really evocative programme, particularly given the warmth and insight of Cooper's playing. —
