Weinberg: Symphony No. 13
Siberian State Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Lande
Symphony No. 13, memorialising Weinberg’s mother, is so bleak that it’s quite the shock when the perky Serenade begins. Fervent performances add to the composer’s growing posthumous reputation.
Weinberg: Symphony No. 13
Siberian State Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Lande
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Symphony No. 13, memorialising Weinberg’s mother, is so bleak that it’s quite the shock when the perky Serenade begins. Fervent performances add to the composer’s growing posthumous reputation.
About
Weinberg’s Symphony No. 13, dedicated to the memory of his mother, is cast in a single movement that unfolds in a symmetrical arc. A large orchestra is used sparingly in chamber-like textures with motivic ideas that evolve over the course of the work. The result is music of gripping and unsettling power, both emotionally intense and architecturally complex. Some years earlier Weinberg wrote the light-hearted Serenade, Op. 47, No. 4 which offers a study in contrasts: by turn capricious, rumbustious and wistful.
Contents and tracklist
Work length34:44
This work is only available as an album download.
- Siberian State Symphony Orchestra
- Vladimir Lande
- Siberian State Symphony Orchestra
- Vladimir Lande
- Recorded: 26 August - 4 September 2017
- Recording Venue: Philharmonic Hall, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Awards and reviews
January 2019
Symphony No. 13, memorialising Weinberg’s mother, is so bleak that it’s quite the shock when the perky Serenade begins. Fervent performances add to the composer’s growing posthumous reputation.
December 2018
Kudos to Vladimir Lande and his Krasnoyarsk musicians, who square up to every challenge except for one chronically exposed passage for first violins. Which they understandably depute to the leader solo. The future may bring more polished and richly coloured accounts but it will be a brave orchestra that ventures to compete.
November 2018
Those with a liking for Shostakovich or Russian music from the mid-20th century of a darker bent will not be disappointed by this.
