WEINBERG Complete Violin Sonatas Vol 2
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Composer or Director: Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Toccata Classics
Magazine Review Date: 04/2014
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 70
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: TOCC0026

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Rhapsody on Moldavian for Violin and Piano |
Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Composer
Michael Csányi-Wills, Piano Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Composer Yuri Kalnits, Violin |
Sonata for Violin and Piano No 2 |
Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Composer
Michael Csányi-Wills, Piano Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Composer Yuri Kalnits, Violin |
Sonata for Solo Violin No 2 |
Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Composer
Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Composer Yuri Kalnits, Violin |
Sonata for Violin and Piano No 5 |
Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Composer
Michael Csányi-Wills, Piano Mieczyslaw Weinberg, Composer Yuri Kalnits, Violin |
Author: Caroline Gill
That said, there is some beautiful melody which, from the standpoint of a listener new to Weinberg, doesn’t always break out of the texture like rays of sunshine as it could. There is sometimes a sense that the playing is too sinuous for the delicateness of the melody; and in not retreating enough, the changeability that feels like the key to much of this music is lost, placing it too close to Shostakovich’s door than it should be. This is only in the slightest bit frustrating because over the course of the disc there is interpretation of this music that feels absolutely complete in its authenticity – it is entirely possible to hear the love and affection Kalnits in particular feels for the music.
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