Your Top 5 Favorite Weinberg Works

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May 28, 2020, 03:00:41 PM Last Edit: June 13, 2020, 06:07:55 AM by Mirror Image
Moisey wants to know what are your 'Top 5' favorite works of his:



My 'Top 5' for today (in no particular order)

Piano Quintet, Op. 18
String Quartet No. 6, Op. 35
Clarinet Concerto, Op. 104
Symphony No. 3, Op. 45
Violin Sonatina, Op. 46

kyjo

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May 28, 2020, 03:09:11 PM
I've barely scratched the surface of his enormous output (I haven't heard any of his SQs yet, for example), but currently:

Cello Concerto (absolutely sublime!)
Piano Quintet (heard it live about a year ago - a powerful experience)
Symphony no. 3
Symphony no. 5
Symphony no. 18 War - there is no word more cruel
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Sergeant Rock

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May 28, 2020, 03:21:31 PM
String Quartet No. 5
String Quartet No. 6
Symphony No. 5
Symphony No. 7 (for harpsichord and strings)
Trumpet Concerto
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Symphonic Addict

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May 28, 2020, 03:35:41 PM
Symphony No. 10
Symphony No. 5
Piano Quintet
Piano Trio
Cello Sonata No. 2

That's what I can vaguely recall for now.
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Daverz

#4
May 28, 2020, 03:47:12 PM
Cello Concerto
Violin Concerto
Clarinet Concerto
Symphony No. 4
Symphony No. 5

vandermolen

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June 12, 2020, 08:10:41 PM
Symphonies 1,3,5,6
Piano Quintet
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kyjo

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June 12, 2020, 08:12:37 PM
Quote from: vandermolen on June 12, 2020, 08:10:41 PM
Symphonies 1,3,5,6
Piano Quintet

Do you know the eloquent Cello Concerto, Jeffrey? I suspect you'd enjoy it very much.
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Mirror Image

#7
June 13, 2020, 06:10:09 AM
Quote from: kyjo on June 12, 2020, 08:12:37 PM
Do you know the eloquent Cello Concerto, Jeffrey? I suspect you'd enjoy it very much.

I'd also say Jeffrey would enjoy the Clarinet Concerto, Flute Concerti Nos. 1 & 2 and the Violin Concerto as well. I know he's heard the Trumpet Concerto before as it came coupled with the 5th symphony with Kondrashin conducting on Russian Disc and this is one of his favorite Weinberg recordings. One of mine as well.

vandermolen

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June 15, 2020, 01:12:04 AM
Quote from: Mirror Image on June 13, 2020, 06:10:09 AM
I'd also say Jeffrey would enjoy the Clarinet Concerto, Flute Concerti Nos. 1 & 2 and the Violin Concerto as well. I know he's heard the Trumpet Concerto before as it came coupled with the 5th symphony with Kondrashin conducting on Russian Disc and this is one of his favorite Weinberg recordings. One of mine as well.
Thanks John and Kyle. Recommendations noted. I do know the Cello Concerto as it's coupled with Symphony No.1 on Russian Disc and possibly features on one of the Chandos releases as well. Following your comments I intend to listen to it again in the next couple of days.
"Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm" (Churchill).

'The test of a work of art is, in the end, our affection for it, not our ability to explain why it is good' (Stanley Kubrick).

amw

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June 15, 2020, 01:36:37 AM
String Quartet No.2
String Quartet No.17
Chamber Symphony No.4
Piano Quintet
Violin Concerto and/or Cello Concerto and/or Violin Concertino

I wonder if Weinberg would be better known if his compositions had more catchy titles....

Mirror Image

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June 15, 2020, 06:07:03 AM
Quote from: vandermolen on June 15, 2020, 01:12:04 AM
Thanks John and Kyle. Recommendations noted. I do know the Cello Concerto as it's coupled with Symphony No.1 on Russian Disc and possibly features on one of the Chandos releases as well. Following your comments I intend to listen to it again in the next couple of days.

Hey Jeffrey, there's a Russian Disc recording of Symphony No. 1 coupled with the Clarinet Concerto? Hmmm...could you link me to it, please? I can't find the recording anywhere on Amazon or elsewhere.
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