Mieczysław Weinberg

Biography

Mieczys?aw Weinberg (also Moisey Vainberg, Moisey Samuilovich Vaynberg; Russian: ?????? ?????????? ????????; Polish: Mieczys?aw Wajnberg) (December 8, 1919 in Warsaw – February 26, 1996 in Moscow) was an important Soviet composer of Polish-Jewish origin. He lived in the Soviet Union and Russia since 1939 and lost most of his family in the Holocaust. He left a large body of work that included twenty-two symphonies and seventeen string quartets; according to one reviewer he ranked as

Popular Songs

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  Double Bass Concerto: III. Adagio. Vivace

  Double Bass Works

  79 BPM
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  Notebook no. 2: IV. Lento

  Volume 5: Children's Notebooks 1-3 / Trio, op. 24

  73 BPM
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  Piano Quintet, op. 18: II. Allegretto

  String Quartet no. 12, op. 103 / Piano Quintet, op. 18

  100 BPM
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  Three Pieces for Violin and Piano: Sen a lalce. Moderato

  Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 1
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  Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 28: I. Allegro

  On the Threshold of Hope: Mieczyslaw Weinberg Chamber Music

  125 BPM

Discography

Double Bass Works

2015

Symphony No.1 / Cello concerto (St.-Petersburg State Academic Symphony Orchestra feat. conductor: Alexander Titov)

2009

Works for Violin and Piano Vol. 1

2009

On the Threshold of Hope: Mieczyslaw Weinberg Chamber Music

2006

String Quartets Nos. 1, 10, 17 (Gothenburg Quartet)

1997

Volume 5: Children's Notebooks 1-3 / Trio, op. 24

1996

String Quartet no. 12, op. 103 / Piano Quintet, op. 18

1995