Composers: Weinberg
Compositions: 24 Preludes for Solo Violin
Performers: Gidon Kremer v
Catalogue Number: Accentus ACC30476
The more we hear the music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996), the more we are coming to see him as a substantial figure of the late 20th century. Practically unknown in the West before his death, and regarded with suspicion in his adoptive Soviet Russia because of his Polish-Jewish origins, Weinberg’s stature is finally being recognised as more recordings are made. We now have his complete string quartets, piano music and most of his symphonies on disc (including a...
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