Symphony No. 18 'War - there is no word more cruel'
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
Symphony No. 18 'War - there is no word more cruel'
St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Vladimir Lande, Andrew Balio (trumpet), St Petersburg Chamber Choir
[ Naxos / CD ]
Release Date: Monday 28 April 2014
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Mieczysław Weinberg's Eighteenth Symphony is the centrepiece of his symphonic trilogy On the Threshold of War, which focusses on the traumas of the Soviet Union in World War II and stands as one of the most significant creations of his later years. Using texts by important Soviet poets, the work reflects on war with eloquent expressive power. The Trumpet Concerto is amongst Weinberg's most substantial and diverse works from the 1960s. Ranging in effects from pointillist modernism to the grotesque and sardonic, it was described by Shostakovich as a 'symphony for trumpet and orchestra'.
Tracks:
Weinberg:
Symphony No. 18 'War - there is no word more cruel'
with the St Petersburg Chamber Choir
Trumpet Concerto in B flat major, Op. 94
with Andrew Balio (trumpet)
