One of the most interesting composers to emerge from the collapse of the Soviet Union was Polish-born Mieczyslaw Weinberg; resident in Moscow since 1943, Weinberg had been the recipient of many honors within the Soviet Union but had never really been heard in the west. A close friend, though not a student, of Dmitry Shostakovich, Weinberg at times sounds more like "Shostakovich" than Shostakovich himself does, and his music is both mind-bendingly impressive, yet a bit depressing, to devotees of Shostakovich. If Shostakovich ...
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One of the most interesting composers to emerge from the collapse of the Soviet Union was Polish-born Mieczyslaw Weinberg; resident in Moscow since 1943, Weinberg had been the recipient of many honors within the Soviet Union but had never really been heard in the west. A close friend, though not a student, of Dmitry Shostakovich, Weinberg at times sounds more like "Shostakovich" than Shostakovich himself does, and his music is both mind-bendingly impressive, yet a bit depressing, to devotees of Shostakovich. If Shostakovich's Polish acolyte could reproduce his sound so easily and so well, what does that say about the master?When it comes to the cello music of Weinberg, Shostakovich's adherents can breathe a sigh of relief; it is nothing like the one work Shostakovich produced in the medium for cello and piano, the Sonata in D minor, Op. 40, of 1934. The three works performed on BIS' Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Cello Sonatas with strong dedication by cellist Alexander Chaushian and pianist Yevgeny Sudbin are...
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