Symphony No. 21 (Weinberg)
The Symphony No. 21, Opus 152, subtitled Kaddish, was composed by Mieczysław Weinberg in 1991. It was the last full-orchestral symphony that Weinberg completed (he died in 1996).[1] The work is dedicated to the Warsaw Ghetto's Holocaust victims.[2]
The symphony is a single-movement work in six sections:
- Largo: this section quotes from Chopin's Ballade No. 1 in G minor.[3]
- Allegro molto
- Largo
- Presto
- Andantino: this section introduces a soprano singing a wordless requiem.[3]
- Lento
The symphony was first recorded in 2014, by the Siberian Symphony Orchestra (conducted by Dmitry Vasilyev) on the Toccata Classics label.[2]
References
- ↑ "Weinberg: Symphony No. 21, Op. 152, Kaddish". Presto Classical. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Norris, Geoffrey. "Weinberg Symphony No 21 (review)". Gramophone Magazine. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Cookson, Michael. "Review: Recording of the Month". MusicWeb International. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
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