WEINBERG: Chamber Symphonies 1 & 4 - Umeå Symphony Orchestra, Thord Svedlund (DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

Original World Premiere Recordings“The Chamber symphonies come from the last decade of his life, the First for string orchestra, from the same year as the 18th symphony….it is pastoral in character, closer in feeling to a divertimento or sinfonietta…The Fourth….unremitting as late Shostakovich, and strongly valedictory in feeling. A haunting piece, music of real substance.” (Penguin Guide 3 stars) Chamber Symphony No.1, Op. 145 (1986)for String orchestra (27:35)[1] I. Allegro 9:11[2] II. Andante 9:30[3] III. Allegretto 4:29[4] IV. Presto 4:25Chamber Symphony No.4, Op. 153 (1992)in one movement for string orchestra & clarinet (34:30)[5] Lento – 8:36[6] Allegro molto – Moderato – 7:16[7] Adagio – Meno mosso 10:33[8] Andantino – Adagissimo 7.56 TOTAL PLAYING TIME 62:10 MieczysławWeinberg (formerly mistakenly Moishe Vainberg) was born in Warsaw in 1919, the son of a composer and violinist at a Jewish theatre. When he was only ten he began his musical career there as a pianist and musi