WEINBERG Symphony No. 13, Serenade / Vladimir Lande

Meiczyslav WEINBERG (1919-1996) 

1 Symphony No. 13, Op. 115 (1976)   34:42

Serenade, Op. 47, No. 4 (1952)    18:18

2 I. Allegretto 3:44
3 II. Allegro Molto 5:26
4 III. Adagio 2:45
5 IV. Allegro Giocoso 6:11

Siberian State Symphony Orchestra (Krasnoyarsk)
Vladimir Lande – conductor

Recorded: 26 August – 4 September 2017 at the Philharmonic Hall, Krasnoyarsk, Russia.

Label: Naxos – 8.573879
Barcode: 74731338797
Format: CD, Album
Country: Germany
Released: Sep 2018
Genre: Classical
Style: Modern

Weinberg’s Symphony No. 13, dedicated to the memory of his mother, is cast in a single movement that unfolds in a symmetrical arc. A large orchestra is used sparingly in chamber-like textures with motivic ideas that evolve over the course of the work. The result is music of gripping and unsettling power, both emotionally intense and architecturally complex. Some years earlier Weinberg wrote the light-hearted Serenade, Op. 47, No. 4 which offers a study in contrasts: by turn capricious, rumbustious and wistful.