Name: Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4
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Bittersweet, nostalgic, often restrained in expression, this is a musically compelling work...Collectors of Chandos's already excellent Weinberg series should seriously consider investing in... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 5th Jan 2015
Catalogue No: CHSA5146
Label: Chandos
Length: 65 minutes

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Weinberg: Chamber Symphony No. 3 in B-Flat Major, Op. 151

Work length33:11

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Thord Svedlund, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra
Recorded: 4-7 March 2014
Recording Venue: Konserthuset, Helsingborg, Sweden

I. Lento

Track length10:40

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II. Allegro molto

Track length5:13

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III. Adagio

Track length7:04

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IV. Andantino

Track length10:14

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Weinberg: Chamber Symphony No. 4 in B Major, Op. 153

Work length32:38

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Thord Svedlund, Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, Johnny Jannesson, Fredrik Burstedt, Niklaas Weltman

I. Lento

Track length7:43

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II. Allegro molto

Track length7:22

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III. Adagio

Track length9:44

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IV. Andantino

Track length7:49

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The ongoing SACD series of orchestral works byWeinberg now explores some lesser-known, late works of the composer. This disc features the last two Chamber Symphonies, which indeed reflect a largely hidden, yet still prolific period of his life. The Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra, recording with Chandos for the first time, is conducted by the highly experienced and versatile Thord Svedlund.

Not only is Chamber Symphony No. 4 the penultimate work that Weinberg completed, but it can also be read as a summation of his entire life and oeuvre. The elegiac mood shaping the piece echoes his last decade – of infirmity, loss of friends to death and emigration, and gradual decline in public and professional interest in his work. Then each movement shares some reminiscences of Weinberg’s life: the placid strings weaving a delicate childlike lullaby; the opening chorale having already been used in some of Weinberg’s masterpieces; and the folk-like themes of the solo clarinet in the last two movements deriving from others.

Apart from the sad, wistful last movement (Andantino) heralding No. 4, Chamber Symphony No. 3 is closely linked to String Quartet No. 5, Op. 27 through its recitative-like melody. At the same time, it perfectly justifies both the term ‘Chamber Symphony’ and the orchestra here playing it: the Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra was founded in 1912, originally as a chamber orchestra, and now has claims to being one of the oldest in Sweden.

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March 2015

Bittersweet, nostalgic, often restrained in expression, this is a musically compelling work...Collectors of Chandos's already excellent Weinberg series should seriously consider investing in this disc, particularly for the memorable Third Chamber Symphony.

15th January 2015

The Fourth Chamber Symphony...is totally original, a work studded with self-quotations – from Weinberg’s opera The Portrait; from a song cycle; and from the incidental music to a play. There’s a sense of rather acerbic defiance about it all, a final assertion of creative independence, which the Helsingborg Symphony captures very well.

Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies Nos. 3 & 4

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