Weinberg / Siberian Symphony Orchestra / Vasilyev Orchestral Music 2 CD

In the twenty years since his death the star of the Polish-born Moscow-based Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-96) has risen rapidly: his music - a highly individual amalgam of the Jewish idioms of his youth and the style of his mentor and friend Dmitry Shostakovich - is now seen as one of the most distinctive contributions to twentieth-century music. This further installment in the Toccata Classics examination of his output couples a mature dance-based score - not performed before this recording - with his last symphony, orchestrated after his death by the composer Kirill Umansky.

1. I. Allegro Molto 2. II. Adagio 3. III. Allegretto 4. IV. Adagio - Moderato 5. V. Adagio 6. VI. Presto 7. I. Fantasia: Lento - Poco Pi? Mosso - Moderato - Adagio - Largo - Adagietto 8. II. Intermezzo: Con Moto 9. III. Reminiscences: Adagio - Moderato