Mieczysław Weinberg – Recommended Recordings

Symphonies nos. 1 & 7, Gothenburg SO, Thord Svedlund, Chandos 5078

Symphony no. 3; Suite no. 4 from The Golden Key, Gothenburg SO, Thord Svedlund, Chandos 5089

Symphony no. 5, Sinfonietta no. 1, National Polish RSO Katowice, Gabriel Chmura, Chandos 10128

Symphony no. 6; Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes, St.Petersburg State SO, Vladimir Lande, Naxos 8.572779

Symphony no. 8, Polish Flowers, Warsaw PO & Choir, Antoni Wit et al. Naxos 8.572873

Symphonies nos. 4 & 6, Moscow PO, Kirill Kondrashin, Melodiya 1000986 (oop)

Symphonies nos. 7 & 12, Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai & USSR TV & Radio SO, Maxim Shostakovich, Olympia (oop) or Symphony 12 & Flute Concerto, Russia Disc (oop)

Symphonies nos. 14 & 16, National Polish RSO Katowice, Gabriel Chmura, Chandos 10334

Symphony no. 19, The Bright May & Banners of Piece, St.Petersburg State SO, Vladimir Lande, Naxos 8.572752

Symphony no. 4 & Violin Concerto in G minor, Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin, Leonid Kogan (violin), Olympia 622 (nla, but watch for a reissue)

Concerto for Violin, op. 67 (with the Mayaskovsky Violin Concerto), Naxos 8.557194

Concertino for violin and string orchestra (“Russian Violin Concertos”, with Conus & Arensky), Naxos 8.572631

Chamber Symphonies nos. 1 & 4, Umea SO, Thord Svedlund, Alto Musical Concepts 1036

Symphony no. 2 & Chamber Symphony no. 2; Umea SO, Thord Svedlund, Alto Musical Concepts 1037 (oop)
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Chamber Symphonies nos. 3 & 4, Umea Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thord Svedlund, Chandos 5146

Chamber Symphonies nos. 1, 3, & 4, Chamber Orchestra Kremlin, conducted by Misha Rachlevsky, Claves 9811

Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra; Concertos nos. 1 & 2 for Flute and Orchestra; Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra, Anders Jonhäll (flute), Urban Claesson (clarinet), Claes Gunnarsson (cello), Gothenburg SO, Thord Svedlund, Chandos 5064

Piano Quintet & Quartet no. 8, Borodin String Quartet, M. Weinberg (piano), Melodiya 1001998

Piano Quintet; Sonata for Clarinet and Piano; Jewish Songs after Shmuel Halkin, RCA Red Seal 87769

Cello Sonatas nos. 1 & 2 (with Boris Tchaikovsky’s Cello Sonata), Alla Vasilieva (cello) & M. Weinberg (piano), Russian Disc 11 026

Violin Sonatas nos. 1 & 4; Sonatina; Sonata for Solo Violin no. 1, Yuri Kalnits, Michael Csányi-Wills, Toccata Classics 0007

Violin Sonatas nos. 2 & 5; Sonatina; Sonata for Solo Violin no. 2, Moldavian Rhapsody op.47, Yuri Kalnits, Michael Csányi-Wills, Toccata Classics 0007

Complete Music for Solo Cello, Josef Feigelson,  vol.1, Naxos 8.572280 & vol. 2, Naxos 8.572281

Complete Sonatas for Viola Solo (with Fyodor Drzuhinin, Sonata for Viola Solo), Julia Rebekka Adler & Jascha Nemtsov, Neos 11008/09

Complete String Quartets nos. 1-17, Quatuor Danel, CPO 777 913
(also available individually on: 
Quartets nos. 1, 3, & 10; Aria; Capriccio, CPO 777 566, 
Quartets nos. 4 & 16, CPO 777 313, 
Quartets nos. 7, 11, & 1, CPO 777 392, 
Quartets nos. 2, 12, & 17, CPO 777 587, 
Quartets nos. 6, 8, & 15, CPO 777 393, 
Quartets nos. 5, 9, & 14, CPO 777 394)

Complete Piano Works, vols. 1–3, Grand Piano GP 603; GP 607; GP 610

Children’s Notebooks, Sonata No.1, Elisaveta Blumina, cpo 777 517

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