Mieczslaw Weinberg lived and worked in Moscow for over fifty years. He was held in great esteem by composer colleagues but his work remained largely unknown to the public. He wrote 7 operas, 20 symphonies, and 17 string quartets. Great sound with powerful, intense music.
June 2010
“There's no faulting the commitment and virtuosity of Julia Rebekka Adler here, nor her instrument's big, dark, Bashmet-like sonority, well-captured by the sound team at Bavarian Radio. A specialist issue but a distinguished one.”
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