Mieczysław Weinberg - Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 12 (1943)

Mieczysław Weinberg (also Moisey or Moishe Vainberg, Moisey Samuilovich Vaynberg; Russian: Моисей Самуилович Вайнберг; Polish: Mojsze [Mieczysław] Wajnberg; 8 December 1919 – 26 February 1996) was a Polish-born Soviet composer. Ever since a revival concert series in the 2010 Bregenz Festival in Austria, his music has been increasingly described as "some of the most individual and compelling music of the twentieth century". Weinberg's output was extensive, encompassing 26 symphonies, 17 string quartets, nearly 30 sonatas for various instruments, 7 operas, and numerous film scores.

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Violin Sonata No. 1, Op. 12 (1943)
Dedication: Solomon Mikhoels (1890-1948)

1. Allegro (0:00)
2. Adagietto (6:10)
3. Allegro (13:10)

Yuri Kalnits, violin and Michael Csanyi-Wills, piano

Weinberg dedicated his first Violin Sonata to his father-in-law Solomon Mikhoels. Mikhoels was a Soviet Jewish actor and artistic director of the Moscow State Jewish Theatre. Mikhoels served as chairman of the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee during World War II . However, as Josef Stalin took an increasingly anti-Semitic line after the war , Mikhoels's position as leader of the Jewish community led to increasing repression by the Soviet state. He was assassinated in Minsk on the orders of Stalin in 1948.

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