Publications
David Fanning: Mieczyslaw Weinberg - In Search of Freedom
David Fanning’s book is the first full account of Weinberg’s life and works in any language.
Danuta Gwizdalanka: Mieczysław Wajnberg: Kompozytor z trzech światów
currently available CD Recordings of Weinberg´s music
WoOpus -: Two Mazurkas (1933)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
WoOpus: 3 pieces for Violin and Piano (1934-35)
Stefan Kirpal, Violon-Andreas Kirpal, Piano
Linus Roth, violin-Jose Gallardo, piano
Opus 1: Lullaby for piano (1935)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Opus 2: String Quartet No. 1 (1937)
CD Olympia OCD 628 – Gothenburg Quartet
Danel Quartet
Opus 3: String Quartet No. 2 (1940)
Danel Quartet
Opus 4: “Acacias”, six romances after J. Tuwim for singer and piano (1940)
Opus 5: Piano Sonata No. 1 (1940)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Elisveta Blumina, piano
Opus 6: Symphonic Poem for orchestra (1941)
Opus 7: Three Romances after J. Rivina and A. Prokofiev (1941)
Opus 8: Piano Sonata No. 2 (1942)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Opus 9: Aria for string quartet (1942)
Danel Quartet
Opus 10: Symphony No. 1 (1942)
Goteborg Symphony Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
St. Petersburg State Academic Symphony-Alexander Titov
Opus 11: Capriccio for string quartet(1943)
Danel Quartet
Opus 12: Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1943)
Yuri Kalnits, violin-Michael Csányi-Wills, piano
Linus Roth, violin-Jose Gallardo, piano
Opus 13: Children's Songs after I. Perez for singer and piano (1943)
Olga Kalugina, soprano-Dmitry Korostelyov, piano
Opus 14: String Quartet No. 3 (1944)
Danel Quartet
Opus 15: Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (1944)
Yuri Kalnits, violin-Michael Csányi-Wills, piano
Linus Roth, violin-Jose Gallardo, piano
Opus 16: Children's Notebook No. 1 (1944)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Eliaveta Blumina
Jascha Nemtsov
Opus 17: Jewish Songs after S. Galkin (1944)
Arc Ensemble-Dianne Werner (Piano)Richard Margison (Ténor)
Opus 18: Piano Quintet (1944)
Borodin Quartet – Mieczyslav Weinberg
Kopelman Quartet-Elizaveta Kopelman, piano
Szymanowski Quartet-Matthias Kirschnereit, piano
EOS-Quartett Wien-Doris Adam, piano
Opus 19: Children's Notebook No. 2 (1944)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Elisaveta Blumina, piano
Jascha Nemtsov, piano
Opus 20: String Quartet No. 4 (1945)
Danel Quartet
Opus 21: Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano in C major (1945)
Alexander Chaushian, cello-Yevgeny Sudbin, piano
Dmitry Yablonsky-Hsin-Ni Liu
Michal Kaňka, violoncelle-Miguel Borges Colho, piano
Opus 22: Three Romances after A. Mickiewich for singer and piano (1945)
Opus 23: Children's Notebook No. 3 (1945)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Elisaveta Blumina, piano
Jascha Nemtsov, piano
Opus 24: Piano Trio (1945)
Dmitri Sitkovetzky, Violin-David Geringas, Cello-Jascha Nemtsov, Piano
Leschetizky Trio
Trio Voce
Elisaveta Blumina, piano-Kolja Blacher, violin-Johannes Moser, cello
Opus 25: Six Romances after F. Tutchev for singer and piano (1945)
Opus 26: Suite for small orchestra (1939-1945)
Opus 27: String Quartet No. 5 (1945)
Danel Quartet
Opus 28: Sonata for clarinet and piano (1945)
Wenzel Fuchs, clarinet-Elisaveta Blumina, piano
Tamara Chitadze, piano-Dawid Jarzyński, clarinet
Julia Rebekka Adler, viola-Jascha Nemtsov, piano
Opus 29: Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano (1946)
Henrik Wiese-Elisaveta Blumina
Opus 30: Symphony No. 2 for stringorchestra (1946)
Umea Symphony Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
Opus 31: Piano Sonata No. 3 (1946)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Opus 32: Elegy after F. Schiller for baritone and piano (1946)
Opus 33: Six Sonettes after W. Shakespeare for bass and piano (1946)
Opus 34: Twenty-One Easy Pieces for piano (1946)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Opus 35: String Quartet No. 6 (1946)
Danel Quartet
Pacifica Quartet
Opus 36: “Festive Scenes” for orchestra (1946-1947)
Opus 37: Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano (1947)
Kolja Blacher, Violin-Jascha Nemtsov, Piano
Linus Roth, violin-Jose Gallardo, piano
Barbara Trojanowska, violin-Elzbieta Tyszecka, piano
Opus 38: Four Romances after M. Ryslky and G. Nikolayeva for singer and piano (1947)
Opus 39: Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano (1947)
Yuri Kalnits, violin-Michael Csányi-Wills, piano
Kolja Blacher, Violon-Jascha Nemtsov, Piano
Linus Roth, violin-Jose Gallardo, piano
Barbara Trojanowska, violin-Elzbieta Tyszecka, piano
Stefan Kirpal, Violon-Andreas Kirpal, Piano
Opus 40: Two Ballet Suites for orchestra (1947)
Opus 41: Sinfonietta No. 1 (1948)
The USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra-Evgeny Svetlanov
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice-Gabriel Chmura
Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg-Gérard Korsten, conductor
Opus 42: Concertino for violin and stringorchestra (1948)
Sergey Ostrovsky, violin-Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra-Thomas Sanderling, Conductor
Amsterdam Sinfonietta-Candida Thompson, violon
Gidon Kremer-Kremerata Baltica
Linus Roth – Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn/Ruben Gazarian
Ewelina Nowicka, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio, Agnieszka Duczmal, Anna Duczmal-Mroz
Ewelina Nowicka-violin, Milena Antoniewicz-piano
Opus 43: Concerto for cello and orchestra in C minor (1948)
Claes Gunnarsson cello-Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
CD EMI Classics 7243 572298-2- Rostropovitch – The Russian Years
Opus 44: Greetings Overture for orchestra (1949)
Opus 45: Symphony No. 3 (1949)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
Opus 46: Sonatina for violin and piano in D major (1949)
Yuri Kalnits, violin-Michael Csányi-Wills, piano
Linus Roth, violin-Jose Gallardo, piano
Gidon Kremer violin-Daniil Trifonov piano
Elisaveta Blumina, piano-Erez Ofer, violin
Ewelina Nowicka-violin, Milena Antoniewicz-piano
Opus 47 No. 1: Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes for orchestra (1949)
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice-Gabriel Chmura
St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra-Vladimir Lande, direction
Opus 47 No. 2: “Polish Tunes” for orchestra (1949)
Siberian Symphonic Orchestra-Dmitry Vasilyev, conductor
Opus 47 No. 3: “Moldavian Rhapsody” for violin and piano (1949)
Linus Roth, violin-Jose Gallardo, piano
Yuri Kalnits, violin-Michael Csányi-Wills, piano
Ewelina Nowicka, Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio, Agnieszka Duczmal, Anna Duczmal-Mroz
Ewelina Nowicka-violin, Milena Antoniewicz-piano
Opus 47 No. 4: Serenada for orchestra (1949)
Opus 48: String Trio (1950)
Kana Matsui, violin-Johannes Flieder, viola-Christoph Stradner, violoncello
Beethoven String Trio
Gidon Kremer violin-Daniil Grishin viola-Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė violoncello
Ensemble Epomeo
Opus 49: Sonatina for piano (1951)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Opus 49Bis: Sonata for piano (1951)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Opus 50: “At the Source of the Past / Beyond the Border of Past Days”, songcycle after A. Blok for mezzo-soprano and piano (1951)
Svetlana Nikolayeva, mezzo-soprano-Dmitry Korostelyov, piano
Opus 51: “In the Homeland”, cantata after poems of Soviet children for boys-alto, boys chorus, mixed chorus and orchestra (1952)
Opus 52: Fantasy for cello and orchestra (1951-1953)
Claes Gunnarsson, cello-Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
Opus 53: Sonata No. 5 for violin and piano (1953
Linus Roth, violin-Jose Gallardo, piano)
Yuri Kalnits, violin-Michael Csányi-Wills, piano
Stefan Kirpal, Violon-Andreas Kirpal, Piano
Opus 54: Partita for piano (1954)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Opus 55: “The Golden Key”, ballet in six scenes after A. Tolstoi opus 55 (1954-1955)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra-Vladimir Lande, direction
Opus 56: Piano Sonata No. 4 in B minor (1955)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Opus 57: “Bible of the Gypsies”, seven romances after J. Tuwim for mezzo-soprano and piano (1956)
Opus 58: Piano Sonata No. 5 (1956)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Opus 59: String Quartet No. 7 (1957)
Danel Quartet
Opus 60: “Morning-Red”, symphonic poem for orchestra (1957)
Opus 61: Symphony No. 4 in A minor (1957)
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice-Gabriel Chmura
Warsaw Philharmonic-Jacek Kaspszyk
Opus 62: “Memories” after J. Tuwim for middle-voice and piano (1957-1958)
Opus 63: Sonata for cello and piano No. 2 in C major (1958-1959)
Johannes Moser (cello)-Paul Rivinius (piano)
Alexander Chaushian, cello-Yevgeny Sudbin, piano
Dmitry Yablonsky-Hsin-Ni Liu
Michal Kaňka, cello-Miguel Borges Colho, piano
Christoph Stradner, cello-Luca Monti, piano
Opus 64: “The White Chrysantheme”, ballet in three acts after A. Rumnev and J. Romanovich (1958)
Opus 65: “In the Armenian Mountains” after O. Tumanian for singer and piano (1958)
Opus 66: String Quartet No. 8 (1959)
Danel Quartet
Opus 67: Concerto for violin and orchestra in G minor (1959)
Kaspszyk, Warsaw Philharmonic / Ilya Gringolts /
Linus Roth / Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin / Mihkel Kütson
Russian Philharmonic Orchestra-Dimitry Yablonsky-Ilya Grubert
Opus 68: Symphonic Songs for orchestra (1959)
Opus 69: Sonata for two violins (1959)
Opus 70: Sinfonietta No. 2 (1960)
Opus 71: Seven Romances after various poets for singer and piano (1960)
Opus 72: Sonata No. 1 for cello solo (1960)
Yosif Feigelson
Alexander Chaushian
Michal Kaňka, violoncelle
Dmitry Yablonsky-Hsin-Ni Liu
Opus 73: Piano Sonata No. 6 (1960)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Opus 74: Sinfonietta No. 2 in A minor for string orchestra and timpani (1960)
Historical Russian Archives-Rudolf Barshai Edition
National Polish Symphony Orchestra in Katowice-Gabriel Chmura
Opus 75: Concerto for flute and stringorchestra (1961)
Anders Jonhall, flute- Goteborg Symphony Orchestra,Thord Svedlund
Opus 76: Symphony No. 5 in F minor (1962)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra-Kyrill Kondrashin
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice-Gabriel Chmura
Opus 77: “Old Letters” after J. Tuwim for soprano and piano (1962)
Opus 78: Three romances after V. Sosnora, J. Vinokurov and A. Yashin for singer and piano (1962)
Opus 79: Symphony No. 6 after L. Kvitko, S. Galkin and M. Lukonin for boys' chorus and orchestra (1962-1963)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra-Moscow School Boys Chorus-Kyrill Kondrashin
Wiener Sängerknaben-Wiener Symphoniker-Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor
Glinka Choral College Boys’ Choir-St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra-Vladimir Lande, direction
Opus 80: String Quartet No. 9 (1963)
Danel Quartet
Opus 81: Symphony No. 7 in C major for strings and harpsichord (1964)
Moscow Chamber Orchestra-Rudolf Barshai
Goteborg Symphony Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
Opus 82: Sonata No. 1 for violin solo (1964)
Yuri Kalnits, violin-Michael Csányi-Wills, piano
Opus 83: Symphony No. 8 “Flowers of Poland (Kwiaty polskie)” after J. Tuwim for tenor, mixed chorus and orchestra (1964)
Rafał Bartmiński (tenor)-Magdalena Dobrowolska (soprano)-Ewa Marciniec (alto)-Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir-Antoni Wit
Opus 84: “Oh, Grey Fog”, romance after J. Tuwim for bass and piano (1964)
Opus 85: String Quartet No. 10 (1964)
Danel Quartet
Opus 86: Sonata No. 2 for cello solo (1965)
Emil Rovner, cello
Yosif Feigelson
WO Opus: Can-can in Honour of Rastorguyev(1965)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Opus 87: “The Diary of Love”, cantata after S. Vygodski for tenor, boys' chorus and chamberorchestra (1965)
Opus 88: “The Profile”, songcycle after S. Vydodski for bass and piano (1965)
Opus 89: String Quartet No. 11 (1965-1966)
Danel Quartet
Opus 90: “Words in Blood”, songcycle after J. Tuwim for tenor and piano (1965)
Opus 91: “Piotr Plaksin”, cantata after J. Tuwim for tenor, alto and nineteen instruments (1965)
Opus 92: “Hiroshima”, cantata after Fukagava for mixed chorus and orchestra (1966)
Opus 93: Symphony No. 9 “Everlasting Times” after Julian Tuwim and Wladyslaw Broniewski for narrator, chorus and orchestra (1940-1967)
Opus 94: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra in B flat major (1966-1967)
Moscow Chamber Orchestra-Constantin Orbelian-Bibi Black
Jürgen Ellensohn, trumpet-Symphonieorchester Vorarlberg-Gérard Korsten, conductor
Andrew Balio, trumpet-St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra-Vladimir Lande, direction
Opus 95: Sonata No. 2 for violin solo (1967)
Yuri Kalnits, violin
Opus 96: Requiem after D. Kedrin, M. Dudin, F. Lorca, Fukagava and others for children's chorus, mixed chorus and orchestra (1965-1967)
Elena Kelessidi, soprano-Wiener Sängerknaben-Prague Philharmonic Choir-Wiener Symphoniker-Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor
Opus 97: “The Passenger”, opera in two acts (1967-1968)
Wiener Symphoniker-Conductor:Teodor Currentzis-Stage Director:David Pountney
Opus 98: Symphony No. 10 in A minor (1968)
Moscow Chamber Orchestra-Rudolf Barshai
Gidon Kremer violin, concertmaster-Kremerata Baltica
Amadeus Chamber Orchestra of Polish Radio, Agnieszka Duczmal, Anna Duczmal-Mroz
Opus 100: Twenty-four Preludes for cello solo (1968)
Yosif Feigelson
Emil Rovner, cello
Opus 101: Symphony No. 11 “Festive Symphony” after various revolutionary poets for chorus and orchestra (1969)
Opus 102: “Nobody did have known ……”, poem after D. Bedny for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1970)
Opus 103: String Quartet No. 12 (1969-1970)
Danel Quartet
Opus 104: Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra (1970)
Urban Claesson,clarinet-Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
Opus 105: “The Madonna and the Soldier”, opera in three acts after A. Medvedev (1970)
Opus 106: Sonata No. 3 for cello solo (1971)
Yosif Feigelson
Dmitry Yablonsky
Opus 107: Sonata No. 1 for viola solo (1971)
Julia Rebekka Adler, viola
Opus 108: Sonata No. 1 for double-bass solo (1971)
Nabil Shehata, double bass
Karol Kowal- double bass
Opus 109: “The Love of d'Artagnan”, opera after A. Dumas (1971)
Opus 110: “When I Sing This Child Asleep / Rocking the Child”, songcycle after G. Mistral for soprano and piano (1973)
Olga Kalugina, soprano-Dmitry Korostelyov, piano
Opus 111: “I congratulate”, opera in one act after S. Alechem (1975)
Opus 112: “Lady Magnesia”, opera in one act after G.B. Shaw (1975)
Opera Erfurt-Samuel Bächli
Opus 113: Six Ballet Scenes for orchestra (1973-1975)
Dmitry Vasilyev, Siberian Symphony Orchestra
Opus 114: Symphony no. 12 (1975-1976)
St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra-Vladimir Lande, direction
Opus 115: Symphony no. 13 (1976)
Opus 116: “From the Lyrics of Shukovsky”, songcycle after V. Shukovsky for bass and piano (1976)
Emil Rovner-piano and voice
Opus 117: Symphony No. 14 (1977)
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice-Gabriel Chmura
Opus 118: String Quartet No. 13 (1977)
Danel Quartet
Opus 119: Symphony No. 15 “I Believe in This Earth” after M. Dudin for soprano, baritone, women's chorus and orchestra (1977)
Opus 120: Three Palmtrees” after M. Lermontov for soprano and string quartet (1977)
Talia Or, soprano-EOS-Quartett Wien
Elena Vassilieva (soprano)-Quatuor Sine Nomine
Opus 121: Sonata No. 2 for cello solo (Revised version, 1978)
Emil Rovner, cello
Opus 122: String Quartet No. 14 (1978)
Danel Quartet
Opus 123: Sonata No. 2 for viola solo (1978)
Julia Rebekka Adler, viola
Opus 124: String Quartet No. 15 (1979)
Danel Quartet
Opus 125: “From the Lyrics of Baratinsky”, songcycle after J. Baratinsky for bass and piano (1979)
Opus 126: Sonata No. 3 for violin solo (1979)
Gidon Kremer, violin
Opus 127: Trio for flute, viola and harp (or piano) (1979)
Henrik Wiese, flute, Nimrod Guez, viola,Uta Jungwirth, harp
Sharon Bezaly (flute)-Nobuko Imai (viola)-Ronald Brautigam (piano)
Opus 128: “The Portrait”, opera in eight scenes after N. Gogol (1980)
Orchestre symphonique et Lyrique de Nancy-Gabriel Chmura
Opus 129/130: String Quartet No. 16 (1981)
Danel Quartet
Opus 131: Symphony no. 16 (1981)
National Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice-Gabriel Chmura
Opus 132: “The Relic”, recitative for bass and piano
Opus 133: Sonata for bassoon solo
Mathias Baier, bassoon
Opus 134: “From Afanasy Fet's Poetry”, songs for bass and piano
Opus 135: Sonata No. 3 for viola solo
Julia Rebekka Adler, viola
Opus 136: Sonata No. 4 for viola solo
Julia Rebekka Adler
Opus 136b: Sonata for violin and piano Nr. 6
Linus Roth, violin-José Gallardo, piano
WO Opus: Two Fugues for Ludmila Berlinskaya(1983
Opus 137: Symphony No. 17 “Memory” (1984)
Wiener Symphoniker-Vladimir Fedoseyev, conductor
WO Opus: Two Fugues for Ludmila Berlinskaya(1983)
Allison Brewster Franzetti, piano
Opus 138: Symphony No. 18 “War, there is no word more cruel” (1986)
St Petersburg Chamber Choir-St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra-Vladimir Lande, direction
Opus 139: Six Children's Songs for voice and piano (1986)
Opus 140: Sonata No. 4 for cello solo (1986)
Yosif Feigelson
Opus 141: String Quartet No. 1 (1986)
Danel Quartet
Opus 142: Symphony No. 19 “The Bright May” (1986)
St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra-Vladimir Lande
Opus 143: “The Banners of Peace”, symphonic poem (1986)
St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra-Vladimir Lande
Opus 144: “The Idiot”, opera after F. Dostoyevsky (1985)
Juhan Tralla, Steven Scheschareg, Ludmila Slepneva, Brian Boyce, Lars Möller, Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim, Thomas Sanderling
Opus 145: Chamber Symphony No. 1 (1987)
Umea Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
Moscow Soloists-Yuri Bashmet
I Musici de Montréal-Yuli Turovsky
Opus 146: String Quartet No. 17 (1987)
Danel Quartet
Opus 147: Chamber Symphony No. 2 (1987)
Hans Lindbäck (timpani)-Umea Symphony Orchestra-Thord Svedlund (cond)
Opus 148: Flute Concerto No. 2 (1987)
Anders Jonhäll, flute-Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
Opus 149: “Peace to the nations”, vocal symphonic poem for boy's choir and orchestra (1988)
Opus 150: Symphony No. 20 (1988)
Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
Opus 151: Chamber Symphony No. 3 (1991)
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
Opus 152: Symphony No. 21 “Kaddish” for soprano (wordless) and orchestra (1991)
Veronika Bartenyeva (soprano)-Siberian Symphonic Orchestra-Dmitry Vasilyev, conductor
Opus 153: Chamber Symphony No. 4 (1992)
Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
Umea Orchestra-Thord Svedlund
Opus 154: Symphony No. 22 (unfinished) (1994)
Dmitry Vasilyev, Siberian Symphony Orchestra