Weinberg: Symphony No. 17, Op. 137 Memory & Suite for Orchestra Siberian State Symphony Orchestra & Vladimir Lande

• 1 I. Romance 03:12
• 2 II. Humoresque 04:14
• 3 III. Waltz 05:14
• 4 IV. Polka 03:25
• 5 V. Galop 03:03
• 6 I. Adagio sostenuto 09:52
• 7 II. Allegro molto 15:12
• 8 III. Allegro moderato, pesante 04:33
• 9 IV. Andante 16:04
• Total Runtime 01:04:49

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One of the most significant projects of Mieczysław Weinberg’s later years was his symphonic trilogy On the Threshold of War. Symphony No.17, which bears the dedication ‘In memory of the fallen in the Great Patriotic War’, is the largest-scale of the three and a probing work of considerable depth and unforgettable power. Symphonies Nos. 18 and 19 can be heard on Naxos 8573190 and 8572752. With its eloquent themes and ready climaxes, the Suite is one of Weinberg’s most intriguing scores to have survived the difficult early 1950s. This performance is thought to be both the first of the work and the first recording.

Siberian State Symphony Orchestra
Vladimir Lande, conductor

Siberian State Symphony Orchestra
The Siberian State Symphony Orchestra dates back to 1977. The orchestra, then led by eminent Soviet conductor Ivan Shpiller, soon won a reputation as one of the best orchestras in the former Soviet Union. The SSSO has worked with conductors including Leonard Slatkin, Dmitri Jurowski, Gintaras Rinkevičius and Vladislav Chernushenko, and has performed regularly with soloists including Mikhail Pletnev, Vadim Repin, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Lazar Berman, Igor Oistrakh, Denis Matsuev, Rudolf Buchbinder and Nikolai Lugansky. Political changes enabled the orchestra to start touring internationally to critical acclaim. In 1993, by special decree of the Russian Ministry of Culture, the orchestra was awarded the title of State Orchestra and in 2009 received the honour of being named an important element of Cultural Heritage. In 2015 Vladimir Lande became the orchestra’s new Artistic Director and Chief Conductor. Since then, the SSSO has embarked on a recording programme with international labels such as Naxos, Delos and Parma Records, and televised concerts have become available for online streaming.

Vladimir Lande
Music Director and Conductor of the Siberian State Symphony Orchestra (Krasnoyarsk), Vladimir Lande has, since 2008, served as Principal Guest Conductor of the St Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra, Music Director and Conductor of the Washington Soloists Chamber Orchestra, Guest Conductor of the National Gallery of Art Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director of the COSMIC Symphony Orchestra. In 2015 he became Artistic Director of the Asian Pacific Festival (APF), for countries of the Asian-Pacific region. He has worked with distinguished orchestras and soloists and has enjoyed an extraordinarily active recording career. He is recording a seventeen-volume cycle of orchestral works by the neglected Russian composer Mieczysław Weinberg for Naxos. In June 2011 he also launched a series of video recordings for Naxos of Concerts from the Palaces of St Petersburg. His many other recording projects include works by Respighi and Castelnuovo-Tedesco.

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