In this week’s podcast, Raymond Bisha introduces a 4-CD collection of the complete piano works of Mieczysław Weinberg — from teenage mazurkas written in his native Poland through to his last works for the instrument composed in Moscow. En route, Tashkent, Shostakovich and the Head of the post-Stalin KGB all play a part in the fascinating story of this displaced and somewhat forgotten composer. Released in 2014, The Grand Piano label’s box set of his piano output represents a significant meeting of minds between Weinberg’s distinctive creativity, pianist Alison Brewster Franzetti’s championing of his forgotten works, and Naxos’ well established role as a facilitator for such invaluable projects.
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Catalogue No.: GP698-701
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