The last decade has seen an explosion of interest in the music of Polish-born Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, an extremely productive composer with an output ranging from a Requiem to circus music. His musical style was extremely varied, and his richly-coloured palette ranges from folk elements to dodecaphonic techniques. Folk-music elements were not only of Polish and Russian origin, but also Jewish and Moldavian (some of his ancestors had come from Moldova). While much of the recent focus has been on Weinberg's epic-scale music for orchestra, he also composed a substantial number of songs and song cycles, which share similarities with those of his great mentor Dmitri Shostakovich. Northern Flowers is proud to release a significant addition to the Weinberg discography: the world premiere recordings of six song cycles by Weinberg, sung by one of his leading interpreters, Polish bass Tomasz Raff.

Track List

1. From the Lyrics of Vasily Zhukovsky Op. 116: 1. When I Was Loved
2. From the Lyrics of Vasily Zhukovsky Op. 116: 2. a Little Flower
3. From the Lyrics of Vasily Zhukovsky Op. 116: 3. Wanderer
4. From the Lyrics of Vasily Zhukovsky Op. 116: 4. Ring
5. From the Lyrics of Vasily Zhukovsky Op. 116: 5. Fate
6. From the Lyrics of Vasily Zhukovsky Op. 116: 6. Prisoner to the Butterfly That Flew Into His Cell
7. From the Lyrics of Vasily Zhukovsky Op. 116: 7. Night
8. From the Lyrics of Vasily Zhukovsky Op. 116: 8. a Little Leaf
9. From the Lyrics of Vasily Zhukovsky Op. 116: 9. Poor Man's Song
10. From the Lyrics of Vasily Zhukovsky Op. 116: 10. [A. S. Pushkin]
11. From the Lyrics of Evgeny Baratynsky Op. 125: 1. My Meagre Gift
12. From the Lyrics of Evgeny Baratynsky Op. 125: 2. Old Man
13. From the Lyrics of Evgeny Baratynsky Op. 125: 3. Waterfall
14. From the Lyrics of Evgeny Baratynsky Op. 125: 4. There Were Storms
15. From the Lyrics of Evgeny Baratynsky Op. 125: 5. Slave to a Lingering Dream
16. From the Lyrics of Evgeny Baratynsky Op. 125: 6. Spring Spring!
17. From the Lyrics of Evgeny Baratynsky Op. 125: 7. Muse
18. From Afanasy Fet's Poetry Op. 134: 1. I Have Come to You with a Greeting
19. From Afanasy Fet's Poetry Op. 134: 2. It Must Be You
20. From Afanasy Fet's Poetry Op. 134: 3. Fragrant Night
21. From Afanasy Fet's Poetry Op. 134: 4. And So the Dawn the Dawn!
22. From Afanasy Fet's Poetry Op. 134: 5. It's All Spring!
23. From Afanasy Fet's Poetry Op. 134: 6. Signs
24. From Afanasy Fet's Poetry Op. 134: 7. Do Not Run Away
25. From Afanasy Fet's Poetry Op. 134: 8. the Midnight Blizzard Murmured
26. From Afanasy Fet's Poetry Op. 134: 9. Ball
27. From Afanasy Fet's Poetry Op. 134: 10. Life Has Passed By
28. Three Romances on Verses of Soviet Poets Op. 78: 1. Spark
29. Three Romances on Verses of Soviet Poets Op. 78: 2. Alarm Clock
30. Three Romances on Verses of Soviet Poets Op. 78: 3. a Man Walks Alone Through the World
31. Six Shakespeare Sonnets Op. 33: 1. Sonnet 55 "Not Marble Nor the Gilded Monuments"
32. Six Shakespeare Sonnets Op. 33: 2. Sonnet 63 "Against My Love Shall I Be As I Am Now"
33. Six Shakespeare Sonnets Op. 33: 3. Sonnet 64 "When I Have Seen By Time's Fell Hand Defaced"
34. Six Shakespeare Sonnets Op. 33: 4. Sonnet 154 "The Little Love-God Lying Once Asleep"
35. Six Shakespeare Sonnets Op. 33: 5. Sonnet 71 "No Longer Mourn for Me When I Am Dead"
36. Six Shakespeare Sonnets Op. 33: 6. Sonnet 66 "Tired with All These for Restful Death I Cry"

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