Anastasia Kobekina plays Mieczysław Weinberg's Cello Sonata no. 2.
Mieczysław Weinberg's Cello Sonata No 2 from Anastasia Kobekina. A recording made at the BBC studios in 2021 of this powerful sonata written in 1959 at the behest of Rostropovich.
Anastasia Kobekina is joined at the BBC studios by pianist Laume Skride in Mieczysław Weinberg's Cello Sonata No 2.
Written in 1959 at the request of the great Soviet cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, this cello sonata is one of the many works by Weinberg being taken up by a new generation of performers. Polish-born Mieczysław Weinberg twice escaped from Nazi invasions, finally settling in Moscow, where he went on to complete 26 symphonies, 17 string quartets and seven operas. For over 30 years he was Shostakovich’s closest musical friend but, far from being a mere imitator, Shostakovich himself was keen to acknowledge that the musical dialogue went both ways. Anastasia Kobekina made this recording at the BBC studios in 2021 during her time as a Radio 3 New Generation Artist.
Weinberg: Cello Sonata no 2 Op. 63
Anastasia Kobekina (cello), Lauma Skride (piano)
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Mieczysław Weinberg
Sonata No.2 for cello and piano, Op.63
Performer: Anastasia Kobekina. Performer: Lauma Skride.
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- Sun 8 Dec 202421:40BBC Radio 3
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