Weinberg: Flute Concertos & Other Works Claudia Stein

• Mieczysław Weinberg (1919 - 1996): Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 75:
• 1 Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 75: I. Allegro molto 05:21
• 2 Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 75: II. Largo 04:07
• 3 Flute Concerto No. 1, Op. 75: III. Allegro commodo 05:29
• 4 Flute Concerto No. 2, Op. 148b: I. Allegro 08:42
• 5 Flute Concerto No. 2, Op. 148b: II. Largo 04:15
• 6 Flute Concerto No. 2, Op. 148b: III. Allegretto 06:50
• 12 Miniatures, Op. 29b:
• 7 12 Miniatures, Op. 29b: No. 1, Improvisation 01:37
• 8 12 Miniatures, Op. 29b: No. 2, Arietta 01:18
• 9 12 Miniatures, Op. 29b: No. 3, Burleske 01:10
• 10 12 Miniatures, Op. 29b: No. 4, Capriccio 00:41
• 11 12 Miniatures, Op. 29b: No. 5, Nocturne 01:37
• 12 12 Miniatures, Op. 29b: No. 6, Waltz 00:59
• 13 12 Miniatures, Op. 29b: No. 7, Ode 01:34
• 14 12 Miniatures, Op. 29b: No. 8, Duet 01:34
• 15 12 Miniatures, Op. 29b: No. 9, Barcarolle 01:46
• 16 12 Miniatures, Op. 29b: No. 10, Etude 00:49
• 17 12 Miniatures, Op. 29b: No. 11, Intermezzo 01:48
• 18 12 Miniatures, Op. 29b: No. 12, Pastorale 02:02
• 5 Pieces for Flute & Piano:
• 19 5 Pieces for Flute & Piano: No. 1, Landscape 03:02
• 20 5 Pieces for Flute & Piano: No. 2, First Dance 01:37
• 21 5 Pieces for Flute & Piano: No. 3, Second Dance 06:12
• 22 5 Pieces for Flute & Piano: No. 4, Melody 03:01
• 23 5 Pieces for Flute & Piano: No. 5, Third Dance 01:58
• Total Runtime 01:07:29

Info for Weinberg: Flute Concertos & Other Works

Mieczysław Weinberg’s works for flute were mainly conceived for the renowned soloist Alexander Korneyev. The earliest of these is the 12 Pieces from 1947, a playful series of character studies that touch on a variety of moods. Also from 1947, the recently rediscovered 5 Pieces draws on Debussy and the early string quartet Capriccio, Op. 11 for its ironic good humour. The First Flute Concerto has a genial air with klezmer influences, while the Second Flute Concerto, among Weinberg’s last works, is often introspective and valedictory in mood. This is the first complete recording of Weinberg’s entire output for accompanied flute.

Claudia Stein, flute
Elisaveta Blumina, piano
Szczecin Philharmonic Orchestra
David Robert Coleman, conductor

Claudia Stein
studied flute at the Dresden Music Academy with Eckart Haupt and piano with Heidrun Richter. At the age of 23 she was already appointed by Daniel Barenboim principal flute of the Berlin State Orchestra (Berliner Staatskapelle).

She has appeared with numerous international orchestras and has plays regularly in the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra.

Claudia Stein is a teacher and mentor in the academy of the Berlin State Orchestra and as of 2015 she teaches in the Barenboim Said Academy Berlin. Her pupils have gone on to win positions in prestigious orchestras in Marseille, Düsseldorf, Kassel and Berlin. Claudia is also active in the music kindergarten Berlin, a unique project initiated by Barenboim. She worked on some of the pedagogical ideas leading to its foundation.

A central element to Claudia's extensive solo repertoire is new music. Composers such as John Roysek, Sebastian Undisz, David Robert Coleman, Michael Kleemann and Gisbert Näther have written works especially for her. Claudia Stein appears regularly as a soloist and chamber-music partner in major European festivals as well as in Israel, Japan and America.

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