Vainberg - Oeuvres par Genres

Mieczyslaw Weinberg
8 Décembre 1919 à Varsovie (Pologne)
26 Février 1996 à Moscou (Russie)

**Oeuvres pour Orchestre**
Oeuvres Orchestrales Opus 6: Symphonic Poem for orchestra (1941) Fantasy on themes from Adolphe Adam's opera Le Chalet for orchestra (1945) Opus 36: "Festive Scenes" for orchestra (1946-1947) From Childhood (adaptation for orchestra from Children's Notebooks [1944-5]) Opus 44: Greetings Overture for orchestra (1949) Opus 47 No. 1: Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes for orchestra (1949) , 13´ Opus 47 No. 2: "Polish Tunes" for orchestra (1949) Opus 47 No. 4: Serenade for orchestra (1949) Rhapsody on Slavonic Themes for orchestra (1950) March for orchestra (1952) Overture for orchestra (1953) Opus 60: "Morning-Red", symphonic poem for orchestra (1957) Opus 68: Symphonic Songs for orchestra (1951) Revised 1959 Opus 143: "The Banners of Peace", symphonic poem (1986) , 23´ Symphonies Opus 10: Symphony No. 1 (1942) Opus 30: Symphony No. 2 for string orchestra (1946) Opus 45: Symphony No. 3 (1949) Revised in 1959 Opus 61: Symphony No. 4 in A minor (1957) Revised in 1961 , 29´ Opus 76: Symphony No. 5 in F minor (1962) Opus 79: Symphony No. 6 after L. Kvitko, S. Galkin and M. Lukonin for boys' chorus and orchestra (1962-1963) Opus 81: Symphony No. 7 in C major for strings and harpsichord (1964) , 26´ Opus 83: Symphony No. 8 "Flowers of Poland" after J. Tuvim for tenor, mixed chorus and orchestra (1964) Opus 93: Symphony No. 9 "Everlasting Times" after J. Tuvim and V. Bronievsky for narrator, chorus and orchestra (1940-1967) Opus 98: Symphony No. 10 in A minor (1968) Opus 101: Symphony No. 11 "Festive Symphony" after various revolutionary poets for chorus and orchestra (1969) Opus 114: Symphony No. 12 (1975-1976) Opus 115: Symphony No. 13 (1976) Opus 117: Symphony No. 14 (1977) Opus 119: Symphony No. 15 "I Believe in This Earth" after M. Dudin for soprano, baritone, women's chorus and orchestra (1977) Opus 131: Symphony No. 16 (1981) Opus 137: Symphony No. 17 "Memory" (1984) Opus 138: Symphony No. 18 "War, there is no word more cruel" (1985) Opus 142: Symphony No. 19 "The Bright May" (1986) Opus 154: Symphony "Kaddish" (1992) Opus 145: Chamber Symphony No. 1 (1987) Opus 147: Chamber Symphony No. 2 (1987) Opus 151: Chamber Symphony No. 3 (1991) , 31´ Opus 153: Chamber Symphony No. 4 (1992) Opus 41: Sinfonietta No. 1 (1948) Opus 74: Sinfonietta No. 2 for string orchestra and timpani (1960) Suites Suite for orchestra (not numbered) (1950) Suite for orchestra (not numbered; unpublished) (1950) Suite for orchestra (not numbered; unpublished) (1951) Opus 26: Suite for small orchestra (1939-1945) Suite from the film Twelve Months (1959) Opus 55A: Suite No. 1 from the ballet "The Golden Key" (1964) Opus 55B: Suite No. 2 from the ballet "The Golden Key" (1964) Opus 55C: Suite No. 3 from the ballet "The Golden Key" (1964) Opus 55D: Suite No. 4 from the ballet "The Golden Key" (1964)

**Musique Concertante**
Opus 42: Concertino for violin and string orchestra (1948) Opus 43: Concerto for cello and orchestra in C minor (1948) Opus 47 No. 3: "Moldavian Rhaspsody" for violin and orchestra (1949) Opus 52: Fantasy for cello and orchestra (1951-1953) Kujawiak and Oberek (Two Polish Folk Dances) for 2 xylophones and orchestra (1952) Opus 67: Concerto for violin and orchestra in G minor (1959) , 26´ Opus 75: Concerto for flute and string orchestra No. 1 (1961) Opus 94: Concerto for trumpet and orchestra in B flat major (1966-1967) Opus 104: Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra (1970) Opus 148: Concerto for flute and string orchestra No. 2 (1987)

**Musique de Chambre**
Solo Strings Opus 82: Sonata No. 1 for violin solo (1964) Opus 95: Sonata No. 2 for violin solo (1967) Opus 126: Sonata No. 3 for violin solo (1979) Opus 69: Sonata for two violins (1959) Opus 72: Sonata No. 1 for cello solo (1960) Opus 86: Sonata No. 2 for cello solo (1965) Opus 106: Sonata No. 3 for cello solo (1971) Opus 140: Sonata No. 4 for cello solo (1986) Opus 100: Twenty-four Preludes for cello solo (1968) Opus 121: Sonata No. 2 for cello solo (1978, Revised version of Opus 86, with new 4th mvt.) Opus 107: Sonata No. 1 for viola solo (1971) Opus 123: Sonata No. 2 for viola solo (1978) Opus 135: Sonata No. 3 for viola solo Opus 136: Sonata No. 4 for viola solo Opus 108: Sonata for double-bass solo (1971) Violin and Piano Three Pieces for violin and piano (1934) Opus 11: Capriccio for violin and piano (1943) Opus 12: Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1943) Opus 15: Sonata No. 2 for violin and piano (1944) Opus 37: Sonata No. 3 for violin and piano (1947) Opus 39: Sonata No. 4 for violin and piano (1947) Two Songs Without Words for violin and piano (1947) Opus 53: Sonata No. 5 for violin and piano (1953) Opus 46: Sonatina for violin and piano in D major (1949) Cello and Piano Opus 21: Sonata No. 1 for cello and piano in C Major (1945) Opus 63: Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano in G minor (1958-1959) Winds Opus 28: Clarinet Sonata (1945) Opus 29: Twelve Miniatures for flute and piano (1946) Opus 133: Sonata for bassoon solo Trios Opus 24: Piano Trio (1945) Opus 48: String Trio (1950) Opus 127: Trio for flute, viola and harp (or piano) (1979) Quartets and Quintets Opus 9: Aria for string quartet (1942) Improvisation for string quartet (1950) Opus 2: String Quartet No. 1 (1937) Lost Opus 3: String Quartet No. 2 (1940) Opus 14: String Quartet No. 3 (1944) Opus 20: String Quartet No. 4 (1945) Opus 27: String Quartet No. 5 (1945) Opus 35: String Quartet No. 6 (1946) Opus 59: String Quartet No. 7 (1957) Opus 66: String Quartet No. 8 (1959) Opus 80: String Quartet No. 9 (1963) Opus 85: String Quartet No. 10 (1964) , 24´ Opus 89: String Quartet No. 11 (1965-1966), 23' Opus 103: String Quartet No. 12 (1969-1970), 30´ Opus 118: String Quartet No. 13 (1977) Opus 122: String Quartet No. 14 (1978) Opus 124: String Quartet No. 15 (1979) Opus 129: String Quartet No. 16 (1981) Also Opus 130 Opus 141: String Quartet No. 1 (1986) Recomposition of opus 2 Opus 146: String Quartet No. 17 (1987) , 16´ Opus 18: Piano Quintet (1944)

**Musique pour Piano**
Two Pieces for piano (1933) Opus 5: Piano Sonata No. 1 (1940) Opus 8: Piano Sonata No. 2 (1942) Opus 31: Piano Sonata No. 3 (1946) Portraits of Friends for piano (Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Myaskovsky, Shebalin, Khachaturian) (1950) Opus 56: Piano Sonata No. 4 in B minor (1955) Opus 58: Piano Sonata No. 5 (1956) Opus 73: Piano Sonata No. 6 (1960) Opus 1: Lullaby for piano (1935) Opus 16: Children's Notebook for piano No. 1 (1944) Opus 19: Children's Notebook for piano No. 2 (1944) Opus 23: Children's Notebook for piano No. 3 (1945) Opus 34: Twenty-One Easy Pieces for piano (1946) Opus 49: Sonatina for piano (1951) Opus 54: Partita for piano (1954)

**Musique Vocale**
Voix / Choeur avec Orchestre Two Choruses for male choir a capella (1948) Opus 51: "In the Homeland", cantata after poems of Soviet children for boys-alto, boys chorus, mixed chorus and orchestra (1952) Opus 87: "The Diary of Love", cantata after S. Vygodski for tenor, boys' chorus and chamber orchestra (1965) Opus 91: "Piotr Plaksin", cantata after J. Tuvim for tenor, alto and nineteen instruments (1965) Opus 92: "Hiroshima", cantata after Fukagava for mixed chorus and orchestra (1966) Opus 96: Requiem after D. Kedrin, M. Dudin, F. Lorca, Fukagava and others for children's chorus, mixed chorus and orchestra (1965-1967) Opus 99: "Triptychon" after L. Staff for bass and orchestra (1968) Opus 102: "Nobody did have known ......", poem after D. Bedny for soprano, chorus and orchestra (1970) Lieder avec piano ou petit ensemble Opus 4: "Acacias", six romances after J. Tuvim for singer and piano (1940) Opus 7: Three Romances after J. Rivina and A. Prokofiev (1941) Opus 13: Children Jewish Songs (Yitschok Leyb Peretz) (1943) (also arrangement for voice and piano trio by Alexander Oratovski) Introduction Breytele (Bread Roll) Viglid (Cradle Song) Der jeger (The Hunter) Oyfn grinem bergele (On the Green Mountain) Der yesoymes brivele (The Orphan’s Letter) Coda Opus 17: Jewish Songs (Samuel Halkin) (1944) (also arrangement for voice and piano trio by Alexander Oratovski) Tsu di royte kriger (To the Red Soldier) Di Muter (The Mother) Nayyor lid (New Year Song) Tsum libn (To Love) Tife griber, royte leym (Deep Graves, Red Earth) Tsum shlakhtman (To the warrior) Opus 22: Three Romances after A. Mickiewich for singer and piano (1945) Opus 25: Six Romances after F. Tutchev for singer and piano (1945) Opus 32: Elegy after F. Schiller for baritone and piano (1946) Opus 33: Six Sonettes after W. Shakespeare for bass and piano (1946) Opus 38: Four Romances after M. Ryslky and G. Nikolayeva for singer and piano (1947) Six Children's Songs for voice and piano (1947) Opus 50: "At the Source of the Past", songcycle after A. Blok for mezzo-soprano and piano (1951) Opus 57: "Bible of the Gypsies", seven romances after J. Tuvim for mezzo-soprano and piano (1956) Opus 62: "Memories" after J. Tuvim for middle-voice and piano (1957-1958) Opus 65: "In the Armenian Mountains" after O. Tumanian for singer and piano (1958) Opus 70: Iz poezii S. Petöfi, song cycle for medium voice Opus 71: Seven Romances after various poets for singer and piano (1960) Opus 77: "Old Letters" after J. Tuvim for soprano and piano (1962) Opus 78: Three romances after V. Sosnora, J. Vinokurov and A. Yashin for singer and piano (1962) Opus 84: "Oh, Grey Fog", romance after J. Tuvim for bass and piano (1964) Opus 88: "The Profile", songcycle after S. Vydodski for bass and piano (1965) Opus 90: "Words in Blood", songcycle after J. Tuvim for tenor and piano (1965) Opus 110: Baiukaia rebenka, "When I sing this child asleep", songcycle after G. Mistral for soprano and piano (1973) Opus 116: "From the Lyrics of Shukovsky", songcycle after V. Shukovsky for bass and piano (1976) Opus 125: "From the Lyrics of Baratinsky", songcycle after J. Baratinsky for bass and piano (1979) Opus 134: Vokalnyi tsikl : iz liriki Feta, "From Afanasy Fet's Poetry", songs for bass and piano Opus 139: Six Children's Songs for voice and piano (1986) Opus 120: "Three Palmtrees" after M. Lermontov for soprano and string quartet (1977)

**Musique de scène**
Operas Comrades In Arms, operetta (1942) Clarette's Career, operetta (1942) The Sword of Uzbekistan (1942) (with T. Dzhalilov, A. Klumov, and T. Sadykov) Zosya (1970) Opus 97: "The Passenger" (Пассажирка – Passazhirka), opera in two acts and epilog d'après Z.Posmysz, Libretto: A.Medwedew und J.Lukin (1967-1968) Opus 105: "The Madonna and the Soldier" (Мадонна и солдат – Madonna I soldat), opera in three acts after A. Medvedev (1970) Opus 109: "The Love of d'Artagnan", opera after A. Dumas, Libretto: J.Galperina (1971) Opus 111: "I congratulate", opera in one act after S. Alechem , Libretto: M.Wainberg (1975) Opus 112: "Lady Magnesia", opera in one act after G.B. Shaw , Libretto: M.Wainberg (1975) Opus 128: "The Portrait" (Портрет), opera in eight scenes after N. Gogol (1980) , Libretto: A.Medwedew Opus 144: "The Idiot" (Идиот), opera after F. Dostoyevsky , Libretto: A.Medwedew (1985) Ballets Battle for the Fatherland (1942) Opus 40: Two Ballet Suites for orchestra (1947) Opus 55: "The Golden Key", ballet in six scenes after A. Tolstoi opus 55 Libretto: A.Tschajamow, (1954-1955) revised 1961 Opus 64: "The White Chrysantheme", ballet in three acts after A. Rumnev and J. Romanovich (1958) Opus 113: Six Ballet Scenes for orchestra (1973-1975) Musiques de Films

Congratulations!, Op. 111 (1975-1982)
Opera in one act after Sholem Aleichem’s play (Russian translation by M. Shambadag)
2(picc, alto fl).1(cor anglais).2(A clar, bass clar).1(db bn) 3.1.1.0 timp. perc (side dr, cym). harp. piano. strings
© Sikorski, Hamburg
Duration: 75’

Belya, cook (mezzo soprano)
Poor Jewish book lender (tenor)
Fradl, maid (soprano)
Khaim, the neighbour’s valet (baritone)
Madame (soprano)
First performance: 13 September 1983, Moscow, Moscow Chamber Opera
Boris Pokrovsky (director)
A. Levin (conductor)

Lady Magnesia, Op. 112 (1975)
Opera in one act by after George Bernard Shaw’s farce “Passion, Poison and Petrification” (Russian translation by V. Stanevich, English adaptation by David Fanning)
1.0.2.alto sax.0 / 1.0.1.0 / drum set. 3 tom-t. guit/el.guit. bass guit. piano. harm. strings (1/1/1/1/1 or full set)
Children‘s choir, female choir and male choir on tape (CD)
© Sikorski, Hamburg
Duration: 50’

Lord George Fitztollemache (tenor)
Lady Magnesia, his wife (soprano)
Phyllis, Lady Magnesia‘s maid (mezzo soprano)
Adolphus Bastable, valet (baritone)

The Portrait, Op. 128 (1980)
Opera in three acts (eight tableaux) by Alexander Medvedev after Nikolai Gogol’s like-named short story (in Russian)
2.2.2.2 / 3.2.1.0 / timp. perc (tgl, chime bells, whip, rattle, tamb, bass dr, cym, tam-t, bells, flex, bells, vibr). harp. cel. piano. strings
© Sikorski, Hamburg
First performance: 20 May 1983, Brno, State Janác`ek Theatre
G. Ansimow (director)
Vaclav Nosek

Chartkov, painter (tenor)
Nikita, his valet (baritone)
Journalist (baritone)
Lantern lighter (tenor)
Chartkov’s painting teacher (baritone)
Owner of an artist store / Dignitary (bass)
Landlord / Count (baritone)
District chief / General (bass)
Market woman / Lady-in-waiting (soprano)
First merchant / First waiter / Turk (tenor)
Second merchant / Second waiter / Cavalryman of the Guards (tenor)
Third merchant (bass)
Distinguished lady (mezzo soprano)
Lisa, her daughter (soprano)
Nobleman (tenor)
Girl [from the “Psyche” painting]
Old man [from Petromikhali’s portrait]
People at the market
Visitors at the vernissage (dancers and mute roles)

The Idiot, Op. 144 (1986-1989)
Opera in four acts (ten tableaux) by Alexander Medvedev after Fyodor Dostoevsky’s like-named novel (in Russian, German version by Brigitte Schrade)
3(picc).3(cor anglais).3(Eb clar, bass clar).3.(db bn) 4.3.3.1 timp. 3-4 perc (tgl, tamb, side dr, bass dr, tam-t, bells, glsp, xyl, marimba). harp. cel strings piano (on stage)
Reduced version : 1(picc).2.1(Eb clar).1(db bn) 2.1.1.0 timp. 2-3 perc (tgl, tamb, bass dr, tam-t, bells, glsp, xyl, marimba). harp. cel. piano. strings
© Sikorski, Hamburg
First performance (of the reduced version): 1992, Moscow, Moscow Chamber Opera
Boris Pokrovsky (director)

Prince Leo Nikolaevich Myshkin (tenor)
Nastasya Filippovna (soprano)
Parfion Rogozhin (bass)
Lebedev (baritone)
Ivan Fyodorovich Epanchin, general (bass)
Elisaveta Prokofievna, his wife (contralto)
Aglaya, Alexandra and Adelaida, their daughters (mezzo soprano, soprano and mute role)
Ardalionich Ivolgin (Ganya), Epanchin’s secretary (tenor)
Varvara (Varya), his sister (soprano)
Ganya’s and Varya’s parents (mute roles)
Afanassy Ivanovich Totsky, formerly Nastasya’s lover (baritone)
Tochilnik (tenor)
Citizens of Rostov (3 tenors, 3 basses)