Weinberg: Complete Music for Cello & Orchestra Nikolay Shugaev, Tyumen Philharmonic Orchestra & Yuri Medianik

• Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996): Concertino for Cello and String Orchestra, Op. 43bis:
• 1 Weinberg: Concertino for Cello and String Orchestra, Op. 43bis: I. Adagio - 04:58
• 2 Weinberg: Concertino for Cello and String Orchestra, Op. 43bis: II. Moderato espressivo - 03:05
• 3 Weinberg: Concertino for Cello and String Orchestra, Op. 43bis: III. Allegro vivace - 03:18
• 4 Weinberg: Concertino for Cello and String Orchestra, Op. 43bis: IV. Adagio (cadenza) - Adagio 05:10
• Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 52:
• 5 Weinberg: Fantasia for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 52 15:47
• Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 43:
• 6 Weinberg: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 43: I. Adagio - 07:16
• 7 Weinberg: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 43: II. Moderato 05:28
• 8 Weinberg: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 43: III. Allegro - Cadenza - 09:24
• 9 Weinberg: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 43: IV. Allegro 09:00
• Total Runtime 01:03:26

Info for Weinberg: Complete Music for Cello & Orchestra

Mieczysław Weinberg flourished as a composer despite working amidst political and personal setbacks. He gained the admiration of Shostakovich, and was championed by the leading Soviet musicians of the day. The soulful Cello Concertino with its Yiddish overtones and melodic eloquence was discovered posthumously, and is effectively a preliminary version of the more elaborate and intense Cello Concerto. The potent Romantic nature of the Concerto has made this one of Weinberg’s most performed large-scale pieces. The Fantasia is an appealing early work – expressive and spontaneous.

"My opinion may be biased based on my fondness for this composer's music, but I believe these two works for Cello and Orchestra should command the same support and attention as Max Bruch's Kol Nidrei and the Cello Concertos by Dvorak and Elgar. Due to the tragic misfortunes and hardships that Mieczyslaw Weinberg endured throughout his life, there's a genuine intensity within his music that always comes to the surface and pulls you in. Once you've heard the final notes of the Concerto you will know what I mean." (Jean-Yves Duperron, classicalmusicsentinel.com)

Nikolay Shugaev, Cello
Tyumen Philharmonic Orchestra
Yuri Medianik, Dirigent

Nikolay Shugaev
leads an active performing career as a soloist, chamber musician, and conductor, making major concert appearances throughout Europe, North and South America, and Asia. In the summer of 2024, he was awarded the President of Jury prize at the International Conductors' Competition in Bucharest.

During the 2023-2024 seasons, he serves as the Chief Conductor of the North Caucasian State Academic Philharmonic Orchestra named after V. I. Safonov. In 2024, along with the philharmonic orchestra, he was awarded with a special prize of the Russian Grand Orchestra Prize "440hz" for his performance of "The Rite of Spring" by Igor Stravinsky.

In January 2024, he successfully toured China (Nanjing, Jiangsu Performing Arts Center), where Nikolai presented works by Russian and French composers in collaboration with the Jiangsu Province State Orchestra. In November 2024, he will represent Russia at the 28th International Ballet Festival "Alicia Alonso" in Cuba.

During the 2023/2024 seasons, he performed with orchestras such as the State Academic Orchestra of the Saint Petersburg Philharmonic, Bucharest Symphony, Norrlands Opera (Umeå, Sweden), Dagestan State Philharmonic, the Academy of the Academy of Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Stockholm) and others. In the 2023/2024 season, in addition to numerous symphonic programs, he conducted several operas, including "Carmen," "The Queen of Spades," "Die Fledermaus," "Iolanta".

In January 2024, he recorded all of M. Weinberg's symphonic music for cello and orchestra with the Tyumen Symphony Orchestra conducted by Yuri Medyanik for Naxos.

Nikolay completed his master’s degree (cello) at Moscow State Conservatory with Professor Natalia Shakhovskaya and his soloist diploma at the Conservatorio della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano with Professor Enrico Dindo, his master’s studies in symphony and opera conducting at Luleå University (Sweden) with Petter Sundkvist and choir conducting with Erik Westerberg.

As a cellist, he regularly performs at international festivals such as Ceresio Estate, Società dei Concerti di Milano, Società del Quartetto, Lugano Festival, Rome Chamber Music Festival, Mantova Chamber Music Festival, Lucerne Festival, LAC Lugano, MiTo, Korsholm Festival, RUSK, and many others. Since 2017, he has been the deputy artistic director of the Habana Clásica festival in Cuba. Nikolay served as the solo cellist of Ensemble NEO (Sweden), one of the leading contemporary music ensembles in Europe. Moreover, Nikolay has recorded numerous CDs for labels Naxos and Gallo (Switzerland). His recording of Italian cello concertos "Malipiero, Casella, Ghedini" (Naxos 8.574393) with the Rostov Symphony and conductor Valentin Uryupin has been a highlight of the season, highly acclaimed by music critics. "Gramophone" writes: "Nikolay Shugaev is an eloquent soloist in all three works, and the Rostov Academic Symphony Orchestra provides sensitive support throughout under the direction of Valentin Uryupin. Strongly recommended, then, for Ghedini’s concerto; its unique atmosphere continues to haunt me."

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