Wojciech Fudala & Micha? Rot - Weinberg: Sonatas for Cello and Piano

The life of Mieczys?aw Weinberg, plenty of difficulties and adversities, reflects the history of an entire generation of Polish Jews, who had to face a cruel history fueled by the forces of totalitarianism. This fate left its mark on the composer�s work, who spent most of his life in the Soviet Union. As an artist of a �wrong origin,� associated with Shostakovich, Rostropovich and Salomon Michoels, and not creating politically correct music, he was never a favourite of the authorities. The cello sonatas presented here carry a considerable aesthetic and emotional load, corresponding to the composer�s socio-artistic relations and his cultural roots. Young Polish musicians � cellist Wojciech Fudala and pianist Micha? Rot � successfully face the difficult work of the composer, who in fact belongs to three cultural circles. The closing the album piano miniature Berceuse, Op. 1, based on a poetic Slavic melody, entwined with a quasi-impressionist accompaniment, is a preview of Mieczys?aw Weinberg�s great compositional talent being born in the pre-war Warsaw.