Mieczyslaw Weinberg. Collected Works. Volume and similar items

Mechislav Samuilovich Vainberg (1919â??1996) - outstanding Soviet and Russian composer of the 20th century, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1971), People's Artist of the RSFSR (1980), USSR State Prize laureate (1980), author of more than 150 opuses: symphonies, operas, ballets , concerts, numerous chamber works, music for performances, movies, cartoons.Symphonietta No. 2 for string orchestra and timpani op. 74 - a miniature lyric symphony, where the composer's pronounced symphonic thinking is combined with an attraction to small forms, an appeal to the chamber composition of the orchestra.Symphonietta No. 2 premiered on November 19, 1960, performed by the Moscow Chamber Orchestra under the direction of outstanding violist and conductor Rudolf Barshai. It was first published in 1962 by the Moscow publishing house Soviet Composer.The publication is addressed to performers, researchers, lovers of the composer.