Weinberg/ Kremer - 24 Preludes Release:24 Preludes Accentus Tango - Café de los

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Weinberg/ Kremer - 24 Preludes Release:24 Preludes Accentus Tango - Café de losThe 24 preludes for cello solo by Mieczyslaw Weinberg have a particular history. Composed in the late sixties for Mstislav Rostropovich, he never actually played them. Their musical language is aphoristic, often brutal, provocative in it's inner conflict. It contains many different gestures and is very intense. To perform these preludes might have been problematic in the Soviet Union back then. Gidon Kremer has adapted the Preludes for solo violin and