Weinberg: Piano Quintet (Orchestral Version) - Children's No

Five years after Shostakovich premiered his quintet to turbulent success in 1940, his new friend Weinberg premiered one of his own. For the premiere on March 18th, the 27-year old Weinberg got the String Quartet of the Bolshoi and a 30-year old pianist, already famous then, by the name of Emil Gilels. The Quintet op.18 is one of the unequivocally great chamber pieces of that time and it is a superb entry-point into the world of Weinberg.