Mieczyslaw Weinberg
Complete Songs Vol. 1
Toccata Classics TOCC0078

Olga Kalugina, soprano
Svetlana Nikolayeva, mezzo-soprano
Dmitry Korostelyov, piano
Recorded in: Concert Hall of the Gnessin Musical College, Moscow,
3 November 2006 (tracks 1-6), 19 and 23 December 2006 (tracks 17-27) and 12 April 2007 (tracks 7-16)
Children's Songs op.13 for soprano and piano (poems by Itzhok Lejb Perez) - 1943 13:35
(Russian translation by Nataliya Konchalovskaya)
  1. Introduction 1:13
  2. The Bread Roll 0:49
  3. Cradle Song 2:40
  4. The Hunter 1:37
  5. On the Green Mountainside 1:20
  6. Grief - The Orphan's Letter - Coda 5:56

Beyond the Border of Past Days op.50, song-cycle for mezzo soprano and piano (poems of Alexander Blok) - 1951 22:03

  1. Dedication 2:29
  2. War burns indomitably 1:29
  3. What for? 2:29
  4. Much has fallen silent 1:42
  5. The poor ignoramuses laughed 2:21
  6. A Spring Evening 2:06
  7. In the Twilight 1:11
  8. Someone was sighing at the grave 3:21
  9. A Voice 1:45
  10. Memory 3:10

Rocking the Child op.110 - song-cycle for soprano and piano (poems of Gabriela Mistral) - 1973 24:32
(Russian translation by Ovady Savich).

  1. The child was left alone 2:36
  2. And I am not alone 1:50
  3. Little feet little hands 2:50
  4. Rocking the cradle 1:54
  5. Night 1:46
  6. A sorrowful mother 1:20
  7. The dew 2:09
  8. Meekness 1:06
  9. Fear 4:00
  10. A discovery 2:02
  11. My song 2:59