The more we hear the music of Mieczyslaw Weinberg (1919-1996), the more we are coming to see him as a substantial figure of the late 20th century. Practically unknown in the West before his death, and regarded with suspicion in his adoptive Soviet Russia because of his Polish-Jewish origins, Weinberg’s stature is finally being recognised as more recordings are made. We now have his complete string quartets, piano music and most of his symphonies on disc (including a terrific new DG release of Symphonies Nos 2 and...