The more we hear of the Polish-born Jewish Russian composer Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996), the more varied his music seems. This is the premiere recording of his Symphony No 13 (1976), and the work could not be more unlike the folk-based No 3 or the vigorous, propulsive Fourth Symphony of earlier in his career.

The 13th is another kettle of angst entirely. Laid out in one continuous movement, it develops long thematic lines that gradually reach and recede from climactic moments. The long, unfolding strands of the work may feel directionless but perhaps that is the point: this is a symphony of melancholic depression with very little respite, and its journey is circuitous. Nevertheless, we...