Khachaturian & Kabalevsky Violin Concertos
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Composer or Director: Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky, Aram Il'yich Khachaturian
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 3/1991
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 53
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: CHAN8918

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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Concerto for Violin and Orchestra |
Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer
Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer Lydia Mordkovitch, Violin Neeme Järvi, Conductor Royal Scottish National Orchestra |
Composer or Director: Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky, Aram Il'yich Khachaturian
Label: Chandos
Magazine Review Date: 3/1991
Media Format: Cassette
Media Runtime: 0
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: ABTD1519

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
---|---|
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra |
Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer
Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Composer Lydia Mordkovitch, Violin Neeme Järvi, Conductor Royal Scottish National Orchestra |
Author: Robert Layton
To dismiss the Khachaturian as meretricious is harsh; the toothsome zigeuner charm it exudes is in its way quite genuine, and having got to know it in its wartime recording by Oistrakh and Alexander Gauk, on five red-label Decca 78s (3/43), pressed on what sounded like dog-biscuits, I have a soft spot for it. It is written to entertain, as indeed is the Kabalevsky, which like his First Cello Concerto is compact, taking a little over a quarter of an hour. It is pretty empty, but there is a folk-like slow movement to which I have returned with pleasure, that is both touching and in its way captivating. Lydia Mordkovitch dashes it off with impressive abandon, and Neeme Jarvi and the Royal SNO are supportive and sensitive. The recording as such is superior to the rival disc listed above, and in the best traditions of the house.'
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