Kabalevsky, Dmitri > Romeo and Juliet

Kabalevsky: Romeo and Juliet; The Comedians; Spring; Overture Pathétique; Colas Breugnon (Overture)

1 CD / Delos / 2012-07-31

Works: Dmitry Kabalevsky: Romeo and Juliet, suite from the incidental music, Op. 56; Comedian Galop; Pathétique Overture for orchestra, Op. 64; Spring (Vesna), symphonic poem, Op. 65; Colas Breugnon,...
Conductors: Lapunov, Anatoly
Ensemble: ; Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra

The Soviet musical establishment considered Kabalevsky a "dream composer," as his compositions fit the prescribed formula for proper Russian music: bright, straightforward, folk-based works which...continue...
Recording information: Radio Committee Recording Studio, Minsk, Belarus (12/1994-01/1995)....continue...

Kabalevsky: Romeo & Juliet, Colas Breugnon, etc / Jelvakov

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-07-02

Works: Dmitry Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon, Op. 24; Comedian Galop; Romeo and Juliet, suite from the incidental music, Op. 56
Conductors: Jelvakov, Vasil

"This exactly duplicates the recent ASV program conducted by Loris Tjeknavorian...There is little to make choice obvious between the Naxos and ASV issues. Naxos has...continue...