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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...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Lightly Classical

1 CD / Guild / 2011-02-08

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Gustav Holst: St. Paul's Suite; William Walton: Façade Suite no 2; Peter DeRose: The Lamp Is ...
Conductors: Challet, Pierre; Morley, Angela; Walton, William; De Vol, Frank; Torch, Sidney; Gamba, Piero; Williams, Charles; Munro, Ronnie; Green, Philip; Jones, Leslie; Kostelanetz, André; Carroll, David; ...

The collection of music on this recording proves that the so-called boundaries between light and classical music are not insurmountable; that many composers had lighter...continue...

Kabalevsky: Piano Concertos no 2 & 3 / Stott, Sinaisky, BBC

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: Dmitry Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon (Kola Bryun'yon), opera, Op. 24/Op. 90 (2 versions); Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 23; Comedian Galop; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D major ("Youth"), Op. 50
Performers: Stott, Kathryn
Conductors: Sinaisky, Vassili
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"...These are new recordings. While the earlier discs were conducted by Neeme Jarvi and Bryden Thomson, Vassily Sinaisky is on the podium here, and I...continue...

Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite; Kabalevsky / Kondrashin

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-01-12

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Dmitry Kabalevsky: Comedian Galop; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Capriccio italien, Op. 45; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Performers: Shumsky, Oscar [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

"Kondrashin undoubtedly knew this music as well as any conductor, but the crack musicians that RCA assembled for these sessions - Oscar Shumsky was the...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...