Kabalevsky - Complete Symphonies
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Label: CPO
Cat No: 9998332
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 2
Release Date: 29th September 2008
Contents
Works
Symphony no.1 in C sharp minor, op.18Symphony no.2 in C minor, op.19
Symphony no.3 for orchestra and mixed chorus 'Requiem for Lenin', op.22
Symphony no.4 in C minor, op.54
Artists
NDR ChorThe Choir of Hungarian Radio
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Conductor
Eiji OueWorks
Symphony no.1 in C sharp minor, op.18Symphony no.2 in C minor, op.19
Symphony no.3 for orchestra and mixed chorus 'Requiem for Lenin', op.22
Symphony no.4 in C minor, op.54
Artists
NDR ChorThe Choir of Hungarian Radio
NDR Radiophilharmonie
Conductor
Eiji OueAbout
Kabalevsky was not as adventurous as his contemporaries in terms of harmony and preferred a more conventional diatonicism, interlaced with chromaticism and major-minor interplay. Unlike fellow composer Sergei Prokofiev, he embraced the ideas of socialist realism but his works were favoured by the government for being more ‘accessible’ than the works of Prokofiev and Shostakovich. His post-war works have been characterized as "popular and successful."
This new disc is a complete recording of the four synphonies, including the world première of the third symphony ‘Requiem for Lenin’. Christoph Schlüren, booklet author for this disc, writes that the works reveal not a propaganda composer, which was the common preconception of composers of Soviet Russia, but a highly expressive romantic musician full of energy.
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