Aram KhachaturianCríticas

CONCIERTOS 14
Conciertos para violín
Concierto en Re mayor
Ladislav Gortsky
Orquesta Radio Novgorod
Director: Tumentov Ilya
LADO A:
Allegro con fermezza
LADO B:
Andante sostenuto
Allegro Vivace

MS 517
LOS MAESTROS DE LA MÚSICA
Invitación a la danza
Orquesta de Portsmouth
Director: John Rosten
(Grabación 1982)
LADO B:
Danza de Gayne

MÚSICA FAVORITA HK
Música favorita
Concierto para Piano
Ivan Karfich, Piano
Orquesta Sinfónica de Petrogrado
Director: Underec Bela
LADO A:
Concierto para Piano
-Allegro Ma non troppo
-Andante con Anima
LADO B:
-Allegro Brillante

LA GRAN MÚSICA K-30
La gran música
Ballet Gayne
Suite Mascarada
Orquesta Filarmónica de Riga
Director: Istvan Rejal
Ballet Gayne
LADO A:
-Danza de los sables
-Canción de cuna
-Danza de las doncellas
-Danza de Ayasha
-Danza de los Kurdos
-Danza de los jóvenes
-Danza de tambores
LADO B:
-Vals
-Nocturno
-Mazurca
-Romanza
-Galopa

LP
CBS
1989
Disco 3
Danza del sable
Luis Cobos
LADO A:
Danza del sable

CHECK SHELVES

CHECK SHELVES

Trios (Piano, clarinet, violin) -- Scores and parts.
Trios (Piano, violin, viola) -- Scores and parts.

Khachaturian is not noted as a great symphonist, and some find much of his output bombastic and trite. Yet after the release of the Third Symphony, Khachaturian was included in Khrennikov's infamous denunciation of 'formalist' composers, which put him in extremely good company - so his work must have been good enough to concern the Soviet authorities. The Second Symphony is certainly dramatic, with a shattering bell motif. But for me, the stand-out piece on this disc is the totally over-the-top music from the film 'The Battle of Stalingrad' - once heard, never forgotten, and in the right time and place it is as good a piece as you could ask for.

Packaging notes: the CD booklet's essay appears to have been prepared for a boxed set of the Tjeknavorian Khachaturian recordings, as it references all three symphonies and other orchestral music. The cover design is one of these "let's pretend that Cyrillic characters are the letters they look like in the Roman alphabet" ones, which are REALLY IRRITATING if you read Cyrillic - and this one's especially poor.

Brilliant pianistic (but accessible and fairly easy-to-play) fun.