Post by jandl100 on Nov 12, 2015 10:48:46 GMT
As previously hinted at, I thought I'd be cheeky and take 2 slots in "my" month of classical album choice.
-- there's enough great classical music to go around, after all.
So after the adventurous and perhaps a little challenging intro to the music of Bohislav Martinu, I thought I'd let you off more easily this time and present a work that while being fairly obscure is just plain fun to listen to!
Kabalevsky is not exactly a household name, but his music is deeply founded in the wonderful melodies of Russian folk tunes. And by golly, you get them in abundance in his 1st cello concerto. Just relax and enjoy.
He was broadly contemporary with Shostakovich, but his musical language harks back to a previous era and is much more accessible.
and on TIDAL ...
listen.tidal.com/album/12072450
Lots of good versions, and that Naxos is as good as any (and probably better than most).
And on YouTube this is a nice performance (each mvt is presented separately)... and the pretty young lady cellist doesn't do any harm either! ...
Some background on Kabalevsky -- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Kabalevsky
... there is also a fine violin concerto, chamber music and solo piano music, and his symphonies are well worth exploring, too.
-- there's enough great classical music to go around, after all.
So after the adventurous and perhaps a little challenging intro to the music of Bohislav Martinu, I thought I'd let you off more easily this time and present a work that while being fairly obscure is just plain fun to listen to!
Kabalevsky is not exactly a household name, but his music is deeply founded in the wonderful melodies of Russian folk tunes. And by golly, you get them in abundance in his 1st cello concerto. Just relax and enjoy.
He was broadly contemporary with Shostakovich, but his musical language harks back to a previous era and is much more accessible.
and on TIDAL ...
listen.tidal.com/album/12072450
Lots of good versions, and that Naxos is as good as any (and probably better than most).
And on YouTube this is a nice performance (each mvt is presented separately)... and the pretty young lady cellist doesn't do any harm either! ...
Some background on Kabalevsky -- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitry_Kabalevsky
... there is also a fine violin concerto, chamber music and solo piano music, and his symphonies are well worth exploring, too.
you can have 29
