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Дмитрий Борисович Кабалевский
Soviet composer/teacher
- From
- Sankt-Peterburg, Soviet Union
- Active
- 1904–1987
- Releases
- 99
- classical
About
Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (Russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский ; 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1904 – 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue of Russian gentry descent.
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He helped set up the Union of Soviet Composers in Moscow and remained one of its leading figures during his lifetime. He was a prolific composer of piano music and chamber music; many of his piano works were performed by Vladimir Horowitz. He is best known in Western Europe for his Second Symphony; the "Comedians' Galop" from The Comedians Suite, Op. 26; and his Third Piano Concerto.
Discography
Albums
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Реквием
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Rubinstein: Piano Concerto no. 3 in G, op. 45 / Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto no. 3 in D, op. 50 “Youth”
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A Russian Concert no. 2
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Paganini: Violin Concerto no. 1 / Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee / Kabalevsky: Galop from "The Comedians"
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Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto no. 2, op. 77 / Khachaturian: Cello Concerto / Glazunov: Chant du Ménestrel, op. 71
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Prokofiev: Cello Concertino / Solo Cello Sonata / Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto no. 2
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Prokofiev: Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 19 / Tchaïkovsky: Sérénade mélancolique, op. 26 / Mélodie / Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto no. 1, op. 48
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Khachaturian: Violin Concerto in D minor / Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto in C, Op. 48
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Suite: The Comedians
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Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Muczynski: Piano Concerto no. 1 / A Serenade for Summer / Suite, op. 13
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Volume 4: Piano Concertos nos. 2, 3 & 4
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Russian Cello Sonatas
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Opera “Colas Breugnon”
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Volume 5: Requiem / Symphony no. 4
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Volume 1: Piano Works
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Volume 2: Piano Works
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Volume 3: Symphony No. 1 / Symphony No. 2
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Volume 9: Chamber & Piano Music
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Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite / Kabalevsky: The Comedians
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From Jewish Folk Poetry
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Cello Concertos 1 & 2
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Volume 8: String Quartets nos. 1 & 2
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The Piano Sonatas, Four Preludes, Recitative and Rondo
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Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Khachaturian: Cello Concerto / Rachmaninov: Vocalise
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Russian Violin Concertos
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Shostakovich: Symphony no. 6 / Kodály: Dances of Galánta / Works by Weiner, Bartók, Kabalevsky, and Glinka
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Colas Breugnon / The Comedians / Romeo and Juliet
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The Comedians / Romeo & Juliet / Colas Breugnon (Suites)
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Cello Concertos nos. 1 and 2 / Symphonic Poem: Spring
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Meeting in Moscow: Glazunov / Kabalevsky Violin Concertos
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Volume 10: Pathétique overture, op. 64 / Piano Concerto no. 1, op. 9 / Spring, op. 65 / Piano Rhapsody, op. 75 / The Comedians, Suite for Orchestra, op. 26
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Elgar: Cello Concerto / Bloch: Schelomo / Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto no. 2 / Tchaikovsky: Rococo Variations / R. Strauss: Don Quixote
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Symphonies nos. 1 & 2 / Spring / Overture pathétique
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Composers in Person: Kabalevsky
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Glière: Symphony no. 3 "Ilya Mourometz" / Kabalevsky: Symphony no. 2 / Glinka: Russlan and Ludmila
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Cello Concertos nos. 1 & 2
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Ten Shakespeare Sonnets
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Le hautbois inédit
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Russian Soul
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Cello Sonatas
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Great Pianists: Moiseiwitsch 7
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Masquerade Suite / The Comedians
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Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 / Colas Breugnon Overture / The Comedians
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100th Anniversary Tribute
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Bach Piano Transcriptions 5
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Piano Concertos nos. 1 and 2
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Piano Concerto no. 1 / Symphony no. 2 / Piano Concerto no. 4 "Prague"
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Préludes
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Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto no. 3 / Rimsky-Korsakov: Piano Concerto
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Symphonies 1-4
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Concertos and Encores
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Southern Harmony
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Lydia Mordkovitch Plays Kabalevsky / Prokofiev / Volkonsky / Khandoshkin / Stravinsky
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Piano Sonatas (Complete)
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Preludes (Complete) / Preludes and Fugues
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Complete Piano Sonatas
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Piano Sonatas, Opp. 6, 45, 46
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BBC Music, Volume 20, Number 2: Steven Isserlis plays Kabalevsky, Mendelssohn, Brahms
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Romeo and Juliet / The Comedians / Spring / Overture pathétique / Colas Breugnon (Overture)
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Complete Piano Concertos / Fantasy / Rhapsody
Compilations
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24 Preludes, Vol. 3
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Modern Times Edition
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Anthology of Piano Music by Russian and Soviet Composers, Part One
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Violin Concerto / Cello Concerto no. 2
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Violin Concertos
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Khachaturian: Masquerade Suite / Kabalevsky: The Comedians / Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien / Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio Espagnol
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Schumann: Cello Concerto / Kabalevsky: Cello Concerto / De Falla: Suite populaire espagnol
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Vladimir Sofronitsky Edition, Volume 11: Borodin / Lyadov / Glazunov / Scriabin / Kabalevsky
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Horowitz plays Prokofiev / Barber / Kabalevsky: Sonatas
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Concertos pour violon
Links
Teacher
Also known as
D. Kabaļevskis · Dimitrij Kabalewskij · Dmitri Borisovich Kabalevsky · Dmitri Borissowitsch Kabalewski · Dmitri Kabalevskij · Dmitri Kabalevsky · Dmitri Kabelevsky · Dmitrij Borisovich Kabalevskij · Dmitry Kabalevsky · Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский · Дмитрий Кабалевский
Tags
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Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 96c39679-7de4-48d1-a9ea-d8840296bb73
- ISNI
- 0000000120321176
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