CD 1
Aram Khachaturian - Violin Concerto in D minor (1940) 34:41
1. I. Allegro con fermezza 13:03
2. II. Andante sostenuto 12:01
3. III. Allegro vivace 9:23
Aram Khachaturian - Cello Concerto in E minor (1946) 35:01
4. I. Allegro moderato 17:02
5. II. Andante sostenuto - attacca 7:43
6. III. Allegro (a battuta) 10:04
7. Aram Khachaturian - Funeral ode in memory of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (1948) 9:55
CD 2
Khachaturian - pianist (and singer)
1. Aram Khachaturian - Sabre Dance (from the ballet suite Gayane) 1:38
2. Song "Garun Yerevan" (Springtime in Lovely Yerevan) , lyrics Ashot Grashi 1:55
3. Song "Zdravitsa", lyrics Ashot Grashi 1:26
Aram Khachaturian - Masquerade - Suite from Incidental Music to the Play of Mikhail Lermontov (1944) 17:51
4. I. Waltz 4:12
5. II. Nocturne 4:11
6. III. Mazurka 2:32
7. IV. Romance 3:57
8. V. Galop 2:53
Aram Khachaturian - Gayane. Excerpts from the ballet suites (1942) 21:27
9. Dance of the Rose Maidens 2:06
10. Lullaby 4:55
11. Aishe's Dance 4:54
12. Gopak 3:03
13. Sabre Dance 2:41
14. Lezghinka 3:27
Aram Khachaturian - Piano Concerto in D flat major, Op. 38 (1936) 33:31
15. I. Allegro ma non troppo e maestoso 13:36
16. II. Andante con anima 11:12
17. III. Allegro brillante 8:35
Leonid Kogan violin, Sviatoslav Knushevitsky cello, Antonín Jemelík piano
USSR State Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Karlovy Vary Symphony Orchestra, Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Aram Khachaturian; USSR State Symphony Orchestra, conductor: Aleksandr V. Gauk; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, conductor: Alois Klíma
Recording venues and dates: Smetana Hall of the Municipal House, Prague, May 15, 1959 - live from the concert of the Prague Spring International Music Festival (CD1 / 1-3) Unknown venue (USSR) and dates (CD1 / 4-6) Dvořák Hall of the Rudolfinum, Prague, September 21-22, 1955 (CD1 / 7, CD2 / 4-8) and November 7-9, 1960 (CD2 / 15-17) Rokoska Studio, Prague, April 27, 1950 (CD2 / 1-3) Karlovy Vary, September 15, 1955 - live concert recording (CD2 / 9-14)
"I am firmly convinced that truly great music must in all its roots be linked with folk foundations, with the eternally youthful, inexhaustible sources of artistic folk creativeness." With these words Khachaturian expresses more than a mere willingness (as a Soviet artist) to adhere to the communist party line and comply with the declared aesthetic requirements of the time. All his great works reveal his being inspired by folk music, Armenian and Georgian in particular, which shaped his thinking as a composer. Gayane, Masquerade and the Violin Concerto (here featuring a bravura performance by Leonid Kogan) need no introduction. Noteworthy too is the sterling delivery of the young pianist Antonín Jemelík in the recording of the Piano Concerto with the Czech Philharmonic Orchestra. In a series of previously unreleased, newly remastered recordings from the 1950s, Khachaturian appears in the role of conductor, while several unique recordings capture him singing his own songs in Armenian by the piano.
Soviet composer, conductor and spontaneous musician - the three faces of Aram Khachaturian.
(Supraphon 2012)
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