Dmitri Kabalevsky: 24 Preludes and Other Piano Works
Murray McLachlan
Dmitri Kabalevsky was one of the Soviet Union’s greatest musical figures; a popular composer, whose music for children is partuicularly popular, and a prolific composer of piano music and chamber music, whose champions included no less a figure than Vladimir Horowitz. Pianist Murray McLachlan plays Kabalevsky’s brash, entertaining Preludes and two of his acclaimed major piano works in this much-requested recording from the Olympia catalogue, available again at a value price.
Dmitri Kabalevsky
24 Preludes, Op.38
1 – Prelude No.1 in C Major, Andantino
2 – Prelude No.2 in a minor, Scherzando
3 – Prelude No.3 in G Major, Vivace leggiero
4 – Prelude No.4 in e minor, Andantino
5 – Prelude No.5 in D Major, Andante sostenuto
6 – Prelude No.6 in b minor, Allegro molto
7 – Prelude No.7 in A Major, Moderato e tranqillo
8 – Prelude No.8 in f-sharp minor, Andante non troppo
9 – Prelude No.9 in E Major, Allegretto scherzando
10 – Prelude No.10 in c-sharp minor, Non troppo allegro ma agitato
11 – Prelude No.11 in B Major, Vivace scherzando
12 – Prelude No.12 in g-sharp minor, Adagio
13 – Prelude No.13 in fisharp minor, Allegro non troppo
14 – Prelude No.14 in E-flat minor, Prestissimo possibile
15 – Prelude No.15 in D-flat Major, Allegro marcato
16 – Prelude No.16 in B-flat minor, Allegro tenebroso
17 – Prelude No.17 in A-flat Major, Andante tranquillo
18 – Prelude No.18 in f minor, Largamente con gravita
19 – Prelude No.19 in E-flat Major, Allegretto
20 – Prelude No.20 in c minor, Andantino semplice
21 – Prelude No.21 in B flat Major, Festivamente non troppo allegro
22 – Prelude No.22 in g minor, Scherzando non troppo allegro
23 – Prelude No.23 in F Major, Andante sostenuto
24 – Prelude No.24 in d minor, Allegro feroce
Sonatina in C major, Op.13 No.1
Piano Sonata No.3, Op.46
