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Kabalevsky: Complete Piano Sonatas / Alexandre Dossin
Naxos

Kabalevsky: Complete Piano Sonatas / Alexandre Dossin

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Composer
KABALEVSKY, DMITRY BORISOVICH
Artist
Alexandre Dossin
Format
CD
Label
Naxos
Released
Apr 28, 2009
Catalog #
8570822
UPC
747313082278

About

Although Richard Whitehouse's program notes accurately pinpoint Prokofiev's influence on Kabalevsky's youthful First piano sonata, late Scriabin often lurks behind some of the music's harmonic ambiguity and impassioned dynamic surges. In fact, the slow movement's gorgeous chord voicings and gentle melodic polyphony wouldn't be out of place in a Ned Rorem sonata! With all of that, a vibrant composing personality makes itself felt. By contrast, Kabalevsky's Second and Third sonatas (respectively dating from 1945 and 1946) are formally tighter and better "stage-managed" pianistically, yet are more derivative from a creative standpoint. However, in the right hands (Vladimir Horowitz's, for example), they sound like near-masterpieces and Alexandre Dossin's well-drilled fingers emphasize musical considerations over virtuoso effect.

He downplays the percussive drive in the Second sonata Presto assai's motoric piano writing by emphasizing melodic shapes and long lines, and does the same with the Third sonata's spiky Allegro giocoso. At the same time, the little Sonatinas' fast movements are appropriately incisive and aggressive. The distant ambience lacks warmth and depth yet preserves a concert-hall perspective from which you can assess Dossin's strong powers of projection. Since Artur Pizarro's comparable, albeit better engineered 1994 Collins Classics Kabalevsky sonata cycle disc is no longer available, Dossin has the field to himself.

--Jed Distler, ClassicsToday.com

Tracklist 15 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro non troppo ma con fuoco 05:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo ma con fuoco
    Duration
    05:43
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  2. 2 II. Andantino semplice 05:39
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andantino semplice
    Duration
    05:39
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  3. 3 III. Vivo - Allegro molto 06:52
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Vivo - Allegro molto
    Duration
    06:52
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  4. 4 I. Allegro moderato - Festivamente 08:08
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato - Festivamente
    Duration
    08:08
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  5. 5 II. Andante sostenuto 08:22
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. Andante sostenuto
    Duration
    08:22
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  6. 6 III. Presto assai 07:13
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. Presto assai
    Duration
    07:13
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  7. 7 I. Allegro con moto 05:48
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Allegro con moto
    Duration
    05:48
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  8. 8 II. Andante cantabile 05:33
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Andante cantabile
    Duration
    05:33
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  9. 9 III. Allegro giocoso 04:49
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Allegro giocoso
    Duration
    04:49
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  10. 10 I. Allegro assai e lusingando 02:38
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Allegro assai e lusingando
    Duration
    02:38
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  11. 11 II. Andantino 02:33
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Andantino
    Duration
    02:33
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  12. 12 III. Presto 01:49
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Presto
    Duration
    01:49
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  13. 13 I. Allegro non troppo - Risoluto 02:54
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo - Risoluto
    Duration
    02:54
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  14. 14 II. Sostenuto 02:39
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. Sostenuto
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin
  15. 15 III. Vivace 02:44
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. Vivace
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky
    Performer
    Alexandre Dossin