Name: Kavalevsky: 24 Preludes, Sonata No.3, Sonatina by Murray Mclachlan
Brand: Murray McLachlan
SKU: 5055354410840
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This disc by pianist Murray McLachlan, featuring Dmitry Kabalevsky's 24 Preludes, Sonatina No. 1, and Sonata No. 3, completes Olympia's nine-volume collection of the composer's complete piano and chamber works, and they are all first-rate performances both technically and interpretively. McLachlan catches the many moods of the multifaceted preludes, the charm and vivacity of the sonatina, and the energy and intensity of the sonata without dropping a note, fudging a rhythm, or pedaling through tricky passages. The works themselves, like most works by Kabalevsky, are sincere but not especially adventurous examples of Soviet modernism. Imagine a more conventionally tuneful and less brutally propulsive Prokofiev and you'll have some idea of what to expect. Listeners who know Prokofiev and Shostakovich's piano music and want something similar but not too similar, and challenging but not too challenging, may find what they're looking for in this disc.

Kavalevsky: 24 Preludes, Sonata No.3, Sonatina

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1. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.1 in C major, Andantino

2. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.2 in A minor. Scherzando

3. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.3 in G major. Vivace leggiero

4. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.4 in E minor. Andantino

5. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.5 in D major, Andante sostenuto

6. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.6 in B minor. Allegro molto

7. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.7 in A major, Moderato e tranqillo

8. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.8 in F sharp minor, Andante non troppo

9. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.9 in E major, Allegretto scherzando

10. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.10 in C sharp minor, Non troppo allegro ma agitato

11. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.11 in B major, Vivace scherzando

12. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.12 in G sharp minor. Adagio

13. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.13 in F sharp minor. Allegro non troppo

14. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.14 in E flat minor, Prestissimo possibile

15. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.15 in D flat major, Allegro marcato

16. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.16 in B flat minor, Allegro tenebroso

17. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.17 in A flat major, Andante tranquillo

18. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.18 in F minor, Largamente con gravità

19. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.19 in E flat major, Allegretto

20. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.20 in C minor. Andantino semplice

21. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.21 in B flat major, Festivamente (non troppo allegro)

22. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.22 in G minor, Scherzando (non troppo allegro)

23. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.23 in F major, Andante sostenuto

24. 24 Preludes, Op.38: No.24 in D minor, Allegro feroce

25. Sonatina in C major, Op.13 No.1 (1930): I. Allegro assai e lusingando

26. Sonatina in C major, Op.13 No.1 (1930): II. Andantino

27. Sonatina in C major, Op.13 No.1 (1930): III. Presto

28. Sonata No.3, Op 46 (1945): I. Allegro con moto

29. Sonata No.3, Op 46 (1945): II. Andante cantabile

30. Sonata No.3, Op 46 (1945): III. Allegro giocoso

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