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KHACHATURIAN: Suite and Dances

KHACHATURIAN: Suite and Dances

Catalog Number: ALC1019
Label: Alto
Format: CD

Available: 3
Price: $8.99

Categories: Orchestral Music
Budget Periods: 20th Century

Composers: Aram Khachaturian
Directors: Loris Tjeknavorian
Performers: Armenian Symphony Orchestra

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

Suite and Dances

Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Loris Tjeknavorian, conductor

Track ListingTimeMP3
Suite: Masquerade (1944)
1Waltz4:12
2Nocturne4:22
3Mazurka2:34
4Romance3:34KHACHATURIAN: Suite and Dances - Romance
5Galop2:50
Suite: The Valencian Widow (1957 from music of 1940)
6Introduction3:25
7Serenade5:32
8Song3:37KHACHATURIAN: Suite and Dances - Song
9Comic Dance3:41
10Intermezzo5:10
11Dance2:41
Dance Suite (1933)
12Caucasian Dance4:04KHACHATURIAN: Suite and Dances - Caucasian Dance
13Uzbek Dance8:54
Suite: The Battle of Stalingrad (1949)
14City on the Volga1:47
15Invasion1:30
16Stalingrad on Fire4:31KHACHATURIAN: Suite and Dances - Stalingrad on Fire
17Battle for the Motherland3:18
18Forward into Victory2:49
19There is a Crag on the Volga1:46

"Khachaturian's early suite The Valencian Widow is probably his first major score, brimming over with striking tunes as it is, one is surprised it has not been discovered before this.. Tjeknavorian and his orchestra play this music with great spirit and they relish its Armeanian flavours"
(Penguin Guide 3 stars)

"Khachaturian's incidental music for The Widow of Valencia is a real find and one wonders why it has not appeared before...Altogether this is a most winning suite, without a dull bar, piquantly scored and brilliantly presented by an orchestra who are completely at home and clearly enjoying themselves"
(Gramophone)