Dmitry Kabalevsky
Biography
Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky (Russian: Дми́трий Бори́сович Кабале́вский ; 30 December [O.S. 17 December] 1904 – 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue of Russian gentry descent. He helped set up the Union of Soviet Composers in Moscow and remained one of its leading figures during his lifetime. He was a prolific composer of piano music and chamber music; many of his piano works were performed by Vladimir Horowitz. He is best known in Western Europe for his Second Symphony; the "Comedians' Galop" from The Comedians Suite, Op. 26; and his Third Piano Concerto.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Credited work
1,551 releases · 297 albums · active 1950–2025
- Performance · 1,757
- Other credits · 181
Studios: Grand Hall Of The Moscow Conservatoire · Orchestra Hall, Chicago · Carnegie Hall · Webster Hall
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Kabalevsky
- Eugene Ormandy
- D. Kabalevsky
- The Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
- Prokofiev
- Khachaturian
- Tchaikovsky