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Kabalevsky, Recitative And Rondo, Op.84

Dimitry Kabalevsky was a contemporary of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. Despite writing much fantastic material for advanced pianists, including the joyful D major 3rd concerto, and stunning Fantasy in F minor after Schubert D 940, for piano and orchestra, he is better known in the West for his compositions for children, which were my first introduction to his music. During Stalin’s rule Kabalevsky tended to produce works which conformed to the strictures of socialist realism and generally avoided the problems with the authorities experienced by Shostakovich. He was awarded many medals and awards by the Soviet authorities. However, in the Khruschev era Kabalevsky moved from the more conventional diatonicism, chromaticism and major-minor interplay towards less conventional approaches, which we hear in this piece with its austere opening declamation, offset by the driving rondo. Inspired by the poem and subsequent radio play ‘Twenty Years Later’ written by Mikhail Svetlov, this dramatic work reflects on war and its aftermath, as veterans explore their experience with a new generation who have not taken part in war and cannot understand the veterans’ feelings. Kabalevsky composed this piece for the Moscow Conservatoire Kuibyshev competition in 1967. The composers note in the score is very clear that the performer should use their artistic imagination to develop a unique interpretation, and the score contains very few tempo, dynamic or pedalling suggestions, giving the performer much more freedom that Soviet era music allowed – perhaps indicative of the freedoms gained by artists after the death of Stalin.