TIKHON KHRENNIKOV (1913-2007): Concerto No. 4 for Piano, String Orchestra and Percussion (Anatoly Shelyudiakov [piano], Arco Chamber Orchestra; Levon Ambartsumian), Op. 37, String Quartet No. 1, Op. 33 (Prokofiev Quartet), Cello Sonata, Op. 34 (Kirill Rodin [cello], Shelyudiakov [piano]), 3 Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 26 (Igor Oistrakh [violin], Natalia Zertsalova [piano]), 3 Songs on Nekrasov's Rhymes, 3 Songs on Nekrasov's Rhymes, Op. 36 (Moscow Conservatory Chamber Choir), Song The Ballade from the Play Quixote, 2 arias from the Opera Dorothea (Evgenia Segeniuk [contralto], Alla Osipenko [piano]), 3 Songs from the Play Much Ado About Nothing (Leonid Boldin [bass], Ekaterina Ganelina [piano]).
Catalogue Number: 05J012 
Label: Kapelmeister
Reference: KAP 012
Format: CD
Price: $16.98
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Description: The fourth of these tributes to Khrennikov contains late chamber works (post 1988) as well as the little ten-minute 1991 piano concerto. Khrennikov was as good a melodist as he was a Party toady, which means that he was a top-notch melodist indeed. Even more remarkable, of course, is that after the collapse of the USSR, he was able to stand there, still dusty from the ruins of the many composers' careers he'd helped wreck and say "Who, me?" - and get away with it.
