DMITRI KABALEVSKY : Concertos (Oistrakh • Shafran • Kabalevsky • Gilels • Popov • Kitaenko) (1981) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987)

1-3    Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in C Major, Op.48
Violin - David Oistrakh
Orchestra - The USSR Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Dmitri Kabalevsky
Recorded 1949

4-6    Concerto for Cello and Orchestra No.1 G Minor, Op.49
Cello - Daniil Shafran
Orchestra - The USSR RTV Large Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Dmitri Kabalevsky
Recorded 1952

7-9    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.3 in D Major, Op. 50
Piano – Emil Gilels
Orchestra - The USSR RTV Large Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Dmitri Kabalevsky
Recorded 1954

10    Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.4 "Prague"
Piano – Yuri Popov
Orchestra - The Moscow Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
Conductor - Dmitri Kitaenko
Recorded 1981

KABALEVSKY • KHACHATURIAN • GLAZUNOV : Violin Concertos (David Oistrakh) (2003) MONO / FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)
1-3    Violin Concerto In D Minor

Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936)
4-6    Violin Concerto In A Minor, Op.8*

Dmitry Kabalevsky (1904-1987)    
7-9    Violin Concerto In C, Op.48**

Conductor – Gauk, Kondrashi*, Kabalevsky**
Orchestra – Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Violin – David Oistrach

KHACHATURIAN : Khachaturian Conducts Khachaturian 2 (2010) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

Aram Khachaturian (1903-1978)

1-3    Piano Concerto in D flat major*
4-6     Violin Concerto in D minor**

Orchestra - USSR State Symphony Orchestra*
Orchestra - Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra**
Condutor - Aram Khachaturian

KHACHATURIAN : Concerto pour Piano • Concerto pour Violon (Lev Oborin, David Oistrakh) (2004) FLAC (image+.cue), lossless

These performances of Khachaturian's concertos for piano and violin are almost but not quite definitive. Both works are played by the performers for whom they were composed, Lev Oborin in the Piano Concerto and David Oistrakh in the Violin Concerto, and both receive performances of complete commitment, total dedication, utter authority, and unbelievable virtuosity. Both works are conducted by two of the greatest conductors of the twentieth century -- Yevgeny Mravinsky and Rafael Kubelik -- and both receive performances that are overwhelmingly precise and overpoweringly passionate. But while the Czech Philharmonic and the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra give the performances and the conductors the best they have -- and their best is fully world class -- they still don't quite sound Slavic enough for the music. That is, they play like an elegant Western orchestra when Khachaturian's music demands less refinement and more vitality. Nevertheless, anyone who knows and loves these works and is looking for recordings by the performers who know and love these works could hardly do better than to hear these performances.

Recorded in 1946 and 1947, the antique sound of these performances is, however, only for anyone who is willing to overlook more than 50 years of technological improvements. by James Leonard  

Aram Khatchaturian (1859-1935)

Piano Concerto in D flat major (also arranged for 2 pianos)
Orchestra – Czech Philharmonic
Conductor – Yevgeny Mravinsky
Piano – Lev Oborin

Violin Concerto in D minor (also arranged for violin & piano)     
Orchestra –  Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conductor – Rafael Kubelik
Violin – David Oistrakh