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PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf; BRITTEN: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra; DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Ben Kingsley, narr./ London Sym. Orch./ Sir Charles Mackerras – Cala

PROKOFIEV: Peter and the Wolf; BRITTEN: Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra; DUKAS: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice – Ben Kingsley, narr./ London Sym. Orch./ Sir Charles Mackerras – Cala

by John Sunier | May 10, 2013 | Classical Reissue Reviews

Cala reissues three classic children’s classics in music, each a veritable gold-mine of orchestral color to beguile the young listener of all ages.

Leonid Kogan, violin = BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D; KHACHATURIAN: Violin Concerto in D Minor – Leonid Kogan, v./Philharmonia Orch./ Kyril Kondrashin/ Boston Sym. Orch./ Pierre Monteux (Khachaturian) – Guild

Leonid Kogan, violin = BRAHMS: Violin Concerto in D; KHACHATURIAN: Violin Concerto in D Minor – Leonid Kogan, v./Philharmonia Orch./ Kyril Kondrashin/ Boston Sym. Orch./ Pierre Monteux (Khachaturian) – Guild

by John Sunier | Oct 21, 2012 | Classical Reissue Reviews

Leonid Kogan’s patrician art finds ample representation in these two concertos, inscribed during his Western sojourn 1958-1959.