Symphony No. 1 in C sharp minor
Symphony No. 2 in C minor opus 19
Pathetic Overture for orchestra opus 64
"Spring", symphonic poem for orchestra

Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra
Loris Tjeknavorian (conductor)

ASV CD DCA 1032

Dmitri Kabalevsky’s two-movement First Symphony (1932) combines local colour and sustained development to enjoyable effect. Even finer is its successor of two years later, a three-movement work of considerable assurance and melodic appeal. Both tuneful fill-ups derive from Kabalevsky’s score for the 1957 film, The Sisters. Tangily authentic, enthusiastic music-making, accorded vivid, if at times uncomfortably strident sound.'

Andrew Achenbach
Gramophone, November 1998