Concerto in C major, Opus 48

5 star rating

Matthew Robles

Location: from Orlando, FL

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

March 6, 2009

Much Enjoyment

It's a pleasure working on Kabalevsky. Beyond the enjoyable melodies and exciting passages, I found the difficult phrases to be challenging yet conquerable.

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5 star rating

Roland Herrera, Westbury Park Strings

Location: from Bristol, UK

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

June 11, 2007

Good edition

This edition edited by Gingold gives the best fingerings for articulation and comfort out of all the editions I own of this fantastic advanced student Concerto. It's the best edition I own. Also, Gil Shaham has made a nice CD for Deutsche Grammophone of this piece recently. Nice recording.

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4 star rating

Austin H.

Location: from San Francisco, CA

Difficulty Level:
Intermediate/advanced

August 18, 2006

A short, energetic, and simple concerto

This concerto is very suitable for a student who has played such pieces like Accolay and Kreisler. The concerto itself is very simply composed, and some people consider Kabalevsky to be a copycat to his contemporaries and Romantic composers (such as Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Mendelssohn). Elements of these composers frequently...

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