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Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major, Op. 50

195218 min

This guide follows Kabalevsky’s Piano Concerto No. 3 in D major, Op. 50 (1952) in three parts: Allegro molto (sonata form), Andante con moto and Presto.

Recording: Emil Gilels (piano), Soviet Union State Radio and Television Orchestra, Dmitri Kabalevsky

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Follow all 19 sections as they play

  1. I · Sonata form
  2. II
  3. III
I Sonata form0:00–6:09

A trumpet opens the , and the piano answers with swirling, rapid figures in a sweeping style that recalls Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov. The is a broad, romantic melody, the one that will at the end of the . The includes a -like passage ( , Marciale) and builds to the , after which the brings back the opening . The closes with the same short that began the .

II 6:30–12:18
III12:35–17:46

Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.

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Dmitri KabalevskyConcertosModern periodD majorSonata form

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