The famous Sabre Dance is the one piece by Aram Khatchaturian everybody has heard. But there's a lot of other good music that comes from the same place, Khatchaturian's ballet Gayane. We hear Andre ...

Like other audience members, I bet, I was waiting for the “Sabre Dance.” It came at 9:30 or so, two hours after curtain. We were attending Of Love and Rage, a new ballet, performed by the American ...

The U.S., at least, seemed to like what it had heard of Soviet Composer Aram Khachaturian’s music: both his folk-tunish Gayane Ballet Suite and his flashy Masquerade Suite were among the top classical ...

Subscribe to The New Criterion’s podcast series via Apple or Google. Jay presents a program of music by Aram Khachaturian. You get the “Sabre Dance,” sure, from the ballet Gayane. But plenty more, too ...