Jazz Suites; Ballet Suites; Concertos
Vladimir Spivakov, Reinhold Friedrich, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin
- Label
- CapriccioNR
- EAN / barcode
- 845221074603
- Release date
- 6 June 2025
- Number of CDs
- 3
- Type
- Album
Dmitri Shostakovich is primarily famous for his symphonies and string quartets: compositions in which humor can be found, but even more brooding, darkness and desolation. But Shostakovich also has a brutal, lighthearted side, and nowhere does that come to the fore better than in the works brought together here, whether it's the jazz suites, the Tahiti Trot or the ballet suites. This compilation, which appears alongside four other Shostakovich cd-boxes from Capriccio (symphonies, film music, orchestral songs and chamber music), is rounded off with two concerti. In Piano Concerto No. 1, the wink can be recognized, among other things, in the many quotations (songs, own works, Beethoven). In the 1st Violin Concerto, on the other hand, which was withheld for years for fear of reprisals, the sound structures are rather somber.
Tracklist
- 01 Suite for Variety Orchestra no. 1 “Jazz Suite no. 2”: I. March 03:08
- 02 Suite for Variety Orchestra no. 1 “Jazz Suite no. 2”: II. Dance I 03:03
- 03 Suite for Variety Orchestra no. 1 “Jazz Suite no. 2”: III. Dance II 04:16
- 04 Suite for Variety Orchestra no. 1 “Jazz Suite no. 2”: IV. Little Polka 02:46
- 05 Suite for Variety Orchestra no. 1 “Jazz Suite no. 2”: V. Lyrical Waltz 02:39
- 06 Suite for Variety Orchestra no. 1 “Jazz Suite no. 2”: VI. Waltz I 03:15
- 07 Suite for Variety Orchestra no. 1 “Jazz Suite no. 2”: VII. Waltz II 03:39
- 08 Suite for Variety Orchestra no. 1 “Jazz Suite no. 2”: VIII. Finale 02:19
- 09 Moscow, Cheryomushki Suite, op. 105 (Arr. for Orchestra by Andrew Cornall): I. A Spin Through Moscow 03:28
- 10 Moscow, Cheryomushki Suite, op. 105 (Arr. for Orchestra by Andrew Cornall): II. Waltz 05:59
- 11 Moscow, Cheryomushki Suite, op. 105 (Arr. for Orchestra by Andrew Cornall): III. Dances 05:47
- 12 Moscow, Cheryomushki Suite, op. 105 (Arr. for Orchestra by Andrew Cornall): IV. Ballet 06:55
- 13 Jazz Suite no. 1: I. Waltz 02:28
- 14 Jazz Suite no. 1: II. Polka 01:47
- 15 Jazz Suite no. 1: III. Foxtrot (Blues) 03:58
- 16 Tahiti Trot, op. 16 03:58
- 17 The Bolt Suite, op. 27a: I. Overture 05:25
- 18 The Bolt Suite, op. 27a: II. The Bureaucrat 02:33
- 19 The Bolt Suite, op. 27a: III. The Drayman’s Dance 01:59
- 20 The Bolt Suite, op. 27a: IV. Kozelkov’s Dance with Friends 06:03
- 21 The Bolt Suite, op. 27a: V. Intermezzo 04:01
- 22 The Bolt Suite, op. 27a: VI. The Dance of the Colonial Slave‐Girl 04:23
- 23 The Bolt Suite, op. 27a: VII. The Conciliator 03:04
- 24 The Bolt Suite, op. 27a: VIII. General Dance of Enthusiasm and Apotheosis 03:12
- 25 The Tale of the Priest and His Servant Balda Suite, op. 36 (Arr. for Orchestra by Gennady Rozhdestvensky): I. Overture 01:26
- 26 The Tale of the Priest and His Servant Balda Suite, op. 36 (Arr. for Orchestra by Gennady Rozhdestvensky): II. The Procession of the Obscurantists 01:16
- 27 The Tale of the Priest and His Servant Balda Suite, op. 36 (Arr. for Orchestra by Gennady Rozhdestvensky): III. Carousel 01:45
- 28 The Tale of the Priest and His Servant Balda Suite, op. 36 (Arr. for Orchestra by Gennady Rozhdestvensky): IV. Scene in the Bazaar 01:24
- 29 The Tale of the Priest and His Servant Balda Suite, op. 36 (Arr. for Orchestra by Gennady Rozhdestvensky): V. The Priest’s Daughter’s Dream 02:57
- 30 The Tale of the Priest and His Servant Balda Suite, op. 36 (Arr. for Orchestra by Gennady Rozhdestvensky): VI. Finale 01:26
- 31 The Golden Age Suite, op. 22a: I. Introduction 04:14
- 32 The Golden Age Suite, op. 22a: II. Adagio 10:13
- 33 The Golden Age Suite, op. 22a: III. Polka 02:20
- 34 The Golden Age Suite, op. 22a: IV. Dance 02:30
- 35 Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor, op. 35: I. Allegro moderato 06:16
- 36 Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor, op. 35: II. Lento 07:52
- 37 Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor, op. 35: III. Moderato 01:37
- 38 Piano Concerto no. 1 in C minor, op. 35: IV. Allegro con brio 06:46
- 39 Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 77: I. Nocturne 12:50
- 40 Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 77: II. Scherzo 06:50
- 41 Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 77: III. Passacaglia 12:55
- 42 Violin Concerto no. 1 in A minor, op. 77: IV. Burlesque 05:14
Source: MusicBrainz