Shostakovich: Jazz Suites

National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Theodore Kuchar

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Dmitri Shostakovich wrote symphonies and string quartets with violent and intense music. But he did have a sense of humour as well. Just as he could handle the very un-Russian jazz idiom. Both jazz suites show the light-hearted side of Russia’s most important 20th-century composer.

Label: Brilliant Classics
Catalogue number: 8480
Length: 50 minutes
Genres:
- Overtures,
- Orchestral

Contents and tracklist

Shostakovich: Suite No. 1 for Variety Orchestra, Op. Posth.

Work length24:42

I. March

Track length3:09

II. Dance No. 1

Track length3:01

III. Dance No. 2

Track length3:44

IV. Little Polka

Track length2:38

V. Lyric Waltz

Track length2:43

VI. Waltz No. 1

Track length3:25

VII. Waltz No. 2

Track length3:38

VIII. Finale

Track length2:24

Shostakovich: Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes, Op. 115

Work length9:29

Shostakovich: Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 1, Op. 38a

Work length8:02

I. Waltz

Track length2:24

II. Polka

Track length1:43

III. Foxtrot

Track length3:55

Shostakovich: Novorossijsk Chimes, the Flame of Eternal Glory for Orchestra, Op. 111b

Work length2:40

Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96

Work length5:46

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