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DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
(1906-1975)
Ballet Suites
COMPACT DISC ONE
Ballet Suite No. 1 (1948)
13:36
Edited by Lev Atovmyan
1.
I
Lyric Waltz (from Suite No. 1 for Jazz Orchestra)
2:19
2.
II
Dance (from The Limpid Stream)
1:41
3.
III
Romance (from The Limpid Stream)
3:05
4.
IV
Polka (from The Limpid Stream)
1:54
5.
V
Waltz-Joke (from The Bolt)
3:00
6.
VI
Galop (from The Limpid Stream)
1:37
Ballet Suite No. 2 (1951)
19:40
Edited by Lev Atovmyan
7.
I
Waltz (from The Limpid Stream)
2:16
8.
II
Adagio (from The Limpid Stream)
6:27
Timothy Waldon cello
9.
III
Polka (from Suite No. 1 for Jazz Orchestra)
2:16
10.
IV
Sentimental Journey (from The Tale of a Priest and His Servant Balda)
2:59
John Gracie trumpet
11.
V
Spring Waltz (from Michurin)
2:20
12.
VI
Finale (from The Limpid Stream)
3:23
Ballet Suite No. 3 (1952)
15:49
Edited by Lev Atovmyan
13.
I
Waltz (from The Human Comedy)
2:32
14.
II
Gavotte (from The Human Comedy)
2:31
15.
III
Dance (from The Limpid Stream)
2:12
16.
IV
Elegy (from The Human Comedy)
3:16
17.
V
Waltz (from The Limpid Stream)
2:08
18.
VI
Galop (from The Limpid Stream)
3:10
19.
Festive Overture, Op. 96 (1947)
5:58
55:24
COMPACT DISC TWO
Ballet Suite No. 4 (1953)*
12:53
Edited by Lev Atovmyan
1.
I
Introduction (Variation) (from The Limpid Stream)
5:58
2.
II
Waltz (from Song of the Great Rivers)
3:27
3.
III
Scherzo (from The Bolt)
3:29
Ballet Suite No. 5 (1931)
29:20
from The Bolt, Op. 27
4.
I
Overture
5:17
5.
II
The Bureaucrat
2:43
6.
III
The Dance of the Drayman
1:41
7.
IV
Kozelkov's Dance with Friends
5:18
8.
V
Intermezzo
4:10
9.
VI
Dance of Colonial Woman Slave
3:32
10.
VII
The Appeaser
3:21
11.
VIII
General Dance and Apotheosis
3:18
Suite from 'Katerina Ismailova', Op. 114a
17:05
(Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District) (1934/1962)
Five Entr'actes
12.
I
Allegretto (between Scenes 1 and 2)
2:54
13.
II
Allegro con brio (between Scenes 2 and 3)
1:55
14.
III
Largo (between Scenes 4 and 5)
8:32
15.
IV
Allegretto (between Scenes 6 and 7)
1:39
16.
V
Presto (between Scenes 7 and 8)
2:05
59:37
Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Conductor:Neeme Järvi
14-17 April 1987 (Suite from Katerina Ismailova, Festival Overture), 22-26 April 1988 (Suites No 1-3), 12 May 1988 (Suite No. 9), 14 May 1988 (Suite No. 5)
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'I've heard no conductor handle this music better than Järvi… These are vibrant, colourful, incisive performances of colourful, cheeky music in first-rate sound.'
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