Shostakovich: Jazz & Ballet Suites, Film Music

Shostakovich lived a live full of tension and controverses in the Stalin era. As a modernist he was reprimanded and threatened to be banned. As a sign of good behaviour, he wrote music for mass audiences, in a popular style. But Shostakovich being Shostakovich, he managed to suggest under the surface of the sometimes nearly vulgar music his unique sense of bitter irony and revolt. The Jazz suites enjoy a huge popularity. The 'Second Waltz' from the first Suite gained world reputation through the arrangement of Andre Rieu. The film music for the Gadfly is famous for its Romance, which was used in a popular television series.

Excellent, idiomatic performances by the Ukrainian Orchestra under Theodore Kuchar.

Shostakovich

Jazz & Ballet Suites, Film Music  Ukrainian Orchestra

Theodore Kuchar

00:00:00 Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1, (Jazz Suite No. 2): March 00:03:09 Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1, (Jazz Suite No. 2): Dance No. 1 00:06:10 Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1, (Jazz Suite No. 2): Dance No. 2 00:09:54 Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1, (Jazz Suite No. 2): Little Polka 00:12:33 Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1, (Jazz Suite No. 2): Lyric Waltz 00:15:16 Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1, (Jazz Suite No. 2): Waltz No. 1 00:18:42 Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1, (Jazz Suite No. 2): Waltz No. 2 00:22:20 Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1, (Jazz Suite No. 2): Finale 00:24:44 Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Themes, Op. 115 00:34:13 Jazz Suite No. 1: Waltz 00:36:38 Jazz Suite No. 1: Polka 00:38:21 Jazz Suite No. 1: Foxtrot 00:42:16 Novorossijsk Chimes 00:44:57 Festive Overture, Op. 96 00:50:43 The Bolt, Ballet Suite, Op. 27a: Overture 00:56:22 The Bolt, Ballet Suite, Op. 27a: Polka 00:59:04 The Bolt, Ballet Suite, Op. 27a: Variation 01:00:55 The Bolt, Ballet Suite, Op. 27a: Tango 01:06:05 The Bolt, Ballet Suite, Op. 27a: Intermezzo 01:10:00 The Bolt, Ballet Suite, Op. 27a: Finale 01:13:30 The Limpid Stream, Ballet Suite, Op. 39a: Waltz 01:15:57 The Limpid Stream, Ballet Suite, Op. 39a: Russian Lubok 01:18:31 The Limpid Stream, Ballet Suite, Op. 39a: Galop 01:20:33 The Limpid Stream, Ballet Suite, Op. 39a: Adagio 01:27:57 The Limpid Stream, Ballet Suite, Op. 39a: Pizzicato 01:29:28 The Golden Age, Ballet Suite, Op. 22a: Overture 01:33:18 The Golden Age, Ballet Suite, Op. 22a: Adagio 01:42:04 The Golden Age, Ballet Suite, Op. 22a: Polka 01:44:19 The Golden Age, Ballet Suite, Op. 22a: Dance 01:46:29 Hamlet Suite: Prelude 01:48:51 Hamlet Suite: The Ball at the Palace 01:52:36 Hamlet Suite: The Ghost 01:54:02 Hamlet Suite: In the Garden 01:57:11 Hamlet Suite: Hamlet & Ophelia 02:01:07 Hamlet Suite: Arrival of the Actors 02:03:22 Hamlet Suite: Poisoning Scene 02:10:52 Hamlet Suite: Duel and Death of Hamlet 02:14:56 Gadfly, Suite, Op. 97a: Overture 02:17:56 Gadfly, Suite, Op. 97a: Contradance 02:20:27 Gadfly, Suite, Op. 97a: Folk Feast 02:23:08 Gadfly, Suite, Op. 97a: Interlude 02:25:58 Gadfly, Suite, Op. 97a: Waltz "Barrel Organ" 02:27:55 Gadfly, Suite Op. 97a: Galop 02:29:54 Gadfly, Suite Op. 97a: Introduction 02:36:02 Gadfly, Suite, Op. 97a: Romance 02:42:31 Gadfly, Suite, Op. 97a: Intermezzo 02:48:09 Gadfly, Suite, Op. 97a: Nocturne 02:52:06 Gadfly, Suite, Op. 97a: Scene 02:55:31 Gadfly, Suite, Op. 97a: Finale