Jazz Music

by Dmitri Shostakovich / Vincent Youmans

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  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 1993
  • Label: Decca
  • Country: Netherlands
  • Length: 2:58:39
  • Community rating: 3.58/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under Riccardo Chailly, this compilation highlights the celebrated Soviet composer's fascinating, playful relationship with early 20th-century popular music. The recordings showcase Shostakovich's 'Jazz Suites', which brilliantly filter light music, waltzes, and foxtrots through his sophisticated modern classical orchestration.

Genres

Descriptors: Modern, orchestral, acoustic, suite, rhythmic, complex, melodic

Tracklist

  1. Suite No. 1 for Variety Orchestra, Op. Posth.: I. March (3:09)
  2. Suite No. 1 for Variety Orchestra, Op. Posth.: II. Dance No. 1 (3:01)
  3. Suite No. 1 for Variety Orchestra, Op. Posth.: III. Dance No. 2 (3:44)
  4. Suite No. 1 for Variety Orchestra, Op. Posth.: IV. Little Polka (2:38)
  5. Suite No. 1 for Variety Orchestra, Op. Posth.: V. Lyric Waltz (2:43)
  6. Suite No. 1 for Variety Orchestra, Op. Posth.: VI. Waltz No. 1 (3:25)
  7. Suite No. 1 for Variety Orchestra, Op. Posth.: VII. Waltz No. 2 (3:38)
  8. Suite No. 1 for Variety Orchestra, Op. Posth.: VIII. Finale (2:24)
  9. Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Themes, Op. 115 (9:29)
  10. Jazz Suite No. 1, Op. 38a: I. Waltz (2:24)
  11. Jazz Suite No. 1, Op. 38a: II. Polka (1:43)
  12. Jazz Suite No. 1, Op. 38a: III. Foxtrot (3:55)
  13. Novorossijsk Chimes, the Flame of Eternal Glory for Orchestra, Op. 111b (2:40)
  14. Festive Overture, Op. 96 (5:46)
  15. The Bolt, Ballet Suite, Op. 27a: Overture (5:39)
  16. The Bolt, Ballet Suite, Op. 27a: Polka (2:41)
  17. The Bolt, Ballet Suite, Op. 27a: Variation (1:51)
  18. The Bolt, Ballet Suite, Op. 27a: Tango (5:09)
  19. The Bolt, Ballet Suite, Op. 27a: Intermezzo (3:55)
  20. The Bolt, Ballet Suite, Op. 27a: Finale (3:30)
  21. The Limpid Stream, Ballet Suite, Op. 39a: Waltz (2:26)
  22. The Limpid Stream, Ballet Suite, Op. 39a: Russian Lubok (2:34)
  23. The Limpid Stream, Ballet Suite, Op. 39a: Galop (2:01)
  24. The Limpid Stream, Ballet Suite, Op. 39a: Adagio (7:24)
  25. The Limpid Stream, Ballet Suite, Op. 39a: Pizzicato (1:20)
  26. The Golden Age, Ballet Suite, Op. 22a: Overture (4:00)
  27. The Golden Age, Ballet Suite, Op. 22a: Adagio (8:46)
  28. The Golden Age, Ballet Suite, Op. 22a: Polka (2:14)
  29. The Golden Age, Ballet Suite, Op. 22a: Dance (2:10)
  30. Hamlet Suite, Op. 116: Prelude (2:21)
  31. Hamlet Suite, Op. 116: The Ball at the Palace (3:44)
  32. Hamlet Suite, Op. 116: The Ghost (1:25)
  33. Hamlet Suite, Op. 116: In the Garden (3:09)
  34. Hamlet Suite, Op. 116: Hamlet & Ophelia (3:56)
  35. Hamlet Suite, Op. 116: Arrival of the Actors (2:14)
  36. Hamlet Suite, Op. 116: Poisoning Scene (7:30)
  37. Hamlet Suite, Op. 116: Duel and Death of Hamlet (4:03)
  38. Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: Overture (2:59)
  39. Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: Contradance (2:30)
  40. Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: Folk Feast (2:41)
  41. Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: Interlude (2:49)
  42. Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: Waltz 'Barrel Organ' (1:57)
  43. Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: Galop (1:58)
  44. Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: Introduction (6:07)
  45. Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: Romance (6:29)
  46. Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: Intermezzo (5:37)
  47. Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: Nocturne (3:56)
  48. Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: Scene (3:25)
  49. Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a: Finale (3:07)

Credits

  • Dmitri Shostakovich - primary artist, composed by
  • Theodore Kuchar - primary artist, conductor

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