Shostakovich: Jazz Suites
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Release Date: 14/03/2025
● An audiophile-grade LP transfer of a 2006 hit from the Brilliant Classics catalogue: stylish and exuberant accounts of some of Shostakovich’s most popular orchestral music. ● 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. ● Performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, under the expert baton of conductor Theodore Kuchar, this release showcases a powerful, precise interpretation of Shostakovich’s dynamic and emotionally complex works.
1: March
2: Dance No. 1
3: Dance No. 2
4: Little Polka
5: Lyric Waltz
6: Waltz No. 1
7: Waltz No. 2
8: Finale
9: Overture On Russian and Kirghiz Folk Themes, Op. 115
10: Waltz
11: Polka
12: Foxtrot
13: Novorossijsk Chimes, the Flame of Eternal Glory for Orchestra, Op. 111b
14: Festive Overture, Op. 96