| Naxos | Although the symphonies, string quartets and concertos represent the core of his achievement, Shostakovich had wide sympathies across the musical spectrum: hence his oft-repeated comment that he enjoyed all music from Bach to Offenbach. Moreover, the revival in recent years of such works as his 1958 musical Moscow-Cheryomushki attests to a composer who entered into the spirit of ‘light music’ with enjoyment and enthusiasm. All of the works on this disc will come as a surprise to those who know Shostakovich only as a concert composer in the Beethovenian tradition. Shostakovich’s involvement in popular music came about quite fortuitously, as the result of a bet with the conductor Nikolay Malko, who had given the first performance of the First Symphony in 1926, to orchestrate Vincent Youmans’ famous number Tea for Two from his musical No No Nanette. Challenged to complete his orchestration within an hour, Shostakovich needed only forty minutes. The result, alternately witty and nostalgic, was first heard in Moscow on 25th November 1928, when Malko performed it under the title Tahiti Trot. |
| Disc No: 8.555949 | |
| Price: Sek. 74 | |
| Name: Shostakovich - Jazz Suites | |
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| Order |
| Composer | Opus | Music | Key | Performer |
| Shostakovich, Dmitry | The Bolt Suite from the Ballet | Op.27a | Russian State Symphony Orchestra - Dmitry Yablonsky | |
| Shostakovich, Dmitry | Jazz Suite No.2 (Suite for Stage Variety Orchestra) | |||
| Shostakovich, Dmitry | Jazz Suite No.1 | |||
| Shostakovich, Dmitry | Tahiti Trot | Op.16 |