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Shostakovich, Jarvi, Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch
5 Ballet Suite
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (19) - Disc #1
1. Ballet Suite No. 1, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 1, 'Lyric Waltz' (= No. 1 of Suite for Jazz Orch. No. 1)
2. Ballet Suite No. 1, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 2, 'Dance' (Pizzicato) (from ballet: The Limpid Stream, Op. 39)
3. Ballet Suite No. 1, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 3, 'Romance' (from ballet: The Limpid Stream, Op. 39)
4. Ballet Suite No. 1, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 4, 'Polka' (from ballet: The Limpid Stream, Op. 39)
5. Ballet Suite No. 1, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 5, 'Waltz-joke' (from ballet: The Bolt, Op. 27)
6. Ballet Suite No. 1, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 6, 'Galop' (from ballet: The Limpid Stream, Op. 39)
7. Ballet Suite No. 2, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 1, 'Waltz'
8. Ballet Suite No. 2, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 2, 'Adagio'
9. Ballet Suite No. 2, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 3, 'Polka'
10. Ballet Suite No. 2, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No 4, 'Scherzo'
11. Ballet Suite No. 2, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 5, 'The Assault on Beautifl Gorky' (a miniature 'Piano concerto')
12. Ballet Suite No. 2, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 6, 'Finale' (Galop)
13. Ballet Suite No. 3, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 1, 'Waltz' (from incid. music: The Human Comedy, Op. 37)
14. Ballet Suite No. 3, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 2, 'Gavotte' (from incid. music: The Human Comedy, Op. 37)
15. Ballet Suite No. 3, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 3, 'Dance' (from ballet: The Limpid Stream, Op. 39)
16. Ballet Suite No. 3, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 4, 'Elegy' (from incid. music: The Human Comedy, Op 37)
17. Ballet Suite No. 3, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 5, 'Waltz' (from ballet: The Limpid Stream, Op. 39)
18. Ballet Suite No. 3, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 6, 'Galop' (from ballet: The Limpid Stream, Op. 39)
19. Festive Overture, for orchestra in A major, Op. 96
Track Listings (16) - Disc #2
1. Ballet Suite No. 4, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 1, 'Prelude' (variations, source unknown)
2. Ballet Suite No. 4, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 2, 'Waltz' (from film: Song of the Great Rivers, Op. 95)
3. Ballet Suite No. 4, for orchestra (assembled by Atovmyan): No. 3, 'Scherzo' (from ballet: The Limpid Stream, Op. 39)
4. The Bolt, suite from the ballet, Op. 27a: No. 1, 'Overture' (Introduction)
5. The Bolt, suite from the ballet, Op. 27a: No. 2, 'The Bureaucrat's Dance' (Polka)
6. The Bolt, suite from the ballet, Op. 27a: No. 3, 'The Drayman's Dance' (Variations)
7. The Bolt, suite from the ballet, Op. 27a: No. 4, 'Tango: Kozelkov's Dance with Friends'
8. The Bolt, suite from the ballet, Op. 27a: No. 5, 'Intermezzo'
9. The Bolt, suite from the ballet, Op. 27a: No. 6, 'The Dance of the Colonial Slave'
10. The Bolt, suite from the ballet, Op. 27a: No. 7, 'The Conciliator'
11. The Bolt, suite from the ballet, Op. 27a: No. 8, 'General Dance of Enthusiasm and Apotheosis' (Finale)
12. Katerina Izmaylova, suite from the opera, Op. 114a: No. 1, 'Entr'acte' (between 1st & 2nd Scene)
13. Katerina Izmaylova, suite from the opera, Op. 114a: No. 2, 'Entr'acte' (between 2nd & 3rd Scene)
14. Katerina Izmaylova, suite from the opera, Op. 114a: No. 3, 'Entr'acte' (Passacaglia) (between 4th & 5th Scene)
15. Katerina Izmaylova, suite from the opera, Op. 114a: No. 4, 'Entr'acte' (between 6th & 7th Scene)
16. Katerina Izmaylova, suite from the opera, Op. 114a: No. 5, 'Entr'acte' (between 7th & 8th Scene)

CD Details

All Artists: Shostakovich, Jarvi, Royal Scottish Nat'l Orch
Title: 5 Ballet Suite
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Chandos
Release Date: 9/20/1994
Genre: Classical
Styles: Forms & Genres, Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 095115700020, 095115700129

CD Reviews

Sound volume problem

09/09/1999

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Although the music of Shostakovich is beautiful, it was surprising that Chandos did such a poor job of volume adjustment. It is necessary to readjust the volume of almost every track, and there are 35 of them on the two CDs"