Shostakovich - The Dance Album

Decca: 4525972

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Shostakovich - The Dance Album

Label:

Decca

Catalogue No:

4525972

Discs:

1

Release date:

16th Sept 1996

Barcode:

0028945259727

Length:

72 minutes

Medium:

CD
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Shostakovich - The Dance Album


Shostakovich:

Moscow-Cheryomushki - Suite from the operetta, Op. 105

Ballet Suite No. 5 from 'The Bolt' Op. 27a

The Gadfly - excerpts from the film music, Op. 97


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Dmitri Shostakovich: Moscow-Cheryomushki, Op.105

play1. A spin through Moscow

play2. Waltz

play3. Dances (Polka - Galop)

play4. Ballet

Dmitri Shostakovich: The Bolt, Suite from the Ballet, Op.27a

play1. Introduction

play2. Polka

play3. Variations

play4. Tango

play5. Intermezzo

play6. Finale

Dmitri Shostakovich: The Gadfly, Op97

play1. Overture

play2. The Cliff

Dmitri Shostakovich: The Gadfly, Op.97

play3. Youth (Romance)

Dmitri Shostakovich: The Gadfly, Op97

play7. The slap in the face

play9. Barrel organ

play13. Contredanse

play14. Galop

play16. The market place

play17. Escape

play18. Montanelli

play19. Finale

play20. The Austrians

play23. Gemma's Room

Gramophone Classical Music Guide

2010

“Although entitled 'The Dance Album', interestingly only one of the items on this disc (The Bolt) is actually derived from music conceived specifically for dance. However, what the disc reveals is that Shostakovich's fondness for dance forms frequently found expression in his other theatrical/ film projects.
The world premiere recording of a suite of four episodes from the 1959 operetta Moscow-Cheryomushki will be of particular interest to Shostakovich devotees. Despite the somewhat mundane plot, the score produces some surprisingly attractive and entertaining numbers, most notably perhaps the invigorating 'A spin through Moscow' and the 'Waltz'. For the suite from the ballet The Bolt Chailly brings us the less frequently heard 1934 version in which the composer dropped two of the eight numbers and changed some of the titles in order to deflect from the story-line of the ballet. Lots of parody and plenty of Shostakovich with his tongue planted firmly in his cheek is what we get, and if this aspect of the composer's output appeals then you'll certainly enjoy Chailly's and his players' spirited and colourfully buoyant performances of this energetic score.
Less familiar light is also shed on the music from the film The Gadfly which is heard here in a version which brings together 13 of the score's episodes and preserves Shostakovich's original orchestration, as opposed to the suite prepared and reorchestrated by Levin Atovmyan. All the performances on the disc are superbly delivered and the recorded sound is excellent.”

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