5 Ballet Suite

Dmitri Shostakovich (Composer), Neeme Järvi (Conductor), Royal Scottish National Orchestra (Orchestra) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Orchestra: Royal Scottish National Orchestra
• Conductor: Neeme Järvi
• Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich
• Audio CD (September 20, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Chandos
• ASIN: B000000AAK
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #537,989 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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'

See all 19 tracks on this disc

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'

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Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sound volume problem, September 8, 1999

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This review is from: 5 Ballet Suite (Audio CD)

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