Shostakovich - Ballet Suites - Jarvi

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)

Ballet Suites

COMPACT DISC ONE
Ballet Suite No. 1 (1948) 13:36
Edited by Lev Atovmyan
1 I Lyric Waltz (from Suite No. 1 for Jazz Orchestra) 2:19
2 II Dance (from The Limpid Stream) 1:41
3 III Romance (from The Limpid Stream) 3:05
4 IV Polka (from The Limpid Stream) 1:54
5 V Waltz-Joke (from The Bolt) 3:00
6 VI Galop (from The Limpid Stream) 1:37

Ballet Suite No. 2 (1951) 19:40
Edited by Lev Atovmyan
7 I Waltz (from The Limpid Stream) 2:16
8 II Adagio (from The Limpid Stream) 6:27
Timothy Waldon cello
9 III Polka (from Suite No. 1 for Jazz Orchestra) 2:16
10 IV Sentimental Journey (from The Tale of a Priest and His Servant Balda) 2:59
John Gracie trumpet
11 V Spring Waltz (from Michurin) 2:20
12 VI Finale (from The Limpid Stream) 3:23

Ballet Suite No. 3 (1952) 15:49
Edited by Lev Atovmyan
13 I Waltz (from The Human Comedy) 2:32
14 II Gavotte (from The Human Comedy) 2:31
15 III Dance (from The Limpid Stream) 2:12
16 IV Elegy (from The Human Comedy) 3:16
17 V Waltz (from The Limpid Stream) 2:08
18 VI Galop (from The Limpid Stream) 3:10

19 Festive Overture, Op. 96 (1947) 5:58
55:24

COMPACT DISC TWO
Ballet Suite No. 4 (1953)* 12:53
Edited by Lev Atovmyan
1 I Introduction (Variation) (from The Limpid Stream) 5:58
2 II Waltz (from Song of the Great Rivers) 3:27
3 III Scherzo (from The Bolt) 3:29

Ballet Suite No. 5 (1931) 29:20
from The Bolt, Op. 27
4 I Overture 5:17
5 II The Bureaucrat 2:43
6 III The Dance of the Drayman 1:41
7 IV Kozelkov's Dance with Friends 5:18
8 V Intermezzo 4:10
9 VI Dance of Colonial Woman Slave 3:32
10 VII The Appeaser 3:21
11 VIII General Dance and Apotheosis 3:18

Suite from 'Katerina Ismailova', Op. 114a 17:05
(Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District) (1934/1962)
Five Entr'actes
12 I Allegretto (between Scenes 1 and 2) 2:54
13 II Allegro con brio (between Scenes 2 and 3) 1:55
14 III Largo (between Scenes 4 and 5) 8:32
15 IV Allegretto (between Scenes 6 and 7) 1:39
16 V Presto (between Scenes 7 and 8) 2:05

Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Neeme Jarvi