Dmitri Shostakovich The Jazz album

YouTube ^ | 28 November 1938 | Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

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Tahiti Trot Concerto for piano, Trumpet and Strings Roayal Concertgebow Orchestra Riccardo Chailly

Jazz Suite 1:

#00:00 Waltz

#02:39 Polka

#04:24 Foxtrot

Piano Concerto No. 1 for piano, trumpet and strings, opus 35

#08:13 Allegretto

#13:50 Lento

#21:55 Moderato

# 23:37 Allegro con brio

Suite for Variety Orchestra (incorrectly labeled as "Jazz Suite 2" on this album; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suite_fo... )

#30:17 1. March

#33:24 5. Lyric Waltz (in C minor and E-flat major)

#36:03 2. Dance 1

#39:07 6. Waltz 1 (in B-flat major and A major)

#42:31 4. Little Polka

#45:08 7. Waltz 2 (in C minor and E-flat major)

#48:52 3. Dance 2

#52:33 8. Finale

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Dmitri Shostakovich

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (Russian: About this sound Дми́трий Дми́триевич Шостако́вич (help·info), tr. Dmitriy Dmitrievich Shostakovich, pronounced [ˈdmʲitrʲɪj ˈdmʲitrʲɪɪvʲɪtɕ ʂəstɐˈkovʲɪtɕ]; 25 September[1] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Soviet composer and pianist, and a prominent figure of 20th-century music.[2]

Shostakovich achieved fame in the Soviet Union under the patronage of Soviet chief of staff Mikhail Tukhachevsky, but later had a complex and difficult relationship with the government. Nevertheless, he received accolades and state awards and served in the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR (1947–1962) and the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (from 1962 until his death).

A poly-stylist, Shostakovich developed a hybrid voice, combining a variety of different musical techniques into his music. Shostakovich's music is characterized by sharp contrasts, elements of the grotesque, and ambivalent tonality; the composer was also heavily influenced by the neo-classical style pioneered by Igor Stravinsky, and (especially in his symphonies) by the post-Romanticism associated with Gustav Mahler.

Shostakovich's orchestral works include 15 symphonies and six concerti. His chamber output includes 15 string quartets, a piano quintet, two piano trios, and two pieces for string octet. His piano works include two solo sonatas, an early set of preludes, and a later set of 24 preludes and fugues. Other works include three operas, several song cycles, ballets, and a substantial quantity of film music; especially well known is The Second Waltz, Op. 99, music to the film The First Echelon (ru) (1955–1956), as well as the Suites composed for The Gadfly.[3][4]

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First album I ever bought was Shostakovich Polka from the Golden Age. That was over 60 years ago. He came to Boston to perform and I wrote him a letter but never received an answer. My Mother hated his music and made me go down to the basement to listen to it.

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Jazz
Shostakovich orchestration of, "Tea for Two" in 1927.

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I have heard that he composed that piece on a 100-ruble bet.

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Yes. That is right. He did it in a very short time.