Maxim Shostakovich, Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre - Dmitri Shostakovich: Film & Ballet Suites (1999)
Maxim Shostakovich, Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre - Dmitri Shostakovich: Film & Ballet Suites (1999)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 806 Mb | Total time: 76:42+67:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BMG Melodiya | 74321 66981 2 | Recorded: 1966
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 806 Mb | Total time: 76:42+67:03 | Scans included
Classical | Label: BMG Melodiya | 74321 66981 2 | Recorded: 1966
This 2 CD set of Shostakovich's Ballet Suites and film music is a treasure. If you have yet to hear the Ballet Suites, do give this a listen. This is Shostakovich at his most genial and witty. Much credit must be given to the man who compiled and arranged these suites: Levon Atovmyan. Atovmyan is the man responsible for not only arranging these ballet Suites. He also arranged most of Shostakovich's film scores into concert suites. As much as I love Shostakovich's original work, these Atovmyan arrangements are even better. Much of the material used in the Ballet Suites was salvaged from one of Shostakovich's most unipsired works, the ballet The Limpid Stream. Comparing the original ballet numbers against Atovmyan's versions makes for some interesting listening. Atovmyan was able to polish to very pretty gleam material that was uncharacteristically opaque and bland for Shostakovich. Aside from producing more sparkling orchestrations, Atovmyan modified much of his material extensively, transposing and rearranging works as he saw fit. Listening to Shostakovich's originals, this was no small task for Atovmyan. Shostakovich himself took note and approved of Atovmyan's arrangements.
The suites from the ballets The Golden Age and The Bolt are Shostakovich's own original work. These suites need no introduction as they are very well known to concert audiences. Some curious modification of the orchestration is audible in the Polka from The Golden Age. But the music's goofy humor still shines through.
Shostakovich's love/hate relationship with writing music for film is well known. But listening to these brilliant film suites, one could hardly tell that he rarely enjoyed his work in film. Shostakovich's film music is gaining wider acceptance these days and rightfully so. This is the composer at his crowd pleasing best: bright orchestrations, beautiful melodies, evocative moods, and his trademark wit abound here. Especially lovely is the waltz from the film Pirogov. Also a stunning piece is the swirling, perpetuum mobile scherzo from that same film. In a way, these film scores, while not Shostakovich at his most daring or profound, show of some of the most appealing aspects of his musicianship. Many another composer would have settled for just phoning-in a bland soundtrack. But Shostakovich, despite his misgivings about film work, treated his tasks with total professionalism, producing music of great vibrancy and color.
This recording of his father's ballet and film music has some of the best qualities that Maxim brings to his father's music. It is clear-cut, propulsive, but without ever feeling pushed. He simply lets the music flow from him, all the while keeping the music's corners nicely starched. Granted, this isn't music that requires extraordinary depth from a performer or taxing virtuosity from an orchestra. While some may prefer a little more nuance in these pieces, Maxim's directness is very enjoyable. Fans of the old Soviet orchestras will find much to enjoy here.
Performer:
Leon Zaks & Anatoly Levin, solo violins
Chorus & Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow
Maxim Shostakovich, conductor
Tracklist:
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
CD1:
01-06. Ballet Suite No. 1
07-12. Ballet Suite No. 2
13-18. Ballet Suite No. 3
19-26. The Bolt, Op. 27a
CD2:
01-04. The Golden Age, Op. 22
05-09. Zoya, Op. 64
10-14. Pirogov, Op. 76a
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Maxim Shostakovich, Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre - Dmitri Shostakovich: Film & Ballet Suites (1999)
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