Dmitri Schostakowitsch: Partituras medio

Most of the music which Shostakovich used for his Ballet Suites was composed for the silent films in the early 30ies or was re-used from early opera's and ballets. The Dutch composer/arranger Christia...

Most of the music which Shostakovich used for his Ballet Suites was composed for the silent films in the early 30ies or was re-used from early opera's and ballets. The Dutch composer/arranger Christia...

The Limpid Stream" was by far the most popular of Shostakovich ballets. Its deliberately simple-minded melodies, banal harmonies, straightforward rhythms, and garish colors had the work playing succes...

Dmitri Shostakovich wrote his second piano concerto in 1957 as a birthday gift for his 19-year-old son Maxim who premiered the piece during his graduation at the Moscow Conservatory. The eager, brilli...

As a contribution to the opera 'Armer Columbus' by German composer Erwin Dressel, Shostakovich composed two of his quirkiest and oddest early orchestral pieces. An energetic 'Entr'acte' in c minor (Al...

El Gran Relámpago es una ópera inacabada, esbozada en 1932 por Dmitri Shostakovich, de la que sólo llegó a escribir la obertura y 8 piezas siguientes. Son suficientes para mostrarnos que "El gran relá...

El Gran Relámpago es una ópera inacabada, esbozada en 1932 por Dmitri Shostakovich, de la que sólo llegó a escribir la obertura y 8 piezas siguientes. Son suficientes para mostrarnos que "El gran relá...

In 1938 Shostakovich composed his Second Jazz Suite at the request of the recently founded State Orchestra for Jazz conducted by Victor Knushevitsky. This suite was originally scored for a complete sy...

In 1938 Shostakovich composed his Second Jazz Suite at the request of the recently founded State Orchestra for Jazz conducted by Victor Knushevitsky. This suite was originally scored for a complete sy...

In 1938 Shostakovich composed his Second Jazz Suite at the request of the recently founded State Orchestra for Jazz conducted by Victor Knushevitsky. This suite was originally scored for a complete sy...

La Quinta Sinfonía de Shostakovich fue escrita en 1937 y estrenada ese año en Leningrado (San Petersburgo). Fue un gran éxito, con una ovación que duró más de 30 minutos. La sinfonía dura aproximadame...

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Most of the music which Dmitri Shostakovich used for his Ballet Suites was composed for the silent films in the early 30ies or was re-used from early opera's and ballets. The Dutch composer/arranger C...

This famous parody of a Polish polka with abundant 'wrong' notes (dissonances), wide melodic leaps, and sudden dynamic changes is a sterling example of contemporary music with high educational and ent...

A cool new find! Rumor has it that in 1928 Shostakovich was challenged by conductor Nickolai Malko to write an orchestral arrangement of this song in less than an hour. He is said to have accomplished...

Borrowing melodic material from 'Tea for Two,' Dmitri Shostakovich's Tahiti Trott explores the familiar tune in a variety of settings based upon the characteristic fox trot form. Published originally...

Borrowing melodic material from 'Tea for Two,' Dmitri Shostakovich's Tahiti Trott explores the familiar tune in a variety of settings based upon the characteristic fox trot form. Published originally...

Borrowing melodic material from 'Tea for Two,' Dmitri Shostakovich's Tahiti Trott explores the familiar tune in a variety of settings based upon the characteristic fox trot form. Published originally...

Borrowing melodic material from 'Tea for Two,' Dmitri Shostakovich's Tahiti Trott explores the familiar tune in a variety of settings based upon the characteristic fox trot form. Published originally...

Esta pieza, que se abre con una declaración de acordes tranquila pero fuerte, sigue creciendo en una sola dirección hasta alcanzar un gran clímax de dinámica fortississimo, tras lo cual vuelve rápidam...

Esta pieza, que se abre con una declaración de acordes tranquila pero fuerte, sigue creciendo en una sola dirección hasta alcanzar un gran clímax de dinámica fortississimo, tras lo cual vuelve rápidam...

Here is one of the most popular works of Russian master composer Dmitri Shostakovich skillfully adapted by James Curnow. Filled with humor and vitality, this single-movement work is an engaging and wo...

Esta popular melodía de vals de la Suite para orquesta escénica de variedades de Shostakovich es muy conocida en todo el mundo y se utiliza a menudo en la televisión y el cine. He aquí una versión de...

The 1955 film of The Gadfly is no Soviet epic but rather a romantic history based on the novel by Ethel Voynich and set in fin de siecle Austria. Dmitri Shostakovich composed the Tarantella from The G...

The 1955 film of The Gadfly is no Soviet epic but rather a romantic history based on the novel by Ethel Voynich and set in fin de siecle Austria. Dmitri Shostakovich composed the Tarantella from The G...