Dmitri Schostakowitsch

The Suite for Variety Orchestra, No. 1 (1956) is a work by Dmitri Shostakovich in eight movements that draw from the composer's earlier themes. The first of these movements is the delightful 'March' o...

Diese beliebte Walzermelodie aus Schostakowitschs Suite für Varietéorchester ist weltweit bekannt und wird häufig in Film und Fernsehen verwendet. Hier ist eine temporeiche Version für flexible Instru...

Moscow, Cheryomushki is an operetta in three acts by Dmitri Shostakovich. It is sometimes referred to as simply "Cheryomushki" which is a district in Moscow full of cheap subsidized housing built in 1...

In the fall of 1928, Dmitri Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), completed this arrangement for orchestra, Tahiti Trot. The original music is from a song Tea for Two that Vincent Youmans (1898 - 1946) w...

In the fall of 1928, Dmitri Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975), completed this arrangement for orchestra, Tahiti Trot. The original music is from a song Tea for Two that Vincent Youmans (1898 - 1946) w...

Dmitri Shostakovich' opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District was with more than 200 performances very succesful in as well Russia as abroad. But in 1936 Stalin attended a performance and it was imm...

Dmitri Shostakovich' opera Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District was with more than 200 performances very succesful in as well Russia as abroad. But in 1936 Stalin attended a performance and it was imm...

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...

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...

Shosatkovich' ballet The Bolt is a full-length ballet with three acts and seven scenes. The ballet is an ironic tale of slovenly work in a Soviet factory. The composer himself fashioned a suite (Suite...

Shosatkovich" ballet The Bolt is a full-length ballet with three acts and seven scenes. The ballet is an ironic tale of slovenly work in a Soviet factory. The composer himself fashioned a suite (Suite...

Limpid Stream war das bei weitem beliebteste Ballett von Schostakowitsch. Mit seinen bewusst einfach gehaltenen Melodien, banalen Harmonien, geradlinigen Rhythmen und grellen Farben wurde das Werk von...

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...

Dimitri Shostakovichs 8. Streichquartett wurde, mit Zustimmung des Komponisten, von Rudolf Barshai für Streichorchester, unter dem Titel'Kammersinfonie in c-Moll', umgearbeitet. 2014 arrangierte Anton...

Shostakovich work on the String Quartet No. 8 proceeded simultaneously with incidental music to the film Five Days - Five Nights and in this quartet he for the first time resorts to quoting themes and...

Dmitri Schostakowitsch komponierte seine Symphonie Nr. 5 in d-Moll, op. 47 zwischen April und Juli 1937. Die Uraufführung fand am 21. November 1937 in Leningrad durch die Leningrader Philharmoniker st...

Dmitri Schostakowitsch komponierte seine Symphonie Nr. 5 in d-Moll, op. 47 zwischen April und Juli 1937. Die Uraufführung fand am 21. November 1937 in Leningrad durch die Leningrader Philharmoniker st...

Der große Blitz ist eine unvollendete Oper, die 1932 von Dmitri Schostakowitsch entworfen wurde und von der er nur die Ouvertüre und acht weitere Stücke schreiben konnte. Sie reichen aus, um uns zu ze...

Der große Blitz ist eine unvollendete Oper, die 1932 von Dmitri Schostakowitsch entworfen wurde und von der er nur die Ouvertüre und acht weitere Stücke schreiben konnte. Sie reichen aus, um uns zu ze...

Dmitri Schostakowitsch ist vor allem durch seine groß angelegten Orchesterwerke und Konzerte in Erinnerung geblieben, aber auch sein Beitrag zur Filmmusik ist sehr produktiv. Zwischen 1929 und 1970 sc...

Sicher kennen Sie diesen Walzer in der Fassung von Walzerkönig André Rieu. Die Blasorchester-Bearbeitung von P. Züll ist leicht zu spielen.