Larry Wilcox

After completing and premiering his powerful and controversial 13th Symphony, Babi Yar, in 1962, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) spent the next year in a state of physical and creative recuperation. T...

After completing and premiering his powerful and controversial 13th Symphony, Babi Yar, in 1962, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) spent the next year in a state of physical and creative recuperation. T...

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...

Originally composed for the movie The Gadfly, this brilliant dance number was later included in the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 2. Carefully crafted in this adaptation for symphonic band, this is...

Zwei erfahrene Fachleute haben hier einen schönen Beitrag zur praktischen Musikerziehung geleistet. Mit absolut stichhaltigen, meist zwei- und dreistimmigen polyphonen Sätzen im mittleren Schwierigkei...

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...

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...

Ein Meisterwerk - A Master Piece !!

Diese Hochzeitsmesse ist ein Kirchenwerk, dessen Einfachheit im Dienste der gregorianischen Schönheit steht. Bei der Begleitung legte Alain großen Wert auf möglich leichte Unterstützung des Chorals. E...

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...

Der zweite Satz von Schostakowitschs meisterhafter und subversiver Fünfter Symphonie, die er schrieb, als seine Karriere als Komponist im kommunistischen Russland auf der Kippe stand, könnte den Eindr...

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...