Dimitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975)

Modeste Moussorgski : Chants et danses de la mort (1962)

orchestration


arrangement

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1962 - 31 jul 1962
    • Duration: 20 mn
    • Publisher: Le Chant du Monde
    • Dedication: Galina Pavlovna Vichnevskaïa
    • Libretto (details, author):

      poèmes du Comte Arséni Golénichtev-Koutouzov

Detailed formation
  • 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 4 horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussionist, harp, strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 12 November 1962
    Location:

    URSS, Gorki


    Performers:

    Galina Vichnevskaïa : soprano, Orchestre philharmonique de Gorki, direction : Mstislav Rostropovitch.

Table of contents

  1. Berceuse (Lento doloroso)
  2. Sérénade (Moderato)
  3. Trepak (Lento assai tranquillo)
  4. Le Chef d'armée (Vivo – alla guerra)