Dimitri Chostakovitch (1906-1975)

Suite de ballet n° 4 (1953)

excerpts selected by Levon Avtomian, for orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1953
    • Duration: 16 mn
    • Publisher: Le Chant du Monde
Detailed formation
  • 3 flutes (also piccolo), 3 oboes (also English horn), 3 clarinets (also Eb clarinet), 3 bassoons (also contrabassoon), 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, 2 percussionists, harp, celesta, strings

Premiere information

Observations

Les extraits proviennent du Ruisseau limpide op. 39 (n° 1), du Chant des grands fleuves op. 95 (n° 2) et du Boulon op. 27 (n° 3).

Table of contents

  1. Prélude (variations) (Andante [quasi Largo])
  2. Valse (Allegretto [quasi Allegro])
  3. Scherzo (Allegro vivo)