Dmitry Shostakovich
Preludes and Ballet Suite
Alexei Utkin (oboe), Mikhail Utkin (cello) and the Hermitage Chamber Orchestra
1 Elegy in F Sharp Minor (transcription for oboe and strings) [04:06]
Ten Preludes, op. 34 (arranged for oboe and strings)
2 Prelude no.1 in C Major [01:33]
3 Prelude no.16 in B Flat Minor [01:05]
4 Prelude no.3 in G Major [02:07]
5 Prelude no.8 in F Sharp Minor [01:03]
6 Prelude no.11 in B Major [00:51]
7 Prelude no.17 in A Flat Major [02:04]
8 Prelude no.18 in F Minor [01:06]
9 Prelude no.19 in E Flat Major [01:44]
10 Prelude no.21 in B Flat Major [09:54]
11 Prelude no.22 in G Minor [02:45]
Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, op. 87 (arranged for oboe, cello and piano)
12 Prelude [03:56]
13 Fugue [05:32]
Prelude and Fugue in B Major, op. 87 (arranged for oboe, cello and piano)
14 Prelude [01:26]
15 Fugue [02:32]
Ballet Suite for Flute, Oboe, Strings and Percussion.
Compiled and arranged by Mikhail Utkin from the ballets The Limpid Stream [Svetly ruchey], The Bolt [Bolt], The Golden Age [Zolotoy vek]
16 Andante (Dance of The Negro) [00:51]
17 Allegro (Soviet Dance) [02:20]
18 Pantomima (Kozelkov’s Scene) [03:12]
19 Variation (Dance of The Drayman) [01:59]
20 Polka (Bureaucrat) [02:28]
21 Intermezzo (Saboteurs) [03:36]
22 Duet (Jealous Zina) [01:51]
23 Russian Dance (Lubok) [01:45]
24 Adagio (Zina and Pyotr) [06:18]
25 Pizzicato (Ballerina’s Variation) [01:02]
26 Waltz (Dance of The Ballerina) [03:06]
27 Galop (Coda) [01:56]
28 Adagio [05:05]
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