Theatrical Suite ��

Elizabeth WilsonStefano Pierini Viktor Ekimovsky 15 -（） OEHMS Classics OC 451

Composer: Shostakovich Dmitri
Editor: Ekimovsky, Victor / Pierini, Stefano / Wilson, Elizabeth
Instrument: string quartet; piano quintet
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Description:
Suite of eight pieces from Shostakovich's incidental music to Shakespeare's Hamlet, Balzac's La Comédie humaine, and the cartoon film Adventures of Korzynkina, arranged by Elizabeth Wilson, Stefano Pierini and Viktor Ekimovsky. Six of the pieces are scored for string quartet; the others are for piano quintet. An attractive set of miniatures in contrasting moods, of 15 minutes' duration. The cartoon music The Chase would make a brilliantly witty encore to a piano quintet programme. Recorded on OEHMS Classics OC 451 by the Delian Quartett and Anatol Ugorski (piano).
Difffculty: intermediate - advanced