Composer: Vissarion Shebalin
Orchestra: Siberian Symphonic Orchestra
Conductor: Dmitry Vasiliev
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Toccata
Catalogue: TOCC0164
Release: 2020
Size: 655 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Orchestral Suite No. 3, Op. 61 (Arr. L. Feigin 1963)
01. I. Introduction
02. II. Laura’s Dance
03. III. Habanera
04. IV. Intermezzo
05. V. Scene – Serenade
06. VI. Chant in the Convent
07. VII. Fast Dance
08. VIII. Finale
Orchestral Suite No. 4, Op. 62 (Arr. V. Agafonnikov 1986)
09. I. Introduction
10. II. Arrival of the Guests
11. III. Waltz
12. IV. Erlynne’s Wait
13. V. Dance of the Dolls
14. VI. Farewell Waltz
Ballet Suite (Arr. L. Feigin 1973)
15. I. Introduction – Waltz
16. II. Nocturne
17. III. Dance of the Girls
18. IV. Adagio
19. V. Gavotte
20. VI. Slow Waltz
21. VII. Galop
Like his close friend and colleague Dmitry Shostakovich, Vissarion Shebalin (1902–63) knew a life of both celebrity and hardship: he was another of the composers condemned in the infamous 1948 Party congress in Moscow, and in later life he fought to overcome a series of crippling strokes. But his personality remained undaunted, as his music resolutely proves. This is the first recording of his Third and Fourth Suites and Ballet Suite, all three prepared from theatre music, and showing the lighter side of Shebalin’s symphonic muse, similar in style to the dance music of Shostakovich and Prokofiev. They have been recorded by the orchestra of his home town, Omsk, the capital of Siberia.