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film and ballet music, and from his 1934 Suite for Jazz Orchestra. He drew most of the items, however, from
Shostakovich’s ballet The Limpid Stream (1934-35). The Ballet Suite No.1 consists of six numbers, five of
which come from that light, colorful but somewhat vapid work. It is amazing that The Limpid Stream of 1935
was a work which had been condemned by Pravda in 1936. Recycled and re-named, however, the music, amazingly,
became acceptable to the Party.
The Bolt (Russian: Болт), op.27, is a ballet score written by Shostakovich between 1930 and 1931. The score
is for a full-length ballet with three acts and seven scenes, with a libretto by Vladimir Smirnov. It premiered on 8
April 1931, at the Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Leningrad, and choreographed by Fyodor Lopukhov.
The ballet is an ironic tale of slovenly work in a Soviet factory. The lazy Lyonka hates work, and together with a
local priest and anti-Soviet plotter, he plans to sabotage the machinery by putting a bolt in it. Their plan is foiled
by a group of Young Communists.
The Golden Age (or The Age of Gold) (Russian: Золотой век, Zolotoi vek), op.22, is a ballet in three acts
and six scenes with libretto by Alexander Ivanovsky. It premiered in 1930 at the Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet.
The ballet is a satirical take on the political and cultural change in 1920s’ Europe. It follows a Soviet football team in a
Western city where they come into contact with many politically incorrect bad characters (the Diva, the Fascist, the
Agent Provocateur, the Negro and others). The team fall victim to match rigging, police harassment, and unjust
imprisonment by the evil bourgeoisie. The team are freed from jail when the local workers overthrow their capitalist
overlords and the ballet ends with a dance of solidarity between the workers and the football team.
Zoya is the inspirational true story of one of Russia’s most beloved national heroines. During the Nazi
siege of Moscow, a fearless 18-year-old girl named Zoya risked her life as a partisan fighter. Captured by the Germans,
Zoya endured unspeakable tortures at the hands of the Gestapo but still refused to betray her comrades. Even on
the gallows, Zoya defiantly spoke out against the Nazis and everything they stood for. In a series of flashbacks, this
film re-creates not merely Zoya’s death, but also her life. Galina Vodiantiskaya plays the title character as an adult,
while Katia Skvortsova enacts the younger Zoya. The film’s English-language version was prepared by Howard Fast,
who was later egregiously blacklisted for his "pro-Red" activities.
Pirogov (Russian: Пирогов) is a 1947 Soviet film directed by Grigori Kozintsev, based on the life of
Russian scientist and doctor Nikolay Ivanovich Pirogov (1810-1881).
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Music Composed by
Dmitri Shostakovich
Played by the
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Conducted by
Maxim Shostakovich
CD 01:
Ballet Suite No.1
1. 1. Lyrical Waltz (02:12)
2. 2. Dance (01:32)
3. 3. Romance (02:24)
4. 4. Polka (01:50)
5. 5. Humoresque Waltz (02:15)
6. 6. Galop (01:41)
Ballet Suite No.2
7. 1. Waltz (02:04)
8. 2. Adagio (05:42)
9. 3. Polka (02:08)
10. 4. Sentimental Romance (02:36)
11. 5. Spring Waltz (01:55)
12. 6. Finale (Galop) (03:26)
Ballet Suite No.3
13. 1. Waltz (02:18)
14. 2. Gavotte (02:20)
15. 3. Dance (02:05)
16. 4. Elegy (03:06)
17. 5. Valse (02:39)
18. 6. Galop (03:20)
The Bolt – Suite, op.27a
19. I. (05:27)
20. II. The Bureaucrat (02:24)
21. III. (01:36)
22. IV. Secretary Koselkov’s Tango (05:22)
23. V. (04:11)
24. VI. Dance of the Colonial Slave-girls (04:14)
25. VII. The Opportunist (02:12)
26. VIII. (03:43)
CD 02:
The Golden Age – Suite, op.22a
1. 1. Introduction (03:37)
2. 2. Adagio (09:41)
3. 3. Polka (01:49)
4. 4. Dance (02:06)
Zoya – Suite, op.64a
5. 1. Introduction (09:05)
6. 2. Scene (04:46)
7. 3. Prelude (06:30)
8. 4. March (04:36)
9. 5. Finale (06:44)
Pirogov – Suite, op.76a
10. 1. Introduction (04:04)
11. 2. Scene (02:15)
12. 3. Valse (05:16)
13. 4. Scherzo (02:15)
14. 5. Finale (03:21)
Total Time: 140’47
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