Shostakovich: Waltz No. 2 (Suite for Variety Orchestra) | Rogerio Tutti

Dmitri Shostakovich
Suite for Variety Orchestra: Waltz No. 2
Performed by Rogerio Tutti & His Orchestra

The Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 is a suite in eight movements arranged by Levon Atovmyan after 1956, based on music by Dmitri Shostakovich. An editorial error in the tenth volume of the Shostakovich collected works edition published by Muzyka in 1984 resulted in the Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 being misidentified as the "Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2" or "Jazz Suite No. 2". The score was first published with the correct name in 2001.
Atovmyan, who arranged and assembled the suite, was a close friend of Shostakovich, and was regularly tasked with arranging concert suites of his film music. He also made numerous other transcriptions and arrangements, often without the composer's involvement and only his tacit approval. The Suite for Variety Orchestra No. 1 includes arrangements of excerpts from Shostakovich's ballet, theatre, and film music. It has not been precisely dated, but is believed to have been composed after 1956.
The first documented performance took place on December 1, 1988, at the Barbican Hall. It was later included in the soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut.
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