Two Scarlatti Pieces

Dmitri Shostakovich

Dmitri Shostakovich

This work bears the designation Opus 28.

General Info

Year: 1928
Duration: c. 8:00
Difficulty: V (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.
Cost: Rental Only - Score and Parts

Movements

1. Pastorale
2. Capriccio

Instrumentation

Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Clarinet I-II
Bassoon I-II
Horn I-II
Trumpet I-II
Trombone
Timpani

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

These early transcriptions turn two harpsichord pieces by Domenico Scarlatti – a Pastorale and a Capriccio – into quirky little arrangements for wind, brass and timpani.

Note by Gerard McBurney

The work received its premiere performance in Leningrad in November of 1928 by the Soviet Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Nikolai Malko.

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

State Ratings

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Performances

None discovered thus far.

• University of Missouri, Kansas City, Conservatory Wind Ensemble (Joseph Parisi, conductor) – 30 November 2016

Works for Winds by this Composer

• Allegro from "Symphony No. 10" (tr. Fisher) (1954/2010)
• Batterie from "The Nose" (arr. Schaefer) (1928/1978)
• Dance I. See under: Jazz Suite No. 2
• Excerpts from "Symphony No. 5" Finale (arr. Longfield) (1937/2007)
• Festive Overture (tr. Hunsberger) (1954/1965)
• Festive Overture (tr. Martin) (1954/2016?)
• Festive Overture (tr. Patterson) (1954)
• Festive Overture (tr. Takahashi) (1954/1998)
• The Fire of Eternal Glory (tr. Timothy Rhea) (1960/2011)
• Fire of Eternal Glory (arr. Curnow) (1960/2011)
• Folk Dances (tr. Reynolds) (1949/1979)
• Folk Dances (arr. Erickson) (1949/1979)
• Folk Festival (tr. Hunsberger) (1971)
• Fortinbras March from "Hamlet" (tr. Suchoff) (1932/1967)
• The Gadfly (tr. Patterson) (1955/)
• Galop (tr. Hunsberger) (1959/1971)
• Galop (from "The Limpid Stream") (tr. Miller) (1935)
• Hamlet Suite (tr. Suchoff) (1964/1975)
• Jazz Suite No. 2 (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
  • March (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
  • Lyric Waltz (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
  • Dance I (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
  • Dance II (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
  • Waltz No. 2 (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
  • Finale (arr. de Meij) (post-1956/1994)
• March (arr. Curnow) (2014)
• March (arr. de Meij). See: Jazz Suite No. 2
• March of the Soviet Militia (ed. Iakubov) (1970/2006)
• October, Op 131 (arr. Mitchell) (1967)
• Overture on Russian and Kirg (arr. Janssen)
• Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Songs (tr. Duker) (1963/1989)
• Overture to The Gadfly (arr. Geert Flik) (1984)
• Piano Concerto No 2 (tr. Pontini) (1957/2012)
• Piano Concerto No 2 in F Major (arr. Bamonte)
• Piano Trio No. 2 (arr. Graham)
• Priest and His Servant Balda, The (1934)
• Prelude, Op. 34, No. 14 (arr. Reynolds) (1988)
• Spanish Dance from "The Gadfly" (arr. Curnow)
• Symphony No. 1 (Shostakovich) (tr. Scarbrough) (1924-25)
• Symphony No. 5, Mvmt I (tr. Schaeffer)
• Symphony No. 5, Mvmt II (tr. Smith) (1937/1944)
• Symphony No. 5: Finale (tr. Righter) (1937/1947)
• Symphony No. 5, Mvmt IV (tr. Rogers) (1937/2003)
• Symphony No. 5, Mvmt IV (tr. Bocook) (1937/2005)
• Symphony No. 9 (arr. Mertens and Suykerbuyk) (1945/1986)
• Symphony No. 9 (tr. Schaefer) (1945/1976)
• Symphony No. 10, Mvt. II (tr. Fisher) (tr. Fisher) (1954/2010)
• Symphony No. 10, Mvmt II (tr. O'Brien) (1954)
• Tahiti Trot (tr. Brubaker) (1927/2009)
• Two Scarlatti Pieces (1928)
• Waltz No. 2 (arr. Connery) (post 1956/1996)
• Waltz No. 2 (arr. Curnow) (post 1956/2010)
• Waltz No. 2 (arr. de Meij). See under: Jazz Suite No. 2

Resources

None discovered thus far.