Ron Chaplin wrote:

>I've just been listening to Shostakovich: Jazz Suites Nos.  1 and 2,
>Naxos 8.555949.  The disc also includes The Bolt: Suite from the Ballet,
>Op. 27a and Tahiti Trot, Op. 16. (snip)
>
>I'm interested in knowing if any other members have heard the disc and
>what their impressions are.

I haven't heard this disc, but Shostakovich's "light music" can for sure
be a treat.  My wife and I were at a concert once at which DS's Gadfly
suite (I think it was a suite, anyway) was played.  It was delightful.
Her unbelieving response: "That was Shostakovich?"

Mitch Friedfeld