Ten Russian Folk Songs. Sans op. (1951). Two Russian Folk Songs. Op. 104 (1957). Choruses a cappella from Film Music.

  Shostakovich wrote the collections of adaptations of Russian folk songs—Ten Russian Folk Songs (Sans op.) and Two Russian Folk Songs, Op. 104—in the 1950s. At that time, the composer took a particular interest in folksources of different countries, including Russia (in addition to the two collections, Shostakovich also wrote Adaptations of Russian Folk Songs for Flute and Piano), Greece (Greek Songs for Voice and Piano, 1951-1952), Spain (Spanish Songs, Op. 100) and Kirghizia (Overture on Russian and Kirghiz Folk Songs, Op. 115, 1963). These works also include the vocal cycle From Jewish Folk Poetry written as early as 1948, but first performed in 1955.

Ten Russian Folk Songs.
Adaptations for solo voices, mixed choir and piano.

  This edition is based on Dmitri Shostakovich, Collected Works, Vol. 34, Muzyka Publishers, Moscow, 1985, collated with the author’s manuscript kept at Glinka VMOMK, rec. gr. 32, f. 121. In the author’s manuscript, all the tempo designations are given in Russian. The Italian translations are given in keeping with 1985 edition.
  Due to the large number of couplets, the lyrics are given only in Russian, without transliteration.

The adaptations of Two Russian Folk Songs, Op. 104.
For a mixed choir a cappella.

  Shostakovich wrote in 1957. The fair score that has survived gives no precise date indicating when they were done. The opus includes a lyrical wedding song called “The Winds were Blowing”, which was popular in the Kuibyshev (Samara) Region, and the roundelay “As I was a Young Girl”, recorded in the Novgorod Region.

  This edition is based on Dmitri Shostakovich, Collected Works, Vol. 34, Muzyka Publishers, Moscow, 1985, collated with the author’s manuscript kept in Dmitri Shostakovich’s Archive, rec. gr. 1, section 1, f. 214.
  The lyrics are given only in Russian, without transliteration.

Choruses a cappella from Film Music.

  This edition brings together all the choral pieces and episodes from various films featuring Dmitri Shostakovich’s music. For more information on the author’s manuscripts and sources, as well as comments to these choruses, see the corresponding volumes (New Collected Works, Series XIX “Film Music”).