Suite on Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti. Op. 145. Piano score, Score.
Volume 90
2014
Suite on Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti. For Bass and Piano, Op. 145.
Suite on Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti. For Bass and Symphony Orchestra, Op. 145a.
Translated by Abram Efros.
Edited by Victor Ekimovsky. Explanatory article by Tamara Levaya.

Suite on Verses by Michelangelo Buonarroti:
- Truth
- Morning
- Love
- Separation
- Anger
- Dante
- To the Exile
- Creativity
- Night (Dialogue)
- Death
- Immortality
For Bass and Piano. Op. 145:
This publication is based on the 1984 edition (Collected Works, Vol. 33, Muzyka Publishers, Moscow). The music text has been collated with the author’s manuscript kept in Dmitri Shostakovich’s Archive (rec. gr. 1, section 1, f. 190). When necessary, the first 1975 edition (Muzyka Publishers, Moscow) and edition of the author’s version for bass and symphony orchestra, Op. 145a (Collected Works, Vol. 31, Muzyka Publishers, Moscow, 1982) are taken into account.
For Bass and Symphony Orchestra. Op. 145a:
Performers:
Piccolo (= Flauto II), Flauto, 2 Oboi, 2 Clarinetti (I — A, B; II — B), Fagotto, Contrafagotto (= Fagotto II)
4 Corni (F), 2 Trombe (B), 3 Tromboni, Tuba
Timpani, Triangolo, Legno, Tamburo, Frusta, Cassa, Tam-tam
Campanelli, Silofono, Vibrafono, Campane
Celesta, Arpa, Piano
Basso solo
Violini I, Violini II, Viole, Violoncelli, Contrabassi (a 5 corde)
This publication is based on the first edition of 1982 (Collected Works, Vol. 31, Muzyka Publishers, Moscow). The music text has been collated with the author’s manuscript kept in Dmitri Shostakovich’s Archive (rec. gr. 1, section 1, f. 192). When necessary, the piano version, Op. 145 (Collected Works, Vol. 33, Muzyka Publishers, Moscow, 1984), was also taken into consideration.
Dedication:
To Irina Antonovna Shostakovich