Suite bergamasque a vigorous beginning and ending. It is a festive piece, which holds much of the Baroque style that is commonly found in preludes. The second part of the "Suite bergamasque" is the Menuet, in A minor. Its playful main theme contrasts with an alternatively mysterious and dramatic middle section. This piece is particularly original, as it does not conform to the particular style that most minuets share. Rather than being very airy and dainty, it shows much more raw comedy. Again, Debussy sets a very novel piece in the guise of an old dance style. The third and most famous
Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 (Shostakovich) reconstructed form, consists of the following movements: Until recently, another eight-movement Suite by Shostakovich had been misidentified and recorded as the second Jazz Suite. This work is now correctly known as the "Suite for Variety Orchestra" (post-1956), from which the "Waltz No. 2" was made famous by the soundtrack to Stanley Kubrick's "Eyes Wide Shut", and which has become associated with the "Jazz Suite No. 2". Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 (Shostakovich) The Suite for Jazz Orchestra No. 2 () is a suite by Dmitri Shostakovich. It was written in 1938 for the newly founded State Jazz Orchestra of