Dmitri Shostakovich's extensive oeuvre of film and stage music receives rather little attention today. Five miniatures from this group of works have been masterfully arranged for two violins and piano by Shostakovich's friend Lev Atovmian and compiled as Five Pieces. Alongside excerpts from the incidental music to The Human Comedy (1933/34) and music of the ballet The Limpid Stream (1934/35) are the film scores for Hornet (1955) and the now lost animated film The Tale of the Priest and his Servant Balda (1933/34).

2 Violins, Piano. Shostakovich, D.