1 (Russian: Сюита для эстрадного оркестра № 1, romanized: Syuita dlya estradnogo orkestra nomer 1) is a suite in eight movements arranged by Levon Atovmyan [ru] after 1956, based on music by Dmitri Shostakovich.

[1] An editorial error in the tenth volume of the Shostakovich collected works edition published by Muzyka in 1984 resulted in the Suite for Variety Orchestra No.

The first documented performance took place on December 1, 1988, at the Barbican Hall, played by the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mstislav Rostropovich.

The Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Riccardo Chailly made a successful recording of the suite in 1991.

[1] This resulted from an error in an editorial footnote printed in volume 10 of the Shostakovich collected works edition published by Muzyka in 1984,[2] which misidentified the Suite for Variety Orchestra No.

[3] The editor-in-chief of the collected works edition, Konstantin Titarenko, inserted the footnote without informing his editorial staff.

When Manashir Yakubov, the uncredited editor of volume 10's critical commentary, called to inform him of his mistake and demanded an explanation, Titarenko hung up.

[5] Atovmyan subsequently became part of Shostakovich's circle of close friends;[6] later, he was regularly entrusted with arranging concert suites of his film music.

[8] Although made with Shostakovich's tacit approval and based on his music, Atovmyan's arrangements incorporated extensive alterations and newly-composed material.

[1] The unusual scoring, which includes three sections of violins and two pianos, suggests that the suite may have been assembled for a specific ensemble.

These were reduced to two in the 2001 New Collected Works edition of the score; this was accomplished by combining the first and second violin parts, which frequently played unison.

1's premiere for The Observer wrote that the music was "Shostakovich at his most unbuttoned and jovial":[16] The LSO played the Second Suite for Jazz Orchestra or Dance Band [sic] with its four blaring saxophones, accordion and guitar, as if to the manner born...

[18] Roger Covell in the Sydney Morning Herald praised Chailly's "elegantly played" recording and compared Shostakovich's music favorably with William Walton's Façade.