I'm distinguishing sardonic grimaces from "a genuine smile". The scherzos and the quartet waltz you mention are all grim and terrifying; they never smile. Even "Moscow Cheremushki" is sardonic and pastiche; it may be funny but it never relaxes and has fun, which is what Prokofiev so often does.
I'll give you "Tahiti Trot" and the Scarlatti orchestration, and some of the early ballet music (I don't know the flute waltzes, and I'm not sure what film music you're thinking of), but note that they're all very early works, long predating the Lady Macbeth fuss - which I think is the clue for what happened to Shostakovich.
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Re: A couple of points
Date: 2007-06-20 04:50 pm (UTC)I'll give you "Tahiti Trot" and the Scarlatti orchestration, and some of the early ballet music (I don't know the flute waltzes, and I'm not sure what film music you're thinking of), but note that they're all very early works, long predating the Lady Macbeth fuss - which I think is the clue for what happened to Shostakovich.