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- Original Release Date: 26 May 2009
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| Song Title | Artist | Time | Price | |||
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| Play | 1. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): Introduction (opening credits) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 3:02 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 2. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): The Year 1914: The workers' residential block and factory gates | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 2:08 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 3. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): The families wait for the strikers to return | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 3:37 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 4. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): The Inn of the Keys to Happiness | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 2:24 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 5. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): The children attempt to sing their poppy song (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 2:56 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 6. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): By the river: Revolutionary song Zamuchen tiazheloi nevolei (Tormented by a Lack of Freedom) (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 0:51 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 7. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): Fanfare (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 0:27 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 8. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): The story of Silych's son, Ivan | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 2:16 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 9. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): Zamuchen tiazheloi nevolei (Tormented by a Lack of Freedom) (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 5:11 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 10. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): The Year 1919, Russian Civil War - Fanfare and Organ Voluntary (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:35 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 11. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): Internationale: The girls leave for war (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 2:03 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 12. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): The girls attend to the wounded soldiers on the battlefield (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:46 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 13. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): Alla Marcia: The town of Pushkin has been taken by the enemy (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:08 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 14. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): Internationale: The girls and the wounded soldiers retreat by train | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:46 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 15. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): Zoya in the snowy forest (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:45 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 16. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): The Forester's Hut | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 2:50 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 17. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): Fanfare: Andrei arrives with news from the front (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 0:29 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 18. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): Fanfare (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 0:46 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 19. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): The girls find a chicken | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:56 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 20. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): Natasha and Zoya sing a nostalgic song, Gde eti tyoplie nochi (Where are those warm nights?) (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:48 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 21. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): Natasha and Zoya are rescued (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:40 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 22. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): Fanfare: Andrei and Senka arrive (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 0:38 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 23. Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald): Andrei's closing words | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 3:13 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 24. Prav', Britaniya (Rule, Britannia), Op. 28: Internationale | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:40 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 25. Prav', Britaniya (Rule, Britannia), Op. 28: Infantry March | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:50 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 26. Prav', Britaniya (Rule, Britannia), Op. 28: Along the Soviet Route | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:06 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 27. Prav', Britaniya (Rule, Britannia), Op. 28: Protest (reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 2:28 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 28. Prav', Britaniya (Rule, Britannia), Op. 28: Raising the Banner | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 0:36 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 29. Prav', Britaniya (Rule, Britannia), Op. 28: The Banners Flap in the Wind | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:02 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 30. Salyut, Ispaniya (Salute to Spain), Op. 44: Fanfare I | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 0:11 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 31. Salyut, Ispaniya (Salute to Spain), Op. 44: March of the Officers | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:36 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 32. Salyut, Ispaniya (Salute to Spain), Op. 44: Fanfare II | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 0:09 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 33. Salyut, Ispaniya (Salute to Spain), Op. 44: Anon.: A las barricadas! (To the Barricades!) (arranged by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:16 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 34. Salyut, Ispaniya (Salute to Spain), Op. 44: Song of Rosita | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 2:35 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 35. Salyut, Ispaniya (Salute to Spain), Op. 44: Fanfare III | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 0:12 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 36. Salyut, Ispaniya (Salute to Spain), Op. 44: attrib. I. S. Aturov: Po dolinam i po vzgor'yam (Along the valleys and over the hills) (arranged by M. Fitz-Gerald) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 1:07 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 37. Salyut, Ispaniya (Salute to Spain), Op. 44: Reminiscence of the Song of Rosita | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 0:55 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 38. Salyut, Ispaniya (Salute to Spain), Op. 44: Lucia's Funeral March | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 2:42 | £0.69 | ||
| Play | 39. Symphonic Movement (1st version of Symphony no. 9): Symphonic Fragment (1st version of Symphony no. 9) | Mark Fitz-Gerald | 6:38 | £0.69 |
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7 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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Not known to me until now to me, this Shostakovich score is full of wit and punch.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
splendid addition to the discography
14 Oct 2009
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Shostakovich enthusiasts should buy this immediately. The music to The Girlfriends movie and the fragment from the first movement of an aborted start to a proposed Symphony #9 -- no relation to the existing #9 -- are echt DSCH; the other two works, Rule Britannia (name of a ship, not the anthem) and Salute to Spain are not as exciting, but no matter: they represent less than a third of the music on this CD.
Shostakovich occasionally makes reference to other composers in his compositions -- Beethoven and Rossini, for example. All these references are mentioned in liner notes and other material about the DSCH canon. In Girlfrends, however, there is an entire one minute arrangement of another composer's famous work -- and no mention in the excellent liner notes to this CD. I'm not telling you the band number, composer's name or work, because I'm hoping a knowledgeable reader will confirm my identification of the work by commenting on this website. Happy hunting!
Shostakovich occasionally makes reference to other composers in his compositions -- Beethoven and Rossini, for example. All these references are mentioned in liner notes and other material about the DSCH canon. In Girlfrends, however, there is an entire one minute arrangement of another composer's famous work -- and no mention in the excellent liner notes to this CD. I'm not telling you the band number, composer's name or work, because I'm hoping a knowledgeable reader will confirm my identification of the work by commenting on this website. Happy hunting!
Mainly for ardent fans, though the playing is good and there are some interesting parts here
13 Sep 2011
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For ardent Shostakovich fans and scholars this release is an obvious must, as it contains several world premiere recordings. But despite the intriguing program I am less sure I can unequivocally recommend this disc to more general listeners. These are curiosities and the musical rewards are generally rather slim. The music for the movie The Girlfriends was written in 1934 for a story about three girlfriends who become nurses during the Russian Civil War. Only a few numbers have survived; the remaining ones - in fact, the majority of them - have been transcribed (by ear) by the conductor Mark Fitz-Gerald. There are 23 numbers in all, scored primarily for chamber forces (in addition to original music, Shostakovich incorporated some popular revolutionary songs for choral forces). Indeed, the music for the first track showed up in the second movement of Shostakovich's first string quartet, and apart from that very number there is preciously little in the score that is remotely memorable. The mood is generally rather bleak and even eerie (there are parts for the theremin here as well), and the style is consistent with the style of his early ballets, but there is no trace of the invention and imagination so obvious in The Golden Age or The Bolt.
The incidental music for Salute to Spain (1936) and Rule Britannia! (1931) are generally light-weight as well, adding some pomp and circumstance to rather slim musical contents. True, there are touches of Shostakovichian ingenuity in both works, and neither work should be dismissed as completely worthless, but neither is it music I can imagine many people would want to listen to more than once.
That leaves us with what is by some distance the main attraction of the disc, the Symphonic Movement from 1945. This was intended for his ninth symphony but eventually discarded. It is a rather intense work of dark muscularity and sinewy strength, epic in conception and somberly intense. It reminds one far more of the music for the eight symphony than the music that was eventually going to constitute the actual ninth. Maybe that is one reason Shostakovich set it aside; another may be that the whole movement sounds more like a self-standing work than a symphonic movement; a third reason probably that, despite its qualities, it is not really a work quite on the level of the music of the symphonies he did, in fact, compose at the time. It also seems to be incomplete, since it ends rather suddenly and surprisingly (and last for less than seven minutes in total).
The performances are compelling throughout, spirited and bold and full of life, and the solo playing (and singing) is generally compelling. The sound is good, as are the notes. Still, I cannot really force myself to give this disc more than a hesitant recommendation - it will, to repeat myself yet again, be invaluable to those with a special interest in the composer, but the musical rewards are, overall, questionable.
The incidental music for Salute to Spain (1936) and Rule Britannia! (1931) are generally light-weight as well, adding some pomp and circumstance to rather slim musical contents. True, there are touches of Shostakovichian ingenuity in both works, and neither work should be dismissed as completely worthless, but neither is it music I can imagine many people would want to listen to more than once.
That leaves us with what is by some distance the main attraction of the disc, the Symphonic Movement from 1945. This was intended for his ninth symphony but eventually discarded. It is a rather intense work of dark muscularity and sinewy strength, epic in conception and somberly intense. It reminds one far more of the music for the eight symphony than the music that was eventually going to constitute the actual ninth. Maybe that is one reason Shostakovich set it aside; another may be that the whole movement sounds more like a self-standing work than a symphonic movement; a third reason probably that, despite its qualities, it is not really a work quite on the level of the music of the symphonies he did, in fact, compose at the time. It also seems to be incomplete, since it ends rather suddenly and surprisingly (and last for less than seven minutes in total).
The performances are compelling throughout, spirited and bold and full of life, and the solo playing (and singing) is generally compelling. The sound is good, as are the notes. Still, I cannot really force myself to give this disc more than a hesitant recommendation - it will, to repeat myself yet again, be invaluable to those with a special interest in the composer, but the musical rewards are, overall, questionable.
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