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Shostakovich - The Girlfriends

World première recordings

Celia Sheen (solo theremin), Kamil Barczewski (bass)

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Camerata Silesia, Mark Fitz-Gerald

This is a significant new release of mostly minor Shostakovich rarities - painstakingly restored by Mark Fitz-Gerald, faultlessly delivered by first-class Polish musicians in bright, clear sound... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 27th Apr 2009
  • Catalogue No: 8572138
  • Label: Naxos
  • Length: 72 minutes

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Contents

Shostakovich: Podrugi (Girl Friends), Op. 41a [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Work length46:13
$23.00
$29.90
  • Agnieszka Bochenek-Osiecka, Aleksandra Poniszowska, Elzbieta Starczynowska, Sabina Myrczek, Adam Myrczek, Celia Sheen
  • Camerata Silesia, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Mark Fitz-Gerald

Introduction [opening credits]

Track length3:02
$1.00
$1.30

The Year 1914: The workers' residential block and factory gates

Track length2:08
$1.00
$1.30

The families wait for the strikers to return

Track length3:37
$1.00
$1.30

The Inn of the Keys to Happiness

Track length2:24
$1.00
$1.30

The children attempt to sing their poppy song [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length2:56
$1.00
$1.30

By the river: Revolutionary song Zamuchen tiazheloi nevolei [Tormented by a Lack of Freedom] [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length0:50
$1.00
$1.30

Fanfare [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length0:26
$1.00
$1.30

The story of Silych's son, Ivan

Track length2:16
$1.00
$1.30

Zamuchen tiazheloi nevolei [Tormented by a Lack of Freedom] [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length5:11
$1.00
$1.30

The Year 1919, Russian Civil War - Fanfare and Organ Voluntary [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length1:35
$1.00
$1.30

Internationale: The girls leave for war [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length2:03
$1.00
$1.30

The girls attend to the wounded soldiers on the battlefield [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length1:46
$1.00
$1.30

Alla Marcia. The town of Pushkin has been taken by the enemy [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length1:08
$1.00
$1.30

Internationale: The girls and the wounded soldiers retreat by train

Track length1:46
$1.00
$1.30

Zoya in the snowy forest [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length1:45
$1.00
$1.30

The Forester's Hut

Track length2:50
$1.00
$1.30

Fanfare. Andrei arrives with news from the front [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length0:29
$1.00
$1.30

Fanfare [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length0:46
$1.00
$1.30

The girls find a chicken

Track length1:56
$1.00
$1.30

Natasha and Zoya sing a nostalgic song, Gde eti tyoplie nochi [Where Are those warm nights?] [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length1:48
$1.00
$1.30

Natasha and Zoya Are rescued [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length1:40
$1.00
$1.30

Fanfare. Andrei and Senka arrive [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length0:38
$1.00
$1.30

Andrei's closing words

Track length3:13
$1.00
$1.30

Shostakovich: Prav', Britaniya (Rule, Britannia), Op. 28

Work length8:41
$6.00
$7.80
  • Camerata Silesia, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Mark Fitz-Gerald

Internationale [arr. M.Fitz-Gerald for vocal ensemble and orchestra]

Track length1:40
$1.00
$1.30

Infantry March [arr. M.Fitz-Gerald for vocal ensemble and orchestra]

Track length1:50
$1.00
$1.30

Along the Soviet Route [arr. M.Fitz-Gerald for vocal ensemble and orchestra]

Track length1:06
$1.00
$1.30

Protest [reconstructed by M. Fitz-Gerald] [arr. M.Fitz-Gerald for vocal ensemble and orchestra]

Track length2:27
$1.00
$1.30

Raising the Banner [arr. M.Fitz-Gerald for vocal ensemble and orchestra]

Track length0:36
$1.00
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The Banners Flap in the Wind [arr. M.Fitz-Gerald for vocal ensemble and orchestra]

Track length1:02
$1.00
$1.30

Shostakovich: Salyut, Ispaniya (Hail, Spain), Op. 44

Work length10:42
$9.00
$11.70
  • Kamil Barczewski
  • Camerata Silesia, Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Mark Fitz-Gerald

Fanfare I

Track length0:11
$1.00
$1.30

March of the Officers

Track length1:36
$1.00
$1.30

Fanfare II

Track length0:09
$1.00
$1.30

Anon.: A las barricadas! [to the Barricades!] [arranged by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length1:16
$1.00
$1.30

Song of Rosita

Track length2:34
$1.00
$1.30

Fanfare III

Track length0:12
$1.00
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Attrib. I. S. Aturov: Po dolinam i po vzgor'yam [Along the valleys and over the hills] [arranged by M. Fitz-Gerald]

Track length1:07
$1.00
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Reminiscence of the Song of Rosita

Track length0:55
$1.00
$1.30

Lucia's Funeral March

Track length2:42
$1.00
$1.30

Shostakovich: Symphonic Fragment (Early Version of 1st Movement of Symphony No. 9)

Work length6:38
$1.00
$1.30
  • Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra
  • Mark Fitz-Gerald

Symphonic Fragment (1st version of Symphony no. 9) [1st Version of Symphony no. 9]

Track length6:38
$1.00
$1.30

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