Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26856 in Music
• Released on: 2009-04-27
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds
• Running time: 73 minutes

Review
''Shostakovich's film score The Girlfriends is among Naxos' most enterprising recent releases, not least for including the tantalising torso of a very different 'ninth symphony'. Excellent direction from Mark Fitz-Gerald - a conductor we should hear more of on disc.'' --Gramophone (Richard Whitehouse, December 2009)

CD Description
This treasure trove of Shostakovich rarities presents four world premiére recordings. The music for the film 'The Girlfriends', newly reconstructed from various original sources including the 1934 soundtrack and a number of recently discovered 'Preludes', and the scores for the stage productions of 'Salute to Spain' and 'Rule, Britannia!', come from one of the most fertile and brilliant periods of the composer's creative life and are almost completely unknown. The unfinished symphonic movement from 1945, that had lain hidden for more than half a century, turns out to be Shostakovich's first idea for his 'Ninth Symphony'.

Customer Reviews

Unknown Shostakovich a real winner
Not known to me until now to me, this Shostakovich score is full of wit and punch.