Shostakovich: The Gadfly (Complete) / Fitz-Gerald, Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

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Naxos
Release Date
November 10, 2017
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI
    • PERFORMER
      Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz, Bachchor Mainz, Fitz-Gerald
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      November 10, 2017
    • UPC
      747313374779
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8573747
    • LABEL
      Naxos
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Overture

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    2. The Cliffs

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    3. The Austrians

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    4. Youth

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Performer: Nikolaus Boewer

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    5. Political Meeting

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Performer: Florian Barak

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    6. Divine Service at the Cathedral

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Elke Voelker

    7. Arrest

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    8. A Slap in the Face

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    9. Laughter

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Performer: Elke Voelker

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    10. The River

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    11. March: The Church Supports the Austrians

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    12. Folk Dance: Tarantella

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Performer: Ralph Herrnkind, Christian Wernicke

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    13. Barrel Organ

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    14. Divine Service

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Elke Voelker

    15. J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Bachchor Mainz, Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    16. Exit from the Cathedral

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    17. Gemma's Room

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Performer: Florian Barak

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    18. Guitars

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Ralph Herrnkind, Christian Wernicke

    19. Contredanse

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    20. Galop

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    21. Fanfares

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    22. Bazar

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    23. Rout

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    24. Prison

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    25. Youth (reprise)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Performer: Nikolaus Boewer

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    26. Montanelli Leaves the Prisoner's Cell

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    27. Letter

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Performer: Florian Barak

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    28. The River (reprise)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    29. Finale

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    30. Ovod (The Gadfly), Op. 97: Confession (excluded from the soundtrack)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Elke Voelker

    31. Ovod (The Gadfly), Op. 97: A. de Févin: Ave Maria (excluded from the soundtrack)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Performer: Elke Voelker

    32. Presto -

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    33. Andante

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald

    34. Andante - Allegro, "The Song of The Counterplan" (version for orchestra)

      Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich

      Ensemble: Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz

      Conductor: Mark Fitz-Gerald


Set in mid-nineteenth-century Italy during a turbulent period of pre-Unification political unrest, The Gadfly drew from Shostakovich one of his most dazzling and popular film scores, heard hitherto on record only in a suite arranged and reorchestrated by Levon Atovmian. This recording presents the full, original score for the first time, as closely as possible to shostakovich’s original conception. Reconstructed by Mark Fitz-Gerald from the original manuscript and the Russian film soundtrack, it calls for a large orchestra including church bells, an organ, two guitars and a mandolin, all excluded from the Atovmian suite. The excerpts from The Counterplan, which marked the fifteenth anniversary of the 1917 Revolution, include the infectious hit-tune The Song of the Counterplan.