DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH (1906-1975)

 

The Girlfriends (Complete)

 

Podrugi (The Girlfriends) Complete Film Music, Op. 41 (ii) (reconstructed by Mark Fitz-Gerald)

Rule, Britannia! Op. 28

Salute to Spain, Op. 44

Symphonic Movement (1945, unfinished)

 

Celia Sheen - solo theremin

Kamil Barczewski - bass

 

Camerata Silesia / Artistic Director: Anna Szostak

 

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Mark Fitz-Gerald

 

This treasure trove of Shostakovich rarities presents four world première 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.

 

Naxos 8572138