Arranger(s): Fitz-Gerald, Mark
Label: Naxos
Genre: Film and TV Music; Orchestral
Period: 20th Century
Catalogue No: 8.574100
Barcode: 747313410071
Release Date: 11/2019

SHOSTAKOVICH, D.: Bedbug (The) / Love and Hate (Mannheim Opera Choir, Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic, Fitz-Gerald)

Shostakovich was still a young composer when he was hired to provide incidental music for The Bedbug, a surreal and farcical satire on Communist utopian dreams and bourgeois corruption and vulgarity. He produced a terrifically knockabout score that draws on local fireman’s bands and American dance music. Illustrated by Shostakovich’s powerful middle-period music, Love and Hate is a film about female fortitude set in a mining village during the 1919 Civil War. The innovative score, newly reconstructed by Mark Fitz-Gerald from rough piano sketches and the 1935 soundtrack, combines symphonic sections with popular songs.

Tracklist

Shostakovich, Dmitry
Fitz-Gerald, Mark - Arranger
Mayakovsky, Vladimir - Lyricist
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
1 Part I: March 02:33
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
2 Part I: Foxtrot (arr. M. Fitz-Gerald for orchestra) 02:26
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
3 Part I: Galop (arr. M. Fitz-Gerald for orchestra) 02:22
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
4 Part I: Waltz No. 1 (arr. M. Fitz-Gerald for orchestra) 00:58
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
5 Part I: Intermezzo 03:11
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
6 Part I: Wedding Scene 05:39
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
7 Part I: Fire 01:07
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
8 Part I: Fire Signals 1-2-3-4 00:37
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
9 Part I: Firemen's Choir 00:48
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
10 Part II: Scene in the Public Garden 02:50
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
11 Part II: March of the Pioneers 02:12
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
12 Part II: Flourish 00:09
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
13 Part II: March of the City Elders 00:49
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
14 Part II: Waltz No. 2 00:46
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
15 Part II: Closing March 02:01
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Shostakovich, Dmitry
Fitz-Gerald, Mark - Arranger
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
Juris, Dani (Conductor)
16 Introduction 01:58
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
17 Distribution of Arms 00:59
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
18 Interlude 00:21
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
19 How Long Will My Heart Ache and Moan? (Natalia Maiorova, mezzo-soprano, wordless female chorus) 02:00
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
20 Intermezzo 00:54
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
21 Soldiers' March 01:40
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
22 March: Scherzando 01:39
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
23 How Long Will My Heart Ache and Moan? (female chorus) 01:53
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
Juris, Dani (Conductor)
24 78 rpm Record: Waltz 01:44
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
25 Interlude 00:40
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
26 Morning March 00:48
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
27 Drunken Soldier 00:21
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
28 Domestic Mayhem 01:16
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
29 A Team of Women 02:17
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
30 Soldier's Murder 02:19
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
31 Women Go Down the Mine 01:08
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
32 Death in the Mines 01:00
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
33 The Funeral 03:03
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
34 Dramatic Chords 00:37
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
35 Passing the Time 01:03
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
36 Greeting the Red Army Men 00:59
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
37 Fanfare 00:17
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
38 Finale 00:51
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)

Total Playing Time: 58:15