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)
1Part I: March02:33
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
2Part I: Foxtrot (arr. M. Fitz-Gerald for orchestra)02:26
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
3Part I: Galop (arr. M. Fitz-Gerald for orchestra)02:22
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
4Part I: Waltz No. 1 (arr. M. Fitz-Gerald for orchestra)00:58
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
5Part I: Intermezzo03:11
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
6Part I: Wedding Scene05:39
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
7Part I: Fire01:07
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
8Part I: Fire Signals 1-2-3-400:37
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
9Part I: Firemen's Choir00:48
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
10Part II: Scene in the Public Garden02:50
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
11Part II: March of the Pioneers02:12
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
12Part II: Flourish00:09
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
13Part II: March of the City Elders00:49
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
14Part II: Waltz No. 200:46
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
15Part II: Closing March02:01
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)
16Introduction01:58
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
17Distribution of Arms00:59
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
18Interlude00:21
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
19How 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)
20Intermezzo00:54
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
21Soldiers' March01:40
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
22March: Scherzando01:39
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
23How Long Will My Heart Ache and Moan? (female chorus)01:53
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)
Juris, Dani (Conductor)
2478 rpm Record: Waltz01:44
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
25Interlude00:40
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
26Morning March00:48
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
27Drunken Soldier00:21
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
28Domestic Mayhem01:16
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
29A Team of Women02:17
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
30Soldier's Murder02:19
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
31Women Go Down the Mine01:08
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
32Death in the Mines01:00
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
33The Funeral03:03
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
34Dramatic Chords00:37
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
35Passing the Time01:03
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
36Greeting the Red Army Men00:59
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
37Fanfare00:17
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
38Finale00:51
Rheinland-Pfalz State Philharmonic Orchestra (Orchestra)
Fitz-Gerald, Mark (Conductor)
Mannheim Opera Choir (Choir)

Total Playing Time: 58:15