Dmitri Shostakovich : Podrugi (The Girlfriends)

Описание: Music to the film "Podrugi (The Girlfriends)" Op. 41a (1934-1935)

01. Introduction (Opening Credits) - Moderato (String Quartet) 0:00
02. The Year 1914 : The workers' residential block and factory gates - Allegretto (String Quartet) 3:01
03. The families wait for the strikers to return - Allegretto (String Quartet, Trumpet, Piano) 5:09
04. 'The Inn of the Keys to Happiness' - Allegretto moderato (String Quartet, Trumpet, Piano) 8:47
05. The children attempt to sing their 'poppy song' - Allegretto (Instrumental Ensemble) 11:12
06. By the river : Revolutionary song 'Zamuchen tiazheloi nevolei' (Tormented by a Lack of Freedom) - (Asya, Zoya, Natasha, Senka, Silych (Solo Voices)) 14:09
07. Fanfare (Trumpet Solo) 15:00
08. The story of Silych's son, Ivan - Allegretto (Trumpet, String Quartet, Harp and Piano) 15:27
09. 'Zamuchen tiazheloi nevolei' (Tormented by a Lack of Freedom) (Male Chorus, Children) 17:43
10. The Year 1919, Russian Civil War. Fanfare and Organ Voluntary (Three Trumpets, Organ) 22:55
11. Internationale - The girls leave for war (Banda) 24:31
12. The girls attend to the wounded soldiers on the battlefield - Largo, Adagio (Timpani, Harp, Organ) 26:34
13. The town of Pushkin has been taken by the enemy - Alla Marcia (Banda) 28:21
14. Internationale - The girls and the wounded soldiers retreat by train (Solo Theremin) 29:29
15. Zoya in the snowy forest - Andante sostenuto (String Trio) 31:16
16. 'The Forester's Hut - Andante (Piano, String Quartet) 33:01
17. Fanfare : Andrei arrives with news from the front (2 Trumpets, Sidedrum) 35:52
18. Fanfare (2 Trumpets) 36:21
19. The girls find a chicken - Allegro (Piano, Trumpet, String Quartet) (music not used in the film) 37:06
20. Natasha and Zoya sing a nostalgic song 'Gde eti tyoplie nochi' (Where are those warm nights?) (2 solo voices) 39:04
21. Natasha and Zoya are rescued - Allegro molto (Orchestra) 40:53
22. Fanfare : Andrei and Senka arrive (2 Trumpets) 42:38
23. Andrei's closing words - Adagio (Orchestra) 43:17

Tracks 05, 07, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 20, 21, and 22 are reconstructed by Mark Fitz-Gerald

Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra

Members of the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra :

String Quartet

Piotr Tarcholik, violin I
Kinga Tomaszewska, violin II
Beata Raszewska, viola
Zdzslaw Lapinski, cello

Intrumental Ensemble

Janusz Skramlik, violin I
Kinga Tomaszewska, violin II
Zdzislaw Lapinski, cello
Malgorzata Otremba, piccolo
Aleksander Tesarczyk, e flat clarinet
Stanislaw Dziewior, trumpet
Piotr Kopinski, piano
Piotr Polaniecki, xylophone

String Trio

Piotr Tarcholik, violin
Beata Raszewska, viola
Zdzislaw Lapinski, cello

Banda (track 11)

Stanislaw Dziewior, cornet
Benedykt Matusik, cornet
Jan Boglowski, cornet
Piotr Pyda, cornet
Mariusz Zietek, tenor tubas
Rudolf Brudny, tenor tubas
Michal Mazurkiewicz, euphonium
Jakub Urbanczyk, tuba
Lukasz Urbanczyk, tuba
Krzysztof Jaguszewski, percussion
Wojciech Morcinczyk, percussion
Piotr Polaniecki, percussion

Banda (track 13)

Stanislaw Dziewior, cornet
Benedykt Matusik, cornet
Mariusz Zietek, tenor tuba
Jakub Urbanczyk, tuba
Krzysztof Jaguszewski, percussion
Wojciech Morcinczyk, percussion
Piotr Polaniecki, percussion

Stanislaw Dziewior, trumpet (tracks 03-04, 07-08, 10, 17-19, 22)

Benedykt Matusik, trumpet (tracks 10, 17, 18, 22)

Piotr Pyda, trumpet (track 10)

Piotr Kopinski, piano (tracks 03-04, 08, 16, 19)

Antoni Brozek, piano (track 04)

Julia Ormicka-Gajda, harp (tracks 08, 12)

Sebastian Matyja, organ (tracks 10, 12)

Krzysztof Jaguszewski, timpani (track 12)

Wojciech Morcinzyk, sidedrum (track 17)

Solo voices

Agnieszka Bochenek-Osiecka, soprano (tracks 06, 20)
Aleksandra Poniszowska, soprano (track 06)
Elzbieta Starczynowska, soprano (track 06)
Sabina Myrczek, alto (tracks 06, 20)
Adam Myrczek, bass (track 06)

Men's voices of Camerata Silesia - The Katowice City Singers' Ensemble (Anna Szostak, artistic director) (tracks 06, 09, 20)

Celia Sheen, theremin

Year of Recording : 2008