Shostakovich - The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a - Part 8/12
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The Gadfly Suite, Op. 97a
1. Overture
2. Contredanse
3. Folk Feast (National Holiday)
4. Interlude
5. Barrel-Organ Waltz
6. Galop
7. Introduction (Prelude)
8. Romance
9. Intermezzo
10. Nocturne
11. Scene
12. Finale
Composer: Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Performer: Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra
World Premiere: April 12, 1955 Leningrad TV
Directed by Alexander Feinzimmer (responsible over twenty years earlier for Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kije), The Gadfly (Ovod) was first shown on 12 April 1955. Based on a period swashbuckler (1897) by Ethel Lilian Voynich, a minor English novelist (1864-1960), the story is set in 19th century Austrian-occupied Italy and tells of a freedom-fighter (the illegitimate son of a cardinal). Known as the "Gadfly" because his "sting" so maddens the authorities, he goes through various adventures before eventually meeting a hero's death by firing squad. Inspiring one of Shostakovich's most attractive scores, the twelve movements ("fragments") of the suite, Op. 97a (compiled by Lev Atoumian), reflect not only the heroism and lyric quality of Gabrilovitch's screenplay but also the clever archaic, romantic and popular pastiche of Shostakovich's musical underlining. Anticipations of symphonies to come, allusions to Rossini and Tchaikovsky, are plentiful. But the rightly famous Romance for violin and orchestra (a descendent of the Meditation from Thais) is in a luscious, heady, lover's world of its own. Like the Nocturne (solo cello), its timing, climax and cadence touches poetic genius.
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zizmusic 6 months ago in playlist Shostakovich Vol.3
One of the most beautiful and sad pieces he ever wrote.
scratchybow 8 months ago in playlist Sostakovic
Cette musique m'obsède.
littleiceage 1 year ago
3:59 <3
kyw950125 1 year ago
if u listen to another version of this (on the channel ClassicalMusicOnly) you'll find it even more romantic. imao i think this version is a little bit too fast in the beginning, a little bit too slow in the end
girlinHK14 1 year ago
That's because the main character was actually based on fanciful stories told by Reilly to the author of the original book.
soakchips 2 years ago
Used as themesong for "Reilly, Ace of Spies"
Yzerbroot 2 years ago
My mother says this music is far to pretty to be a "gadfly" haha :D
PapagenoJuan 3 years ago