Belarussian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Russian State Symphony Cinema Orchestra
State Chamber Choir of the Republic of Belarus
Dmitri Shostakovich
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Recording & Production
This album features the world premiere recording of The Silly Little Mouse, thanks to conductor Walter Mnatsakanov, who located the materials in the archives of the State Cinema Orchestra.
Composition History
Adventures of Korzinkina, a comedy from 1940, was originally intended as the first in a series of comedies, but World War II intervened, leaving it as a standalone work.
Compositional Technique
Shostakovich's film music often features his characteristic stylistic fingerprints, such as rich polyphonic development, broad instrumental solos, and contrasting instrumental colors for dramatic versus lyrical episodes.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Dmitri Shostakovich frequently incorporated literal quotations or references to folk or 'pop' music in his film scores, which he used to symbolize the vulgarity of the nouveau riche and bourgeois lifestyle.
Composer Biography
Dmitri Shostakovich began his frequent contributions to the film score genre with his score for the 1929 silent film The New Babylon, a genre that significantly influenced his stylistic evolution.
Composition History
The film score for The Tale of the Priest and His Worker Balda, composed in 1934 for an animated film, was banned under rigid Soviet censorship.
Composition History
The Silly Little Mouse is Shostakovich's only film score conceived as an entire composition not divided into separate sections, functioning as a one-act children's opera.
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