We’ve found another great review of our Shostakovich Film Series on the blog “Film Music: The Neglected Art.” This was our second re-release of the series. Check out our most recent release “Film Music Vol. 3” by clicking here.
From “Film Music: The Neglected Art”
Alone/Shostakovich
“Written fairly early on in his career between his fourth and fifth symphonies Alone was the second film Dmitri worked on, the first being the silent film The New Babylon. Alone started as a silent film but changed gears during filming and was an early sound film from Russia…
… The entire work is extremely creative listening, music that is unusual for a soundtrack. While I’ve never seen the film I can only imagine how his music is incorporated into it.
This is one that is going to take a series of repeated listens over a period of days for you to become comfortable with. It like the first release on Delos The Young Guard/Zola /DRD 2001 is a remastering from Russian Disc label recording from 1995. Conductor Mnatsakanov and the Byelorussian Radio and TV Symphony Orchestra seem to have a good grasp on the material. Look for further releases in the summer of 2010. One worth exploring.”
Read the very informative and wonderful review on the Film Music blog!
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