"This is the fifth volume of music from Naxos dedicated to the restoration of complete film or theatre scores by Shostakovich ... Certainly as someone who enjoys film scores in general and Shostakovich's music in particular I am very pleased to have been able to hear this work ... Credit to Mark Fitz-Gerald and the team of musical restorers as well as Naxos for producing this well-documented, lovingly detailed disc ... All in all a welcome release, but one for the enthusiast rather than the general collector".
"Two world premieres here, but it's the colourful and comedic incidental music for 1929 play 'The Bedbug' which stands out as Dmitri dares to musically mock the state".
Fono Forum
2020 April
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Giselher Schubert
2020 April
"Schostakowitsch, der Meister episch-endloser Sinfonien, gibt sich in seinen Bühnen- und Filmmusiken als ein Meister der pointierenden Miniatur ... Die vorzügliche Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz beherrscht die musikalische Kunst der pointierenden Zuspitzung ... Dieser Filmmusiken geben die Musiker einen ernsthaft-beherrschten Duktus, wie man ihn aus der fünften Sinfonie von Schostakowitsch kennt".