Shostakovich's Romance from The Gadfly

December 30, 2013 at 09:56 AM · I don't remember where I got it from - I thought it was IMSLP but when I just checked they are not off copyright yet.

Its the piano+violin copy and in Russian, so possibly the original? But easy to read off. You're welcome to a copy...

edit: sent via FB..

December 30, 2013 at 06:29 PM · Thanks! All the works are still under copyright. You have an edition in C major, and one that's significantly shortened from the whole thing, I think.

December 30, 2013 at 07:00 PM · I think you would have to see the movie to be sure of the original length. Do you know the key of the original? At least mine is in Russian so it might be closer to the original than you might think.

December 30, 2013 at 07:10 PM · I'm pretty sure the original is in C major - I had a copy that one of my old teachers (who studied with David Oistrakh) brought from Moscow with him which I lost, that I remember being in C major. It's not a long piece - the violin part was just one page long.

The orchestral parts are most likely only available to rent, not to buy.

December 30, 2013 at 07:56 PM · The version that Nicola Benedetti plays on her Silver Violin recording is in Ab. The version that Jonathan Carney plays on an orchestral recording of the suite is in Db.

The Sikorski edition is in C. There's an English edition in D.

December 30, 2013 at 09:27 PM · I reckon that the Nicola Benedetti is tasteless and overdone. Swells and blauck. Find a better version. I heard one on the radio, just a bloke who was the concert master for ?LSO or something. It was very nice. I'll ask my teacher what version she used, but it was done with orchestra. She may have had other versions to compare with.

December 30, 2013 at 09:41 PM · I'm guessing you heard Jonathan Carney's recording (which is also on YouTube). These days he's the concertmaster of the Baltimore SO, but he recorded it with the RPO.

January 1, 2014 at 01:24 AM · I think it's in the Shostakovich: Albumstucke for Violin & Piano (EP4794), published by Edition Peters.

January 1, 2014 at 04:03 AM · Yes, she played the D flat version. Quick run through of it in C and Db, sound much nicer in Db.

Googles gives the sheet music available for free download in Russian, but in C, with piano company.

January 1, 2014 at 07:11 AM · The Edition Peters lists a Romance in D, and a Romance in C. No preview that I can find anywhere, so not sure what this is.

The score, available in the DSCH edition, has the work in Db.

January 1, 2014 at 09:20 PM · It was very popular in Soviet Union thirty years ago, often being played on radiobroadcasts by very famous "Bolshoi Theatre Violinists" ensemble, and its canonical version for violin is in C.

January 1, 2014 at 09:39 PM · there is also a watered down version that is just the melodies VS a better sounding one that has double stop variations. But it's pretty easy, and can be very effective. Sorry I don't know the edition names or anything...

January 1, 2014 at 09:55 PM ·