Dmitri Shostakovich - Romance (from The Gadfly Op 97a)

This recording is not original film soundtrack. Violin: Tasmin Little Piano: Piers Lane Ethel Lilian Voynich Boole is the author of the novel “Gadfly“ which was enormously popular in the Soviet Union. The Russians even named a crater of the Venus planet after it. The novel set in Italy in the 1800’s, which was a time of revolt and uprisings and features the hero as a mysterious satirist who is only known by his pseudonym Gadfly. At once a romance, tragedy and heroic story, it’s got passionate characters, dark secrets, betrayal and atonement, and expertly incorporates them into the author’s controversial theme - the criticism of the church. The movie was a great success, partly due to the charisma of young Oleg Strizhenov in his screen debut. He was very convincing as romantic and tragic Arthur as he moves from being a theological student with Padre Montanelli (his father figure powerful performance by Nikolai Simo