Fleishman: Rothschild's Violin / Shostakovich: The Gamblers Vasily Petrenko's first recording with the RLPO, with the European Opera Centre
Price: £ 22
CD 1
Veniamin Fleishman Rothchild's Violin (an opera in one act from the story by Anton Chekhov, completed and orchestrated by Dmitri Shostakovich)
CD 2
Dmitri Shostakovich The Gamblers (An unfinished opera based on the play by Gogol)
Singers: Roman Astakohov, Peter Danailov, Elena Gabouri, Jacek Janisqewski, Andris Lapins, Michal Lehotsky, Piotr Nowacki.
Vasily Petrenko's first recording with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in a production made in association with the European Opera Centre. 2 CD set.
"...we have two off-cuts of musical history - but to hear them sung as well as this and accompanied by the lush, full sound of the RLPO is still a treat in itself, and reveals young Mr Petrenko as a conductor of great gifts. (4*)"
Manchester Evening News
"...fascinating... for its hints of the direction [Shostakovich's] operatic thoughts might have been leading"
The Guardian - read the full review
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