Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra > Lehotsky, Michal

Fleishman: Rothschild's Violin; et al / Petrenko, et al

2 CD / Avie Records / 2009-04-01

Works: Benjamin Fleischmann: Rothschild's Violin, opera [completed by Dimitry Shostakovich]; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Gamblers, opera, for 6 male voices & orchestra (unfinished)
Performers: Astakhov, Roman; Danailov, Peter; Gabouri, Elena; Janiszewski, Jacek; Kuusik, Oliver; Lapins, Andris; Lehotsky, Michal; Matthews, Kevin; McCall, Alastair; Nowacki, Piotr; Quinn, Lewis James
Conductors: Petrenko, Vasily
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Shostakovich never finished The Gamblers, but he was able to complete Rothschild's Violin, the work of his student Venyamin Fleishman who was killed during combat...continue...