Since you are interested in Fleischman: Rothschild's Violin (complete opera) (with Shostakovich-The Gamblers), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
VIVALDI
The Rise of the North Italian Violin Concerto 1690-1740: Volume Two: Virtuoso Impresario Mhairi Lawson (soprano) / La Serenissima / Adrian Chandler (violin and director) [ Avie / CD - released 23/Sep/2007 ] "An outstanding collection, vividly characterised and full of energy, of fine - but not over-familiar - music" (Recording of the Month MusicWeb Sept 2007) |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Symphonies, Vol. 4 - Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Nov/2010 ] "Petrenko's Shostakovich cycle goes from strength to strength...If there has been a finer account of the Tenth in recent years, I confess I must have missed it." Gramophone Award WINNER 2011 - Orchestral |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk (Complete Opera recorsded in 1978) Galina Vishnevskaya, Nicolai Gedda, Dimiter Petkov / Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Philharmonic, Mstislav Rostropovich [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 20/May/2016 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - 'Rostropovich in his finest recording ever. With an impressive cast and Rostropovich's galvanizing commitment so strongly conveyed' - Gramophone Rosette Recording |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Songs and Operas (Incls From Jewish Folk Poetry & Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk) (special price) Luba Organosova (soprano) Elisabeth SAderstrAm (soprano) Philip Langridge (tenor) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (barit) / Gothenburg Symphony / Neeme JANvi [ Decca Budget Boxes / 5 CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] Shostakovich wrote music in all genres but it is for the 15 Symphonies and 15 String Quartets that he is held in the highest esteem and for which he produced some of his greatest works |
SERGI RACHMANINOV
Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances / The Isle of the Dead / The Rock Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko [ Avie / CD - released 1/Mar/2010 ] "Petrenko achieves a wonderfully integrated blend of orchestral sound, yet his attention to details of instrumentation and dynamic is achieved without artificial highlighting." Sunday Times, 21st February 2010 **** |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Balda (Comic Book Opera) / Orchestral Suite from Lady Macbeth Russian Philharmonic Orchestra / Thomas Sanderling (with the State Chamber Choir conducted by Alexander Soloviev) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] Shostakovich wrote the comic book opera Balda for an animated film based on text by Pushkin’s The Priest and the Fool; the film was never released and largely destroyed during the siege of Leningrad in 1941. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Moskva Cheryomushki, Op.105 (Complete Opera) Russian State Symphonic Cappella / Residentie Orchestra The Hague / Rozhdestvensky [ Chandos Classics / 2 CD - released 21/Sep/2001 ] Complete operetta |