Schostakowitsch, D. | Gamblers | CD

Dmitri Shostakovich was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, teacher and public figure, born in Saint Petersburg in 1906 and died in Moscow in 1975. He became world-famous at the age of 20, when his First Symphony was performed in concert halls of the USSR, Europe and the United States. His output includes symphonic and choral music, 15 string quartets, and chamber, ballet and film music. He was one of the most prolific writers of film music in Soviet Russia.

This is a recording of Shostakovich's opera The Gamblers, with a libretto after the play by Nikolai Gogol, issued on one CD by Brilliant Classics in 2010. The recording was made in Moscow between 27 and 30 March 1995. Andrey Chistiakov conducts the Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra, and the cast includes Vyacheslav Pochapsky as Alexei, Piotr Gluboky as Gavryushka and Alexander Arkhipov as Krugel.

Track List

1. Alexei-Ikharev
2. Shvokhnyev-Gavryushka
3. Ikharev-Alexei
4. The Game