Shostakovich: THE NOSEThe Moscow Chamber Opera Theatre made operatic history in 1974 with their production of The Nose by Dmitri Shostakovich. The composer himself supervised rehearsals. In this 1979 taping of the production, Gennady Rozhdestvensky leads soloists, Chorus, and Orchestra of the Moscow Chamber Opera Theater. DVD bonus: Footage of Shostakovich at one of the rehearsals (1975), and Boris Pokrovsky speaking about the genesis and importance of the production. Sung

Catalogue #: 600381

Artist: Musica Antigua

Lorin Maazel leads the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and in this celebrated live 1963 Salzburg production

Bud Powell

along with excerpts from a performance by the Manhattan School of Music Symphony Orchestra

Willard White

Ferenc Fricsay & others

Miss Argerich performs the Schumann Piano Concerto (with CBC Montreal Symphony Orchestra conducted by Franz- Paul Decker)

Makvala Kasrashvili

Margherita Carosio

Telecast of December 10

Orquesta Adolfo de Angelis