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Composer:
Sergei Prokofiev

Artist(s):
Vladimir Ognovenko
Misha Didyk

Conductor:
Daniel Barenboim

Background: Blame it on the Russian Revolution: it took Sergey Prokofiev (1891-1953) only a few months to write his early opera 'The Gambler' between October 1915 and March 1916, but problems arose during rehearsals in January 1917, and the premiere in St. Petersburg (then Petrograd) had to be cancelled when the first revolution broke out in February.

This first version of the work was never heard, since the composer revised the tempestuous score eleven years later, reducing it and eliminating what he considered 'padding'. The work was premiered in this version in Brussels in 1929. Based on Dostoyevsky’s novel of the same name, 'The Gambler' is a dark study of human failings and the corruptive power of money.

CATALOGUE NR: 701708
RECORD LABEL: C Major Entertainment
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 23.50
RELEASE DATE: 29-Mar-2010

COMPOSER: Sergei Prokofiev
TITLE: The Gambler - complete
ORCHESTRA: Staatskapelle Berlin
CONDUCTOR: Daniel Barenboim
ARTISTS: Vladimir Ognovenko   Misha Didyk   Stefania Toczyska   Kristine Opolais

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 16:9 / Sound Format: PCM Stereo DTS 5.1 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 135 minutes / Recorded: 2009 / Subtitles: English German French - Jun-2010 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Jul-2010 Gramophone Editor's Choice 'This enjoyable production mounts as persuasive a case as could be made for Prokofiev's less successful opera.'

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