The Miserly Knight DVD 2009

Vladimir Jurowski conducts Rachmaninov's dark setting of Alexander Pushkin's little tragedy with an outstanding performance from Sergei Leiferkus in the role written for the great Russian bass Feodor Chaliapin. Rachmaninov's dramatically brooding score - beautifully recorded in an atmospheric surround sound - portrays the miser consumed by the power of his glinting gold, as it pushes him to his ultimate collapse.

Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov

Director: Annabel Arden

Conductor: Vladimir Jurowski

Cast: Sergei Leiferkus, Richard Berkeley-Steele, Maxim Mikhailov, Viacheslav Voynarovsky, Albert Schagidullin.

The London Philharmonic Orchestra

Run time: 1 hour 35 minutes

Language: Russian

This opera is only available in DVD.