Originally Posted by QcCowboy

Hehehe, The Nose.. one of my friends had a disk of that. It's not really "typical" Schostakowitch, at least not "mature" Schosta. It's quite surprisingly dissonant.

As for Lady MacBeth, I have a DVD of it. It's got some really beautiful music, though the story is pretty rough. There's a terrible rape scene.

I do prefer Schosta in his symphonies over his operas. But that's just my taste.