Potsdam

January 2026

Potsdam,
The archives of former East Germany

After a colossal amount of work on the database with the help of Ulf Drechsel, Michel Navarra, and the DRA teams, we finally traveled for the first time to the archives of former East Germany. This is undoubtedly the most important discovery, where classical recordings are concerned, since the creation of The Lost Recordings.

David Oistrakh's first treasure

Tape No. 1

DAVID OISTRAKH

PROKOFIEV & SHOSTAKOVICH CONCERTOS

It’s impossible to talk about the violin without thinking of David Oistrakh, just as it’s impossible to mention the great concertos written for this instrument without citing those of Prokofiev and Shostakovich. Let’s imagine that these three geniuses shared the same era, the same language, the same passions, and such close ties that they mutually inspired oneother. Improbable, yet ... Everything makes these vinyls exceptional: two legendary conductors and two legendary orchestras – Kurt Sanderling leading the Berlin Radio Sinfonie-Orchester, and Evgeny Mravinsky conducting the Leningrad Philharmonic – whose perfection is revealed in recordings made by the finest engineers of their time. Producedfrom impeccably preserved original analogue tapes, these recordings are nothing short of a miracle.

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