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R E V I E W S:
"...the Rostropovich/Karajan partnership is an inspired one and these are great performances. Rostropovich's sense of nostalgia in the secondary material of the finale of the Dvorak Concerto is quite memorable (especially towards the close) and he brings a comparable feeling of Russian melancholy to the lyrical pages of Tchaikovsky's splendid variations. Musically this is in a class of its own." -- Ivan March, Gramophone review of original release DG 413819, Dvorák, Tchaikovsky
"In the Brahms both [Serkin] and Rostropovich forget their customary energy and offer a performance of a profoundly elegiac beauty. Listen to their hushed magic at 9'59" in the first movement, to their gently propelled Minuet and to a dignity and restraint that never exclude vitality in the finale, and you are made aware of a consummate quality unattainable to lesser mortals." -- Bryce Morrison, Gramophone review of DG 474328, Brahms Cello Sonata no 1
"the Meditations for cello and orchestra...beautifully reflect the individual poetry of the two artists who here perform them and for whom they were written. I had forgotten how well the fragments from Mass work as a separate piece, when delivered with the magnetism of Rostropovich." -- Edward Greenfield, Gramophone review of DG 415966, Bernstein Medtations from Mass
Works on This Recording
1.
Concerto for Cello in A major, G 475
by Luigi Boccherini
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Conductor: Paul Sacher
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Collegium Musicum
■ Period: Classical
2.
Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 129
by Robert Schumann
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Conductor: Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1850; Germany
3.
Concerto for Cello in G major, RV 413
by Antonio Vivaldi
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Conductor: Paul Sacher
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Collegium Musicum
■ Period: Baroque
■ Written: Venice, Italy
4.
Concerto for Cello in A major
by Giuseppe Tartini
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Conductor: Paul Sacher
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Collegium Musicum
■ Period: Baroque
■ Written: 18th Century; Italy
5.
Concerto for Cello in C major, RV 398
by Antonio Vivaldi
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Conductor: Paul Sacher
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Collegium Musicum
■ Period: Baroque
■ Written: Venice, Italy
6.
Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191
by Antonín Dvorák
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1894-1895; USA
7.
Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1876; Russia
8.
Andante cantabile for Cello and Strings, Op. 11
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: ?1886-88; Russia
9.
Chant du ménestrel for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 71
by Alexander Glazunov
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1900; Russia
10.
Concerto for Cello no 2 in G major, Op. 126
by Dmitri Shostakovich
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Conductor: Seiji Ozawa
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra
■ Period: 20th Century
■ Written: 1966; USSR
11.
Symphony no 5 in D minor, Op. 47
by Dmitri Shostakovich
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: National Symphony, Washington, D. C.
■ Period: 20th Century
■ Written: 1937; USSR
12.
Concert à quatre
by Olivier Messiaen
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Conductor: Myung-Whun Chung
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Bastille Opera Orchestra
■ Period: 20th Century
■ Written: 1991; France
13.
Mass: Meditations (3)
by Leonard Bernstein
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Conductor: Leonard Bernstein
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: 20th Century
■ Written: 1971; USA
14.
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 1 in E minor, Op. 38
by Johannes Brahms
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello), Rudolf Serkin (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1862-1865; Austria
15.
Sonata for Cello and Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 99
by Johannes Brahms
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello), Rudolf Serkin (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1886; Austria
16.
Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, B 160/Op. 65
by Frédéric Chopin
■ Performer: Martha Argerich (Piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1845-1846; Paris, France
17.
Introduction and Polonaise for Cello and Piano in C major, Op. 3
by Frédéric Chopin
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello), Martha Argerich (Piano)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1829-1830; Poland
18.
Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 163/D 956
by Franz Schubert
■ Performer: Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Emerson String Quartet
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1828; Vienna, Austria
19.
Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
■ Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1875-1876; Russia
20.
Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
■ Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1889; Russia
21.
Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
■ Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1892; Russia
22.
Capriccio italien, Op. 45
by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
■ Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1880; Russia
23.
Romeo and Juliet Suite no 1, Op. 64a
by Sergei Prokofiev
■ Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: 20th Century
■ Written: 1936; Paris, France
24.
Romeo and Juliet Suite no 2, Op. 64b
by Sergei Prokofiev
■ Conductor: Mstislav Rostropovich
■ Orchestra / Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra
■ Period: 20th Century
■ Written: 1936; Paris, France
25.
Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano in A flat major, Op. 70: Adagio
by Robert Schumann
■ Performer: Martha Argerich (Piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (Cello)
■ Period: Romantic
■ Written: 1849; Germany