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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Mstislav Rostropovich - The Complete EMI Recordings
This set of 25 CDs Plus Bonus DVDs is divided into four sections:
1. The Bach Suites - CDs 1 & 2
2. The EMI Recordings - CDs 3 To 12
3. The Russian Years (1950-1974) - CDs 13 To 25
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The Bach Suites - 2 DVDs Bach, J S: | Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012 | Beethoven: | Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56 David Oistrakh (violin), Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano, Op. 66 Vasso Devetzi (piano) 12 Variations on "See the conquering hero comes" for Cello and Piano, WoO 45 Vasso Devetzi (piano) Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56 David Oistrakh, Sviatoslav Richter Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin | Bloch, E: | Schelomo Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein | Brahms: | Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 David Oistrakh (violin) Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99 Alexander Dedyukhin (piano) Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 Itzhak Perlman (violin) Concertgebouworkest, Bernard Haitink | Britten: | Suite No. 1 for cello solo, Op. 72 Suite No. 2 for cello solo, Op. 80 Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Britten | Chopin: | Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65 Alexander Dedyukhin Introduction and Polonaise Brillante in C, Op. 3 Alexander Dedyukhin | Dutilleux: | Tout un monde lointain (Concerto for cello and orchestra) Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo | Dvorak: | Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | Glazunov: | Concerto ballata in C major for cello and orchestra, Op. 108 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov | Gubaidulina: | The Canticle of the Sun London Voices, Ryusuke Numajiri | Haydn: | Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1 Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, Hob. VIIb:2 (Op. 101) | Honegger: | Cello Concerto USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Victor Dubrovsky | Kabalevsky: | Cello Sonata in B flat, Op. 71 Dmitry Kabalevsky (piano) | Khachaturian: | Cello Sonata Karen Khachaturian (piano) Concerto-Rhapsody for Cello in D minor Aza Amintayeva | Knipper: | Concerto-Monologue USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Lopes Graca: | Concerto da cámera Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin | Lutoslawski: | Cello Concerto Orchestre de Paris, Witold Lutoslawski | Miaskovsky: | Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 66 Cello Concerto in C minor, Op. 66 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81 Alexander Dedyukhin | Piazzólla: | Le Grand Tango Igor Uriash | Prokofiev: | Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for cello & orchestra, Op. 125 Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119 Sviatoslav Richter Sinfonia Concertante in E minor for cello & orchestra, Op. 125 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Cello Concertino in G minor, Op. 132 Moscow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Rachmaninov: | Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 | Respighi: | Adagio con variazioni for cello and orchestra Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin | Saint-Saëns: | Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini | Schnittke: | Concerto for Three Gidon Kremer (violin), Yuri Bashmet (viola) Moscow Soloists String Trio Gidon Kremer (violin), Yuri Bashmet (viola) Minuet for String Trio Gidon Kremer (violin), Yuri Bashmet (viola) Cello Sonata No. 2 Igor Uriash Epilogue from the ballet Peer Gynt, for cello, piano and tape Igor Uriash | Schumann: | Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Shaporin: | Five Pieces Alexander Dedyukhin | Shostakovich: | Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127 Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Ulf Hoelscher (violin), Vasso Devetzi (piano) Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat major, Op. 107 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 126 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Evgeni Svetlanov Cello Sonata in D minor, Op. 40 Dmitri Shostakovich (piano) | Strauss, R: | Don Quixote, Op. 35 Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 6 Vasso Devetzi (piano) Don Quixote, Op. 35 Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin | Taneyev: | Canzona in F minor Alexander Dedyukhin | Tchaikovsky: | Variations on a Rococo Theme in A, Op. 33 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Tchaikovsky, B: | Suite in D minor Partita for Cello & Chamber Ensemble Alexander Dedyukhin, Boris Chaykovsky, Mr Khovov, Mr Malichko, Mr Godin Cello Concerto Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin | Tishchenko: | Concerto for Cello, 17 Wind Instruments, Percussion and Organ Igor Blazhkov | Toyama: | Concerto for Cello and Orchestra Moscow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra, Yuzo Toyama | Ustvolskaya: | Grand Duet for Cello & Piano Alexei Lubimov | Vainberg: | Cello Concerto in D Minor, Op. 43 USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky | Villa-Lobos: | Bachianas Brasileiras No. 1 for at least 8 cellos |
and short pieces and transcriptions of works by: Stravinsky; Scriabin; Milhaud; De Falla; Dvorák; Strauss; Sinding; Fauré; Debussy; Shaporin; Popper; Schubert; Prokofiev & Handel
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Mstislav Rostropovich was born on 27th March 1927 and died from cancer a month after his 80th birthday. Whereas Pablo Casals was the leading cellist of the first half of the 20th century, Rostropovich took on this mantle for the second half. He was more than just a cellist however as he conducted and was an excellent piano accompanist to his wife, the soprano Galina Vishnevskaya. He also became a leading citizen of the world by his support for the Soviet dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn, then stripped of his Russian citizenship by the Communists after being granted a visa to work abroad in 1974 and flying back to assist Boris Yeltsin when the new Parliament was besieged by Communist renegades in 1991. This collection brings together all the recordings with cello that he made for EMI Classics including both versions of the Brahms Double Concerto made with Oistrakh and Szell in 1969 and Perlman and Haitink in 1979; the Dvorák Concerto with Boult in 1957 and Giulini in 1977 and Saint-Saëns Concerto No. 1 with Sargent in 1956 and Giulini in 1977; the Bach Cello Suites both on CD and DVD and the 13CDs of recordings which Rostropovich brought to EMI entitled “The Russian Years”. Such was his enthusiasm and remarkable playing he inspired numerous composers to write for him. He always expressed his view that the greatest were Sergei Prokofiev, who died on the same day as Stalin, 5th March 1953, Dmitri Shostakovich, died on 9th August 1975 and Benjamin Britten, died on 4th December 1976. Both Rostropovich and Shostakovich had lost their fathers whilst teenagers so when Shostakovich became his teacher he was more of a surrogate father and you may imagine his anguish at not being able to return to Moscow for the funeral (having been stripped of his citizenship); it was thus at Britten’s funeral service that he could give vent to his sadness at the loss of both great friends. Slava, as he was universally known by his countless friends and colleagues, has left the world a matchless recorded legacy of his genius. We should all listen and be grateful. “…the unmissable: the Shostakovich Sonata with the composer at the piano, Rozhdestvensky conducting idiomatic accounts of Prokofiev's Symphony-Concerto and Concertino, the first tow Britten Cello Suites, a glorious Myaskovsky Concerto with Svetlanov from 1964, Piazzolla's Le Grand Tango, and Schnittke's Second Sonata and Epilogue.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2008 | 
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| |  | Celebrating Slava! In remembrance of Mstislav RostropovichLive Recordings from Cello Festival Kronberg 2007
Bernstein: | Three Meditations from 'Mass' (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Gary Hoffman (cello) Kremerata Baltica, David Geringas | Britten: | Suite No. 2 for cello solo, Op. 80 (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Miklós Perényi (cello) Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65 (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Natalia Gutman (cello) & Viacheslav Poprugin (piano) | Debussy: | Nocturne et Scherzo (premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Gary Hoffman (cello) & David Selig (piano) | Dutilleux: | Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) László Fenyö (cello) | Henze: | Trauerode für Margret Geddes for cello sextet (premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich and Cellissimo in 1997) Cellissimo | Kalsons: | Aluzija for two solo celli, cello ensemble, harp and percussion (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich) Lucianne Brady (harp), Andrei Pushkarev (percussion), Monika Leskovar (cello) & Giovanni Sollima (cello) Cellissimo, David Geringas | Kancheli: | Nach dem Weinen for solo cello (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Julius Berger (cello) With a Smile for Slava (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Mischa Maisky (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) Silent Prayer World Premiere (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich on his 80th birthday and to Gidon Kremer on his 60th birthday) Gidon Kremer (violin) & Marie-Elisabeth Hecker (cello) Kremerata Baltica | Lutoslawski: | Sacher Variation (premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Leonard Elschenbroich (cello) | Miaskovsky: | Cello Sonata No. 2 in A minor, Op. 81 (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Natalia Gutman (cello) & Viacheslav Poprugin (piano) | Piazzólla: | Le Grand Tango (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Young Chang Cho (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) | Prokofiev: | Valse from Cinderella (arranged for violoncello and piano by Mstislav Rostropovich) Lynn Harrell (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) The Love for Three Oranges: March (arranged for violoncello and piano by Mstislav Rostropovich) Lynn Harrell (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) Cello Sonata in C major, Op. 119 (premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Andreas Brantelid (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) Cello Concertino in G minor, Op. 132 (2nd Movement) (arranged for cello sextet and dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich, premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich and Cellissimo in 1999) Cellissimo | Rostropovich: | Humoresque, Op. 5 Gabriel Schwabe (cello) & Pavel Gililov (piano) Etude for solo cello Young-Chang Cho (cello) | Schnittke: | Improvisation for cello solo (1993) (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich, work commissioned for the Rostropovich Cello Competition, Paris) Eun-Sun Hong (cello) Minuet for String Trio (premiered by Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet and Mstislav Rostropovich) Gidon Kremer (violin), Ula Ulijona Zebriunaite (viola) & David Geringas (cello) Musica nostalgica (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Arto Noras (cello) & Ralf Gothóni (piano) Epilogue from the ballet Peer Gynt, for cello, piano and tape (arranged by Alfred Schnittke for piano, cello and tape-recorder, dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) David Geringas (cello) & Jascha Nemtsov (piano) | Shaporin: | The Russian Song and Scherzo (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Andreas Brantelid (cello) & Pavel Gililov, (piano) | Shchedrin: | Slava! Slava! Ein festliches Glockengeläut (dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich on his 70th birthday) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Neeme Järvi Na pososhok... (One for the road...) World Premiere (in remembrance of Slava, for six violoncelli and treble recorder) Sabine Ambos (recorder) Cellissimo | Walton: | Passacaglia for solo cello (dedicated to and premiered by Mstislav Rostropovich) Sebastian Hess (cello) |
Mstislav Rostropovich’s life as a musician was one of incredible creative power. Profil are delighted to present 27 works on four CDs – all of them inspired by the artist and human being Mstislav Rostropovich; either once dedicated to him or premiered by him. They have been recorded on these four CDs as a lasting homage to the maestro. The live recordings are taken from the eighth Kronberg Cello Festival “in remembrance – celebrating Slava” in 2007, where friends, former students and companions of Mstislav Rostropovich gathered to honour his memory and celebrate a unique artist. "Cellist, pianist, conductor and communicator par excellence, Mstislav (‘Slava’) Rostropovich remains a powerful presence on the international music scene." Gramophone “These recordings were all captured live at the Kronberg Cello Festival in 2007, the year of Mstislav Rostropovich's death, and the pieces were either written for him, premiered by him or… composed in his memory. The line-up includes some very distinguished names, and even the less familiar throw themselves into the celebration with commitment and fervour.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2008 **** |
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Zara Nelsova, Pablo Casals, Arnold Földesy, Emanuel Feuermann, Maurice Marechal, Samuel Mayes, Anthony Pini, Daniil Shafran, Ennio Bolognini, Gregor Piatigorsky, Pierre Fournier, Maurice Gendron, George Neikrug, Janos Starker, Mischa Maisky, Alexander Gotgelf, Alexander Rudin (all cello) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Ivanov (Alexei), Ivanovsky (Vladimir), Nelepp (Georgi), Petrov (Ivan), Pirogov (Alexander), Pokrovskaya (Nina), Selivanov (Piotr), Verbitskaya (Evgenia), Volovov | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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