Rostropovich: Young Slava
Despatch Information
This despatch estimate is based on information from both our own stock and the UK supplier's stock.
If ordering multiple items, we will aim to send everything together so the longest despatch estimate will apply to the complete order.
If you would rather receive certain items more quickly, please place them on a separate order.
If any unexpected delays occur, we will keep you informed of progress via email and not allow other items on the order to be held up.
If you would prefer to receive everything together regardless of any delay, please let us know via email.
Pre-orders will be despatched as close as possible to the release date.
Label: Melodiya
Cat No: MELCD1002505
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 9
Release Date: 27th October 2017
Contents
Works
String Trio in C minor, op.9 no.3String Trio in G major, op.9 no.1
Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody for cello and orchestra)
Symphony for cello and orchestra, op.68
Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor, op.15
Concerto-Rhapsody in D minor for cello and orchestra
Concerto-Monologue
Cello Concerto in D minor
Concertino for cello and orchestra, op.54
Cello Concerto in C minor, op.66
Adagio con Variazioni, P133
Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33
Piano Trio no.1 in D minor, op.63
Cello Concerto no.1 in E flat major, op.107
Don Quixote, op.35
Cello Concerto
Pezzo capriccioso in B minor, op.62
Variations on a Rococo theme, op.33
Bachianas Brasileiras no.5
Cello Concerto in C minor, op.43
Artists
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)Rudolf Barshai (viola)
Emil Gilels (piano)
Leonid Kogan (violin)
Dmitri Shebalin (viola)
Boris Simsky (violin)
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Ensemble of Cellos
Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Soloists of the USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra
USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra
Conductors
Yuri AhronovitchBenjamin Britten
Victor Dubrovsky
Boris Khaikin
Kirill Kondrashin
David Oistrakh
Mstislav Rostropovich
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Evgeny Svetlanov
Works
String Trio in C minor, op.9 no.3String Trio in G major, op.9 no.1
Schelomo (Hebraic Rhapsody for cello and orchestra)
Symphony for cello and orchestra, op.68
Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor, op.15
Concerto-Rhapsody in D minor for cello and orchestra
Concerto-Monologue
Cello Concerto in D minor
Concertino for cello and orchestra, op.54
Cello Concerto in C minor, op.66
Adagio con Variazioni, P133
Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33
Piano Trio no.1 in D minor, op.63
Cello Concerto no.1 in E flat major, op.107
Don Quixote, op.35
Cello Concerto
Pezzo capriccioso in B minor, op.62
Variations on a Rococo theme, op.33
Bachianas Brasileiras no.5
Cello Concerto in C minor, op.43
Artists
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)Rudolf Barshai (viola)
Emil Gilels (piano)
Leonid Kogan (violin)
Dmitri Shebalin (viola)
Boris Simsky (violin)
Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano)
Ensemble of Cellos
Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra
Soloists of the USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra
USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra
Conductors
Yuri AhronovitchBenjamin Britten
Victor Dubrovsky
Boris Khaikin
Kirill Kondrashin
David Oistrakh
Mstislav Rostropovich
Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Evgeny Svetlanov
About
The musician of genius – a cellist, conductor, concertmaster, educator, composer and public figure – played a colossal part in the history of music art of this country and the whole world. Knowing about the range of his activities, the role of a performing soloist and a purely musical domain were too small for his mighty talent and temperament. Nevertheless, there were only few who enriched the cello literature with new works, who changed the view of solo cello art and who gave himself up to Music as he much as he did, for without Music he “could not live and could not breathe”.
In the early 1950s, the glory of Slava (a hypocoristic of ‘Mstislav’ and the Russian for ‘glory’) Rostropovich swept the musical space of this country, and ten years later they called him Cellist No.1 and ranked him among the world’s greatest musicians. The fact that Rostropovich’s art was a prerequisite to the interest in cello shown by the leading Soviet composers such as Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Myaskovsky, Khachaturian, Boris Tchaikovsky, Weinberg and many, many others can hardly be overestimated.
This set comprises recordings made before 1967. Above all, these are recordings that were first performed by Mstislav Rostropovich (with the recorded premiere of Britten’s Cello Symphony conducted by the composer among them). Classical repertoire was as important in his programmes – you will hear live recordings of Tchaikovsky’s Variations on a Rococo Theme, concertos by Dvořák, Lalo and Saint-Saëns. The artist’s ensemble recordings with the leading Soviet musicians like Emil Gilels, Leonid Kogan and Rudolf Barshai are of special interest as well.
The edition comprises a lidded hard box made from lined cardboard, 9 multicoloured digipacks and a booklet in English and Russian.
Contents:
CD 1
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)
- String Trio in G major, op.9 no.1
- String Trio in C minor, op.9 no.3
Leonid Kogan, violin
Rudolf Barshai, viola
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Recorded in 1958
CD 2
Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)
- Piano Quartet no.1 in C minor, op.15
Robert Schumann (1810–1856)
- Piano Trio no.1 in D minor, op.63
Emil Gilels, piano
Leonid Kogan, violin
Rudolf Barshai, viola
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Recorded in 1958
CD 3
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
- Pezzo capriccioso for cello and orchestra, op.62
- Variations on a Rococo Theme for cello and orchestra, op.33
Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)
- Cello Concerto in B minor, op.104
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
The USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov, Boris Khaikin
Recorded live on 20 May 1964, 17 January 1964, 12 November 1963
CD 4
Mieczysław Weinberg (1919–1996)
- Cello Concerto in C minor, op.43
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)
- Cello Concerto no. 1 in E flat major, op.107
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
The USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
The Moscow Conservatory Symphony Orchestra, David Oistrakh
Recorded live on 25 February 1964, 24 January 1965
CD 5
Lev Knipper (1898–1974)
- Concerto-Monologue for cello, brass ensemble and timpani (1962)
Vladimir Vlasov (1902–1986)
- Improvisation for cello and orchestra (1961)
Boris Tchaikovsky (1925–1996)
- Cello Concerto (1964)
Yuri Levitin (1912–1993)
- Concertino for cello and orchestra, op.54
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Soloists of the USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra
The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin
Recorded live on 25 February, 20 May, 4 April 1964
CD 6
Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950)
- Cello Concerto in C minor, op.66
Aram Khachaturian (1903–1978)
- Concerto-Rhapsody for cello and orchestra (1963)
Heitor Villa-Lobos (1887–1959)
- Ária from Bachianas Brasileiras no.5 for soprano and ensemble of cellos, W 389
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Galina Vishnevskaya, soprano
The USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Evgeny Svetlanov
Ensemble of cellos, Mstislav Rostropovich
Recorded live on 17 January 1964 and 22 January 1964, 1959
CD 7
Édouard Lalo (1823–1892)
- Cello Concerto in D minor (1877)
Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921)
- Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor, op.33
Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
- Adagio con variazioni for cello and orchestra (1921)
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
The USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra, Victor Dubrovsky
The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
Recorded live on 24 February and 25 Аpril 1964.
CD 8
Richard Strauss (1864–1949)
- Don Quixote, fantastic variations on a theme of knightly character for cello and orchestra, op.35
Ernest Bloch (1880–1959)
- Schelomo, Hebrew rhapsody for сello and orchestra (1916)
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Boris Simsky, violin
Dmitri Shebalin, viola
The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin
The Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, Yuri Ahronovitch
Recorded live in 1964
CD 9
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)
- Cello Symphony, op.68
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Benjamin Britten
Recorded at the Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory on 12 March 1964
This product has now been deleted. Information is for reference only.
Error on this page? Let us know here
Need more information on this product? Click here