Slava: The Glory of Rostropovitch - CD

Description

A compilation of archive recordings from EMI of the great Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovitch. Warner, 2017. NB now out of print, last physical copy.

Bach, J.S. - Cello Suite No. 1 BWV1007: Prelude

Debussy arr Roelens - Clair de lune [Suite bergamasque L.82: no.3] – with Alexander Dedyukhin (piano)

Chopin - Cello Sonata op.65: III. Largo – with Alexander Dedyukhin (piano)

Fauré - Après un rêve op.7 no.1 – with Alexander Dedyukhin (piano)

Rachmaninov - Vocalise op.34 no.14 - with Alexander Dedyukhin (piano)

Beethoven - 12 Variations on "Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen" for Cello and Piano op.66 – with Vasso Devetzi (piano)

Prokofiev - 10 Pieces from Cinderella op.97b (arr. by the composer): X. Adagio - with Alexander Dedyukhin (piano)

Dvořak - Cello Concerto in B minor op.104 - Adagio ma non troppo – with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Sir Adrian Boult

Schumann - Cello Concerto in A minor op.129; Langsam ; Sehr lebhaft – with the Orchestre National de France conducted by Leonard Bernstein

Tchaikovsky - Variations on a Rococo Theme op.33: Variation III - Andante sostenuto – with the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa

Haydn - Cello Concerto no.2 in D Hob. VIIb:2: II. Adagio (Cadenza by Rostropovitch) – with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Strauss, R - Don Quixote - Fantastic Variations op.35: Epilogue - Sehr ruhig - Don Quixote's mind clears (Death of Don Quixote) – with Lazar Dvoskin (viola) & the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Kirill Kondrashin

Saint-Saens - Cello Concerto no.1 in A minor op.33: Allegro non troppo – with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent