Rostropovich and Rozhdestvensky: cello works
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About
Mstislav Rostropovich and Gennadi Rozhdestvensky were among the great musicians of the Soviet Union who were allowed to visit the West from the mid-50’s and both featured regularly in the musical life of the UK.
This concert with the London Symphony Orchestra in 1965 was part of an epic cycle in which Rostropovich played over 50 works for cello in just 3 months.
As an encore Rostropovich played the Bach Sarabande in C minor for solo cello.
Contents
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 – 1893)
Pezzo capriccioso Op 62
Track 2:
Tikhon Khrennikov (1913 – 2007)
Cello Concerto
- Prelude. Andante
- Aria. Andante
- Sonata
Track 3:
Antonín Dvořák (1841 – 1904)
Cello Concerto
- Allegro
- Adagio, ma non troppo
- Finale: Allegro moderato — Andante — Allegro vivo
Track 4:
Encore
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
Sarabande in C minor
This recording
This recording was taken from a relay from the Royal Albert Hall given on 7 March 1965.
The recording is in the Tolansky-Tschaikov Collection at Music Preserved.
Performers
- Cello Mstislav Rostropovich
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor Gennadi Rozhdestvensky
