MSTISLAV ROSTROPOVICH: Rostropovich plays Russian Cello Concertos (3CD)

The Russian Archives: Rostropovitch plays Russian cello concertos
 
CD1
SERGEY PROKOFIEV
SYMPHONY-CONCERTO for Cello & Orchestra in E minor Op. 125
1. Andante                 10’00
2. Allegro giusto                    16’16
3. Andante con moto                         9’50
 
NIKOLAY MIASKOVSKY
CELLO CONCERTO in C minor Op. 66
4. Lento ma non troppo                     10’02
5. Allegro vivace                    17’13
Total time:                  63’41
 
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kyrill Kondrashin
 
 
CD2
PYOTR ILYITCH TCHAIKOVSKY
1. VARIATIONS ON A ROCOCO THEME, Op. 33                    17’36
2. PEZZO CAPRICCIOSO, in B minor Op. 62                  6’56
 
ALEXANDER GLAZUNOV
3. MINSTREL SONG, for Cello & Orchestra Op.71                      4’31
4. MELODY              7’38
 
ARAM KHATCHATURIAN
5. CONCERTO RHAPSODY for Cello & Orchestra                     22’03
 
Total time:                  58’59
 
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Tchaikovsky)
National Symphony Orchestra of the USSR, Nianonov (Glazunov)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov (Khatchaturian)
 
 
CD3
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
CELLO CONCERTO No. 1 Op. 107
1. Allegretto               5’55
2. Moderato                10’20
3. Cadenza                 4’57
4. Allegro con moto               4’29
 
BORIS TISHCHENKO
5. CONCERTO FOR CELLO & 17 wind instruments & percussion                     22’49
 
VICTOR VLASOV
CELLO CONCERTO
6. Movement 1                       11’00
7. Movement 2                       3’05
8. Movement 3                       9’46
 
Total time:                  72’41
 
Mstislav Rostropovich, cello
USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Shostakovich)
Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov (Tishchenko)
USSR State Radio & Television Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky (Vlasov)