The Glory of Rostropovich: 80th birthday tribute

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The Glory of Rostropovich: 80th birthday tribute
Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) with various orchestras and accompanists

[ Deutsche Grammophon / 8 CD Box Set ]

Release Date: Sunday 20 May 2007

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BBC Music Magazine
Orchestral Choice - May 2007 - - Deutsche Grammophon celebrates the 80th birthday and manifold talents of Mstislav Rostropovich, one of the truly charismatic artists of our age, with this comprehensive selection of his recordings as soloist, conductor and chamber-music player.

BBC Music Magazine
Orchestral Choice - May 2007

Mstislav Rostropovich passed away on Friday April 27th 2007 aged 80. Rostropovich was one of the truly charismatic artists of our age. This set is a comprehensive selection of his recordings as soloist, conductor and chamber-music player.

Brought together here for the first time in a single 8-CD box are all his concerto recordings for the label, as well as his symphonic and ballet repertoire, plus chamber music with Martha Argerich (Chopin, Schumann), Rudolf Serkin (Brahms), and the Emerson String Quartet (Schubert Quintet)

This album includes a new booklet article and delightful photos of the maestro with his musical partners.

Back in the catalogue are the early concertos of Vivaldi, Tartini and Boccherini, and the Shostakovich Second Concerto

Restored, too, are prime examples of Rostropovich's conducting talents: the Shostakovich Fifth Symphony, the Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Ballet Suites, and a rare Tchaikovsky Capriccio italien.

Tracks:

Bernstein:
Three Meditations from 'Mass'
(with Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Leonard Bernstein)

Boccherini:
Cello Concerto No. 2 in D major, G. 479

Brahms:
Cello Sonata No. 1 In E Minor, Op. 38
(with Rudolf Serkin)

Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
(with Rudolf Serkin)

Chopin:
Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
(with Martha Argerich)
Introduction & Polonaise brillante Op. 3

Dvorak:
Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104

Glazunov:
Chant du Ménestrel, Op. 71
(with Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa)

Messiaen:
Concert à quatre (1990-1991)
(with Catherine Cantin, Heinz Holliger & Yvonne Loriod
Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung)

Prokofiev:
Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 1, Op. 64a
(with National Symphony Orchestra Washington)

Romeo and Juliet - Suite No. 2, Op. 64b
(with National Symphony Orchestra Washington)

Schubert:
String Quintet in C major, D956
(with Emerson String Quartet)

Schumann:
Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
(with Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky)

Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70
(with Martha Argerich)

Shostakovich:
Cello Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 126
(with Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa)

Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47
(with National Symphony Orchestra Washington)

Tartini:
Cello Concerto in A major
Arr. by M. Rostropovich
(with Orchestra of the Collegium Musicum, Paul Sacher)

Tchaikovsky:
Variations on a Rococo Theme in A, Op. 33
(with Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan)

Andante Cantabile

Swan Lake, Op.20 Suite
(with Berliner Philharmoniker)

Sleeping Beauty, Suite, Op. 66a
(with Berliner Philharmoniker)

The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
(with Berliner Philharmoniker)

Capriccio italien, Op. 45
(with Berliner Philharmoniker)

Vivaldi:
Cello Concerto in C major, RV398
(with Orchestra of the Collegium Musicum, Paul Sacher)

Cello Concerto in G major, RV413

Orchestra of the Collegium Musicum,, Paul Sacher